Sir Richard Thorn Pease, 3rd Baronet, DL (20 May 1922 – 9 March 2021) was a British banker, who was chairman of

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, and vice-chairman of

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Early life

Pease was born in 1922 at Prior House, in

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, Yorkshire, the son of Sir Richard Arthur Pease (1890–1969), the 2nd Baronet, and the grandson of Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet (1866–1927). He was educated at

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. His elder brother Arthur Peter Pease was an RAF Flying Officer who was killed in action on 15 September 1940, aged just 22, during the

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, when his

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was shot down near Kingswood, in Kent.

Career

Pease was chairman of Yorkshire Bank, and vice-chairman of

Personal life

Pease married Anne Heyworth and they have three children: *Carolyn Thorn Pease, married to John Varley, CEO of Barclays from 2004 to 2011 * Richard Peter Pease, 4th Baronet, fund manager *

Nichola Pease Nichola Pease (born 3 April 1961) is a British fund manager. According to The '' Sunday Times Rich List'' in 2019, Pease and her then husband Crispin Odey were worth £775 million. Early life Nichola Pease was born in April 1961. Her father, ...

, married to fellow hedge fund manager

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He lived at Hindley House, Stocksfield-on-Tyne,

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, England. Pease died in March 2021 at the age of 98.Telegraph deaths announcements: PEASE
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References

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People educated at Eton College People from Stocksfield People from Richmond, North Yorkshire