Henry Pease
English railway owner, peace campaigner and Liberal politician
About Henry Pease
Lived 1807 – 1881 (aged 74). Henry Pease was a British politician and peace activist.
Henry Pease (4 May 1807 – 30 May 1881) was an English railway owner, peace campaigner and a Liberal politician who represented Durham South.
Business Pease was a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and was responsible for the foundation of the seaside resort of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
Politics He was, for a time, the Peace Society President 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. Pease was elected MP for Durham South in 1857 and held the seat until 1865.
Private life Pease, a member of the Quaker Pease family of Darlington, was the fifth son of Edward Pease. An older brother of his was Joseph Pease. He was resident at Piermont, Darlington, and Stanhope Castle, Durham.
Pease married Anna Fell and they had one son Henry Fell Pease.
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English railway owner, peace campaigner and Liberal politician (1807–1881)
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Henry Pease was born on 4 May 1807.
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Henry Pease died on 30 May 1881.
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Henry Pease was a politician and peace activist.
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