There have been two baronetcies created for members of the

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, both in the

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. Both titles are extant. The Pease Baronetcy, of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 May 1882 for

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. He represented

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and

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in the

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. Pease was the son of

and the grandson of Edward Pease. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. He sat as

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for

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and

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. The Pease Baronetcy, of Hummersknott in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 June 1920 for the coal magnate Arthur Pease. He was the son of Arthur Pease, younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1882 creation. In addition, three members of the Pease family have been elevated to the peerage.

Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford (17 January 1860 – 15 February 1943), known as Jack Pease, was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's Liberal cabinet between 1910 and 1916 and also served ...

(1917), was the second son of the first Baronet of the 1882 creation. Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (1923), was the younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1920 creation.

Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Wardington John William Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Wardington (4 July 1869 – 7 August 1950), was a British banker. Biography Beaumont "Montie" Pease was the son of Helen Maria and John William Pease of Pendower, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and of Nether Grange, N ...

(1936), Chairman of

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, was a first cousin once removed of the first Baronet of the 1882 creation.

Pease baronets, of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe (1882)

* Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, 1st Baronet (1828–1903) * Sir Alfred Edward Pease, 2nd Baronet (1857–1939) *

Sir Edward Pease, 3rd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1880–1963) *

Sir Alfred Vincent Pease, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1926–2008) * Sir Joseph Gurney Pease, 5th Baronet (born 1927) The

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is the present holder's son, Charles Edward Gurney Pease (b. 1955). The heir apparent's

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is his distant cousin, Adrian Christopher Pease, 5th Baron Gainford (b. 1950).

Pease baronets, of Hummersknott (1920)

* Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet (1866–1927) *

Sir Richard Arthur Pease, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1890–1969) * Sir Richard Thorn Pease, 3rd Baronet (1922–2021)Telegraph Deaths Announcements: PEASE
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is the current holder's cousin, Jonathan Edward Pease (b. 1952). The heir presumptive's

is his brother, Christopher Berkeley Pease (b. 1958), followed by his son, Edward Robert Pease (b. 1991), and by his brother, Arthur David Pease (b. 1961).

References

External links

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * Joseph Gurney Pease. ''A Wealth of Happiness and Many Bitter Trials'' (1992) The life and journals of Sir Alfred Edward Pease Bt. * Maurice. W. Kirby. ''Men of Business and Politics''. George Allen & Unwin. 1984. . A study of the rise and fall of the Quaker Pease Dynasty of North East England, 1700–1943. * {{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Pease

Pease baronets, of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe (1882)

Pease baronets, of Hummersknott (1920)

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