Talk:Pease family (Darlington)

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[edit] Reason for creation

I created this page so (a) the links of the various Darlington Peases would be clearer and (b) so we might get rid of some separate entries that are only there to connect two people who deserve entries. I also checked the Dictionary of National Biography. The following members of the family all have entries:

  • Fry [nee Pease], Sophia, Lady Fry (1837-1897), philanthropist and political activist
  • Nichol, Elizabeth Pease [nee Elizabeth Pease] (1807-1897), slavery abolitionist and radical
  • Pease, Sir Alfred Edward, second baronet (1857-1939), politician and sportsman
  • Pease, Sir Arthur Francis, first baronet (1866-1927), coal owner and industrialist
  • Pease, Edward (1767-1858), woollen manufacturer and railway promoter
  • Pease, Henry (1807-1881), Quaker railway company promoter found in Pease, Edward (1767-1858), woollen manufacturer and railway promoter
  • Pease, John William Beaumont, first Baron Wardington (1869-1950), banker
  • Pease, Joseph (1799-1872), Quaker railway company promoter and industrialist found in Pease, Edward (1767-1858), woollen manufacturer and railway promoter
  • Pease, Joseph Albert [Jack], first Baron Gainford (1860-1943), politician
  • Pease, Sir Joseph Whitwell, first baronet (1828-1903), industrialist and banker

Many of them already have Wikipedia entries but not all--Erp 19:20, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pease Partners Bank

Does Pease Partners Bank deserve a separate entry? Vernon White . . . Talk 15:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

As it is long defunct and nothing seems to link to it or is likely to in the near future, I don't think so. --Erp (talk) 01:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps a general article on Quaker-run provincial banks an their eventual fate of being swallowed by Barclay or Lloyds or going bust. I got the impression somewhere tha the Pease Bank was more like a merchant bank for North East enterprises and its demise hurt the region badly. How did it collapse? Was Sir Jonathan Backhouse, 1st Baronet the villain of the piece, as I read somewhere. At the moment, I am working on Category:Members of Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall, which is fairly extensive . . . so maybe sometime. BTW have you seen a copy of Milligan's Biographical dictionary of British Quakers in commerce and industry? Vernon White . . . Talk 08:50, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
I'm not too sure about the ins and outs of the Pease Bank except that its collapse was a bit of a scandal for the family (see http://www.durhampast.net/banks.html) and the family controlled much of the North East. I haven't seen the Biographical Dictionary. I wonder how many of my relatives I know of are in it? Does it mention Alfred Brooks? As far as an entry, it might be better part of a banking history article--Erp (talk) 00:06, 7 June 2008 (UTC)