Henry Pease (MP)

Henry Pease (4 May 1807 – 30 May 1881) was an English railway owner, peace campaigner and a Liberal politician who represented Durham South.

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.[1]

Pease was a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway[2] and was responsible for the foundation of the seaside resort of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. He was for a time President of the Peace Society, 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.[3]

Pease was elected MP for Durham South in 1857 and held the seat until 1865.[3]

In 1867, Henry Pease was appointed the first Mayor of Darlington.[4], [5]


Pease married Anna Fell and they had one son Henry Fell Pease.[1] He married a second time to Mary Lloyd and they had three sons and two daughters.

See also

References
  1. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1886
  2. Robinson's Railway Directors 1841
  3. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pease, Edward s.v." . Encyclopædia Britannica. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 31.
  4. https://www.darlington.gov.uk/your-council/democracy/mayoral-and-civic.aspx
  5. https://www.darlington.gov.uk/media/3416/history-of-the-town.pdf
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord Harry George Vane
James Farrer		 Member of Parliament for Durham South
1857 – 1865
With: Lord Harry George Vane1857–1859
James Farrer 1859–1865		 Succeeded by
Joseph Whitwell Pease
Charles Freville Surtees


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