Pease Baronets
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Pease family (Darlington)
The Pease family was a prominent English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, son of Edward Pease . They were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the nineteenth century, who played a leading role in...
, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both titles are extant.
The Pease Baronetcy, of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 May 1882 for Joseph Pease. He represented South Durham
South Durham (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnard Castle was a county constituency centred on the town of Barnard Castle in County Durham, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
in the House of Commons
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. Pease was the son of Joseph Pease and the grandson of Edward Pease. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament
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for York and Cleveland
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.
The Pease Baronetcy, of Hammersknott in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 June 1920 for the coal magnate Arthur Pease. He was the son of Arthur Pease, younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1882 creation.
Three members of the Pease family were elevated to the peerage. Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (1917), was the second son of the first Baronet of the 1882 creation. Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1923), was the younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1920 creation. John Pease, 1st Baron Wardington
John Pease, 1st Baron Wardington
John William Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Wardington , was a British banker.Pease was the son of Helen Maria and John William Pease of Pendower, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and of Nether Grange, Northumberland....
(1936), Chairman of Lloyds Bank
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, was a first cousin once removed of the first Baronet of the 1882 creation.
Pease Baronets, of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe (1882)
- Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, 1st Baronet (1828-1903)
- Sir Alfred Edward Pease, 2nd Baronet (1857-1939)
- Sir Edward Pease, 3rd Baronet (1880-1963)
- Sir Alfred Vincent Pease, 4th Baronet (1926-2008)
- Sir Joseph Gurney Pease, 5th Baronet (b. 1927)
The heir apparent is Charles E. G. Pease.
Pease Baronets, of Hammersknott (1920)
- Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet (1866-1927)
- Sir Richard Arthur Pease, 2nd Baronet (1890-1969)
- Sir Richard Thorn Pease, 3rd Baronet (b. 1922)
See also
- Baron GainfordBaron GainfordBaron Gainford, of Headlam in the County of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the Liberal politician Jack Pease. He notably served as President of the Board of Education from 1911 to 1915. Pease was the second son of Sir Joseph W...
- Baron WardingtonBaron WardingtonBaron Wardington, of Alnmouth in the County of Northumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1936 for John Pease, Chairman of Lloyds Bank from 1922 to 1945...
- Baron DaryngtonBaron DaryngtonBaron Daryngton, of Witley in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1923 for Herbert Pease, who had previously represented Darlington in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist...
- Pease familyPease family (Darlington)The Pease family was a prominent English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, son of Edward Pease . They were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the nineteenth century, who played a leading role in...