Sir Joseph Gurney Pease, 5th Baronet

Sir Joseph Gurney Pease, 5th Baronet (16 November 1927 – 26 December 2023) was a British hotelier and a Liberal Party politician.

Background Gurney Pease was the second son of Alfred Edward Pease, and his 3rd wife, Emily Elizabeth Smith. His elder brother would become Sir Alfred Vincent Pease, 4th Baronet. He was educated at Bootham School, York. In 1953 he married Shelagh Munro Bulman. They have one son, Charles Edward Gurney Pease, and one daughter, Jane Elizabeth Gurney Pease. In 2008 he succeeded his brother Vincent to the family baronetcy.

Sir Gurney Pease died on 26 December 2023, at the age of 96.

Professional career Gurney Pease was a director and secretary of a private company of hotel proprietors.

Political career In 1950, Gurney Pease was elected to Guisborough Urban District Council, on which he served one three-year term. He was vice-chairman of Darlington Liberal Association.

Publications "A Wealth of Happiness and Many Bitter Trials" The life and journals of Sir Alfred Edward Pease Bt. (1992) William Sessions of York.