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The Pease family was a prominent English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, elder son of Edward Pease (1711–1785).〔''Men of Business and Politics''. M. W. Kirby. George Allen & Unwin. 1984. ISBN 0-04-941013-X. A study of the rise and fall of the Quaker Pease Dynasty of North East England, 1700-1943.〕〔().〕 They were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the nineteenth century, who played a leading role in philanthropic and humanitarian interests'.〔Clare Midgley, ‘Nichol, Elizabeth Pease (1807–1897)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 2 May 2011 )〕 The family earlier came from Fishlake, Yorkshire. They were heavily involved during the 19th century in woollen manufacturing, railways, coal mines, and politics. Notable events in their history include the establishment of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the 1820s and the failure of the family bank in 1902. The latter forced several of them close to bankruptcy. Nine members of the family were Members of Parliament, including the first Quaker Member of Parliament. Joseph Pease (1737–1808) founded Pease Partners Bank (1761). His children included *Edward Pease (1767–1858), railway promoter and woollen manufacturer. *Joseph Pease (1772–1846), a founder of the Peace Society in 1817 and abolitionist. == Edward Pease's descendants == Edward Pease had five sons and three daughters, including: *John Pease (1797–1868), eldest son * *Sophia Fry née Pease (1837–1897), philanthropist and political activist, married Theodore Fry *Joseph Pease (railway pioneer) (1799–1872), second son. Railway owner, industrialist and first Quaker Member of Parliament. He had eight sons and four daughters by his wife Emma Gurney, a first cousin of Joseph John Gurney, including: * * ''Joseph Whitwell Pease'' (1828–1903) - eldest son. 1st Baronet of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe. Businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament (1865–1903). His two sons and six daughters by his wife, Mary Fox (daughter of Alfred Fox who created Glendurgan Garden), include * * *Alfred Edward Pease (1857–1939) - second baronet. Businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament (1885–1903). Settler and big game hunter in British East Africa. Married three times. * * * *Edward Pease (1880–1963) - 3rd Baronet * * * *Christopher York Pease (1886–1918) - killed during World War I * * * *Alfred Vincent Pease (1926–2008) - 4th Baronet * * * *Joseph Gurney Pease (born 1927) - 5th Baronet * * *Joseph Albert "Jack" Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (1860-1943). Member of Parliament (1892–1917). Married Ethel, daughter of Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan. * * * *Miriam Blanche Pease (1887–1965), HM Inspector of Factories * * * *Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889–1971) Major, Lovat Scouts WW1, served Gallipoli, Bulgaria, France. Businessman. Married 1921 Veronica Margaret (1900–1995), daughter of Sir George John William Noble, 2nd Baronet (1859–1937), son of Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet * * * * *Joseph Edward Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (1921–2013) * * * * *George Pease, 4th Baron Gainford (born 1926) * * * * *John Michael Pease (1930–2007) * * * *Faith Muriel Pease (1902–1935), married 1924 Major Michael Wentworth Beaumont (1903–1958) * * * * *Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (1928–2008) * * *Lucy Ethel Buxton née Pease (1868–1940) OBE, married Gerald Buxton * * * *Rebekah Mary Buxton, who married Ralph Clarke (British politician) (1892–1970) * *''Elizabeth Lucy Pease'' (1833–1881), married John Fowler, an engineer who invented a steam plough. * * ''Edward Pease'' (1834–1880) - founded Darlington library, and started the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade. * * *Beatrice Mary Pease (1866–1935) - married in 1885 the 6th Earl of Portsmouth, without issue. After her marriage, she lodged a lawsuit against her uncle Joseph Whitwell Pease alleging that his bank had mismanaged her inheritance. He lost the suit and had to pay 500,000 pounds which caused the bank to be effectively bankrupt.〔A Wealth of Happiness and Many Bitter Trials. Joseph Gurney Pease. (1992) ISBN 1-85072-107-6 The life and journals of Sir Alfred Edward Pease Bt.〕 * *''Arthur Pease (1837-1898)'' - third son, Member of Parliament for Whitby (1880–1885) and Darlington (1895–1898) * * *Arthur Francis Pease (1866–1927) - first baronet. Coal owner. He was not involved in the collapse of the family bank, J. and J. W. Pease, in 1902 and was later a director of Lloyds Bank and the London and North Eastern Railway. Created baronet in 1920. He had a son and three daughters. * * * *Richard Arthur Pease (1890–1969), second baronet * * * * *Richard Thorn Pease (born 1922), third baronet, director and vice-chairman of Barclays Bank * * * * * *Carolyn Thorn Pease (b. 1957), married to John Silvester Varley, former Chief Executive of Barclays Bank * * * * * *Richard Peter Pease (b. 1959), a funds manager * * * * * *Nichola Pease (b. 1961), funds manager, married to Crispin Odey, City funds manager〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/dec/07/banking-newstarassetmanagementgroup〕 * * *Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1867–1949). MP for Darlington 1898-1910, 1910–1923) * * * *Jocelyn Arthur Pease, 2nd Baron Daryngton (1908–1994) (Peerage extinct upon his death) * *''Gurney Pease'' (1839–1872) - fourth son of Joseph Pease. His children include * * *Wilson Pease (1867–1923) - ironfounder * * *Katherine Maria Routledge née Pease (1866–1935) - archaeologist associated with Easter Island *Isaac Pease (1805–1825) *Henry Pease (1807–1881) - Fifth son. Railway owner. Founded the seaside resort of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Member of Parliament for South Durham (1857–1865), President of the Peace Society. He had one son by his first wife, Anna Fell, and three sons and two daughters by his second, Mary Lloyd. * *Henry Fell Pease (1838–1896) - eldest son. Member of Parliament for Cleveland, Yorkshire 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pease family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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