Proper noun
Peirse
A surname transferred from the given name.
Mountbatten sent Peirse and Lady Auchinleck back to England on 28 November 1944, Bond, p. 124 where they lived together at a Brighton hotel. Source: Internet
Peirse and Auchinleck had been students together at the Imperial Defence College, but that was long before. Source: Internet
Peirse was now Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, South-East Asia, and also based in India. Source: Internet
The affair was common knowledge by September 1944, and Peirse was neglecting his duties. Source: Internet