Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton, (7 May 1867 – 10 May 1949), was a British politician.

Biography

Pease was born into a wealthy family, the son of the politician Arthur Pease and his wife Mary Lecky née Pike. His brother was (Sir)

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. Both were educated at

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. He attended

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...

. Pease served as

Liberal Unionist The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...

then Unionist MP for

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1898–1923. For some years he was a party whip. From 1915 until 1922 he was

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. He was created a

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lor in 1917.''Who was Who'' On 12 February 1923, he was created Baron Daryngton, ''of

Witley Witley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, England centred south west of the town of Godalming and southwest of Guildford. The land is a mixture of rural (ranging from woodland protected by the Surrey Hills AO ...

in the

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''. For 25 years he was either Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the House of Laity of the Church Assembly of the Church of England, the predecessor of the

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. The Daryngton peerage passed to the surviving son

Jocelyn Arthur Pease, 2nd Baron Daryngton Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include Jocelin, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joscelin, Josceline, Joscelyn, Joscelynn, Joscelynne, Joseline, Joselyn, Joselyne, Joslin, Joslyn, Josselin, Josselyn, ...

(30 May 1908 – 5 April 1994) on his death, with whom it became extinct.

Marriage and issue

In 1894 he married Alice Luckock; they had two sons and three daughters. Alice died in 1948. Their elder son, Ronald Herbert Pike Peas

was killed on 15 September 1916 during the

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in France. His daughter Ruth Evelyn Pease married Norman Ernest Archer, son of

Walter Archer Walter Edward Archer C.B. F.R.S.E. (4 July 1855 – 19 August 1917) was a British civil servant, spy and specialist on "the sex life of the salmon". Walter Archer led the Fisheries Division of the UK government's Board of Agriculture and Fis ...

C.B., Assistant Secretary at the government's Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.

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* 1867 births 1949 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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