Henry Pease (MP)
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Henry Pease (4 May 1807 – 30 May 1881) was an English railway owner, peace campaigner and a Liberal politician who represented Durham South.
Business[]
Pease was a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway[1] and was responsible for the foundation of the seaside resort of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
Politics[]
He was, for a time, the Peace Society President and, in 1854, he visited the Tsar of Russia in an attempt to talk him out of the Crimean War. He also visited Napoleon III in the interests of peace.[2] Pease was elected MP for Durham South in 1857 and held the seat until 1865.[2] In 1867, Henry Pease was appointed the first Darlington Mayor.[3][4]
Private life[]
Pease, a member of the Quaker Pease family of Darlington, was the fifth son of Edward Pease. He was resident at Pierremont, Darlington, and Stanhope Castle, Durham.[5]
Pease married Anna Fell and they had one son Henry Fell Pease.[5] He married a second time to Mary Lloyd and they had three sons and two daughters.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Robinson's Railway Directors 1841
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 31.
- ^ "Mayoral and Civic".
- ^ https://www.darlington.gov.uk/media/3416/history-of-the-town.pdf
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1886
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Pease
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- 1807 births
- 1881 deaths
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- UK MPs 1859–1865
- People from Darlington
- People from Stanhope, County Durham
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