After Politics
Peacock resigned from Parliament in September 1994 for unknown reasons. In 1996 when asked about blocking John Howard, Malcom Fraser said Peacock obviously was, while Peacock claimed he supported John Hewson continuing. When Howard became Prime Minister in 1996, he appointed Peacock as the Australian Ambassador to the United States. Since the end of this appointment in 1999, Peacock has largely lived in the US.
In 2002 he married Penne Percy Korth, a Washington, D.C. society figure and former United States Ambassador to Mauritius. Midway through 2002 Peacock joined Boeing Australia Holdings as President of Boeing Australia.
On 20 December 2006, Peacock announced his retirement from Boeing Australia Holdings, effective at the end of February 2007.
His daughter Ann Peacock married Liberal powerbroker Michael Kroger in 1999. They had two daughters before separating in 2009.
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