Sir Richard Thorn Pease, 3rd Baronet, DL (20 May 1922 – 9 March 2021) was a British banker, who was chairman of Yorkshire Bank, and vice-chairman of Barclays.

Early life

Pease was born in May 1922, the son of Sir Richard Arthur Pease (1890–1969), the 2nd Baronet, and the grandson of

Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet, DL (11 March 1866 – 23 November 1927) was an English coal owner and public servant. He was a member of the Quaker Pease family of Darlington, born in Hummersknott, a suburb of Darlington, the son of the coa ...

(1866–1927). He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

. His elder brother Arthur Peter Pease was an RAF Flying Officer who was killed in action on 15 September 1940, aged just 22, during the

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, when his

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was shot down near Kingswood, in Kent.

Career

Pease was chairman of Yorkshire Bank, and vice-chairman of Barclays.

Personal life

Pease married Anne Heyworth and they have three children: *Carolyn Thorn Pease, married to John Varley, CEO of Barclays from 2004 to 2011 * Richard Peter Pease, 4th Baronet, fund manager * Nichola Pease, married to fellow hedge fund manager

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He lived at Hindley House, Stocksfield-on-Tyne,

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, England. Pease died in March 2021 at the age of 98.Telegraph deaths announcements: PEASE
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References

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Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...

People educated at Eton College Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People from Stocksfield