Arthur Francis Pease
Encyclopedia
Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet, DL
(11 March 1866 – 23 November 1927) was an English
coal
owner and public servant.
Pease was born in Hummersknott
, a suburb of Darlington
. He came from a wealthy local Quaker family, and was the son of the coal owner and Member of Parliament
Arthur Pease and the brother of the politician Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton
. He was educated at Brighton College
and Trinity College, Cambridge
, and in 1888 joined the family firm, Pease & Partners Ltd, of which he later became chairman.
Pease eventually also became chairman of Middlesbrough Estate Ltd, North-Eastern Improved Dwellings Company, William Whitwell & Co, and the Durham & North Yorkshire Public House Trust, and a director of the North Eastern Railway Company
/London and North Eastern Railway Company, Lloyds Bank
, Horden Collieries Ltd, the Forth Bridge Railway Company, the National Benzole Company, and a number of others.
He became prominent as a representative of the employers in negotiations with the Miners' Federation and favoured hard responses to worker militancy. He was a member of a number of government committees. He served as Second Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1918 to 1919, and for this he was created a baronet
in the 1920 Birthday Honours.
Pease died of a cerebral haemorrhage during a board meeting of Horden Collieries Ltd. on 23 November 1927. On his death his baronetcy passed to his son Richard Arthur Pease.
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
(11 March 1866 – 23 November 1927) was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
owner and public servant.
Pease was born in Hummersknott
Hummersknott
Hummersknott is an area in the western end of Darlington, County Durham which consists of mainly post-war houses, and is closely linked to the Mowden....
, a suburb of Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
. He came from a wealthy local Quaker family, and was the son of the coal owner and Member of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
Arthur Pease and the brother of the politician Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton
Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton
Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton was a British politician.Pease was born into a wealthy family, the son of the politician Arthur Pease and his wife Mary Lecky née Pike. His brother was Arthur Francis Pease. Both were educated at Brighton College...
. He was educated at Brighton College
Brighton College
Brighton College is an institution divided between a Senior School known simply as Brighton College, the Prep School and the Pre-Prep School. All of these schools are co-educational independent schools in Brighton, England, sited immediately next to each another. The Senior School caters for...
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, and in 1888 joined the family firm, Pease & Partners Ltd, of which he later became chairman.
Pease eventually also became chairman of Middlesbrough Estate Ltd, North-Eastern Improved Dwellings Company, William Whitwell & Co, and the Durham & North Yorkshire Public House Trust, and a director of the North Eastern Railway Company
North Eastern Railway (UK)
The North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...
/London and North Eastern Railway Company, Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank Plc was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1765 until its merger into Lloyds TSB in 1995; it remains a registered company but is currently dormant. It expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies...
, Horden Collieries Ltd, the Forth Bridge Railway Company, the National Benzole Company, and a number of others.
He became prominent as a representative of the employers in negotiations with the Miners' Federation and favoured hard responses to worker militancy. He was a member of a number of government committees. He served as Second Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1918 to 1919, and for this he was created a baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
in the 1920 Birthday Honours.
Pease died of a cerebral haemorrhage during a board meeting of Horden Collieries Ltd. on 23 November 1927. On his death his baronetcy passed to his son Richard Arthur Pease.