Edward Pease

Edward Pease

Edward Pease is the name of several people either of or related to the Darlington, UK Pease family. The best known of these are:
* Edward Pease (1767-1858) - Railway pioneer
* Edward R. Pease (1857 - 1955), first cousin twice removed of Edward Pease (1767-1858) and a founder of the Fabian Society

Probably not of the same family

* Edward A. Pease, former US congressman from Indiana.


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  • Edward Pease — (* 31. Mai 1767 in Darlington; † 31. Juli 1858 ebd.) war ein britischer Geschäftsmann. Er gehörte den Quäkern an. Pease erlangte Berühmtheit, weil er die Stockton and Darlington Railway initiierte und finanzierte. Edward Pease wurde als Sohn… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edward Pease — Né à Darlington, Edward Pease (31 mai 1767 31 juillet 1858) fréquente l’école des quakers à Leeds. Il travaille ensuite dans l’entreprise familiale (une fabrique de laine), il devient banquier, avant de se tourner à cinquante ans vers le chemin… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Edward Pease (railway pioneer) — Edward Pease (31 May 1767 31 July 1858) was an English railway owner.Pease was born in Darlington, a member of the locally prominent Pease family, and was educated locally and at a Quaker boarding school in Leeds. He was active in his family s… …   Wikipedia

  • Edward A. Pease — Edward Allan Pease (* 22. Mai 1951 in Terre Haute, Indiana) ist ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1997 und 2001 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Indiana im US Repräsentantenhaus. Werdegang Edward Pease besuchte bis 1969 die Gerstmeyer High… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pease — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Al Pease (* 1921), kanadischer Autorennfahrer Allan Pease, australischer Autor Arthur Pease (1837–1898), britischer Politiker Arthur Francis Pease (1866–1927), britischer Kohleminen Magnat und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pease — Pease, in Middle English, was a noun referring to the vegetable pea; see that article for its etymology. The word survives into modern English in pease pudding.Pease may also refer to:People* Pease family (Darlington), a prominent family in… …   Wikipedia

  • Pease family (Darlington) — The Pease family was a prominent English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, son of Edward Pease (1711–1785).[1] They were one of the great Quaker industrialist… …   Wikipedia

  • Pease Baronets — There have been two Baronetcies created for members of the Pease family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both titles are extant.The Pease Baronetcy, of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe in the County of York, was created in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Pease — Recorded in various spelling forms including Pease, Peaseman, and Passman, this is an English occupational surname. It derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century word pease meaning the vegetable known as peas , and was originally given as a… …   Surnames reference

  • Edward R. Pease — Edward Reynolds Pease (23 December 1857 5 January 1955) was an English writer and a founding member of the Fabian Society.Pease, the sixth of fifteen children, was born near Bristol, the son of devout Quakers, Thomas Pease (1816 1884) and Susanna …   Wikipedia

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