Joseph Pease (1799 - 1872)

Born 22 Jun 1799 in Middleton St. George, County Durham, England

Ancestors

Husband of Emma (Gurney) Pease — married 20 Mar 1826 in Darlington, County Durham, England

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1872 at age 72 in Darlington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Joseph was a Friend (Quaker)

Joseph Pease (22 June 1799 – 8 February 1872) was a proponent and supporter of the earliest public railway system in the world and was the first Quaker permitted to take his seat in Parliament. ^[1]

He was buried in the Friends Burial Ground, Darlington, Darlington Unitary Authority, County Durham, England. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia, Joseph Pease (22 June 1799 – 8 February 1872) (railway pioneer)
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 January 2021), memorial page for Joseph Pease (22 Jun 1799–8 Feb 1872), Find A Grave: Memorial #130595734, citing Friends Burial Ground, Darlington, Darlington Unitary Authority, County Durham, England

Note

Darlington’s first Quaker MP and an eminent businessman.

In 1902 the Pease financial system collapsed when Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease MP (1828-1903) “Father of the House of Commons” became bankrupt yet the dynasty continued with Joseph (Jack) Albert Pease (1860-1943), the first Lord Gainford, who was made a peer for his services as a Cabinet Minister during the 1914-1918 war. There are still Pease descendents living in Darlington, but the last one to carry the family surname was Michael Pease who died in 1968.