Henry Pease (4 May 1807 – 30 May 1881)http://www.saltburnbysea.com/history/LeedsMercTues31May1881.jpg was an English railway owner, peace campaigner and a

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politician who represented Durham South.

Details on Death

Cause and Date

Pease died of an illness (Diagnosed 2 weeks before his death) in his home at 23, Finsbury Square, London. Members of his family were present when he passed peacefully in his sleep.

His Wills and Bequests

(Dated 20 January 1859) Mr. Henry Pease left to Joseph Whitehall Pease the net personal estate being affirmed to be of the value of upwards of £360,000. To his wife Mrs. Mary Pease £2000 and an annuity of £500 for life, to then be reduced to £250 per annum. "If she is to marries again; she is also to have the right of residing at his mansion house, Piermont, with the use of the furniture, plates, pictures, effects and a carriage and horse for a twelvemonth after his decease". All of the residue of his real and personal estate to his said son, Mr. Henry Fell Pease.

Business

Pease was a director of the

Stockton and Darlington Railway The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Darl ...

and was responsible for the foundation of the seaside resort of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Politics

He was, for a time, the

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President and, in 1854, he visited the Tsar of Russia in an attempt to talk him out of the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...

. He also visited

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in the interests of peace. Pease was elected MP for Durham South in 1857 and held the seat until 1865. In 1867, Henry Pease was appointed the first Darlington Mayor.https://www.darlington.gov.uk/media/3416/history-of-the-town.pdf

Private life

Pease, a member of the

Quaker Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belie ...

Pease family The Pease family is an English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington, County Durham, and North Yorkshire, descended from Edward Pease of Darlington (1711–1785). They were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the ...

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

, was the fifth son of Edward Pease. An older brother of his was

Joseph Pease Joseph Pease may refer to: * Joseph Pease (railway pioneer) (1799–1872), railway owner, first Quaker elected Member of Parliament ** Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet (1828–1903), MP 1865–1903, full name Joseph Whitwell Pease, son of Joseph Pease ...

. He was resident at Piermont, Darlington, and Stanhope Castle, Durham.Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1886
/ref> Pease married Anna Fell and they had one son Henry Fell Pease. He married a second time to Mary Lloyd and they had three sons and two daughters.

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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 Henry North Eastern Railway (UK) people {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub Saltburn-by-the-Sea