Aug. 1881. _Fortunes made in business i_ 331–78 (1884); _I.L.N.
xxiv_ 201 (1854) _portrait_; _J. Sturge’s Some account of a
deputation from the Friends to the emperor of Russia_ (1854);
_London Society_ (1881) 431–46.
PEASE, JOHN (son of Edward Pease 1767–1858). _b._ Darlington
1797; a partner in the woollen manufactory, retired 1837; a
minister among the Friends 1819, visited the Friends’ meetings
in Great Britain, Ireland and America in 46 journeys; in U.S.
of America 1843–5; chairman of Darlington board of health; an
original director of the Stockton and Darlington railway 1825;
a founder of the North of England agricultural school at Great
Ayton, Yorks. 1841. _d._ Darlington 29 July 1868. _Biog. Cat. of
lives of Friends_ (1888) 495–500.
PEASE, JOSEPH (2 son of Edward Pease 1767–1858, woollen
manufacturer). _b._ Darlington 22 June 1799; clerk in his
father’s business, then a partner; helped his father to project
the railway from Stockton to Darlington 1819–20, and became the
treasurer 27 Sept. 1833; founded the Great Middlesborough estate
co. 1829; M.P. South Durham 1832–41, the first quaker member,
objected to take the oath 8 Feb. 1833, a committee was appointed
to inquire into precedents and he was allowed to affirm 14 Feb.;
assisted Joseph Lancaster in his educational work; president
of the Peace society 1860 to death; became totally blind
before 1865; republished and distributed many Friends’ books;
had Jonathan Dymond’s Essays on the principles of morality
translated into Spanish for which he received the grand cross of
Charles III, 2 Jany. 1872: author of On slavery and its remedy