The Henson Journals

Arthur Pease

Arthur Pease (1866-1927; ODNB), member of the Quaker Pease dynasty of Darlington; chairman or director of banks, coal, railway and other companies; president, Durham Unionist Association from 1910; prominent as a hard-line negotiator in mining disputes from 1912; member of various government committees, and temporary civil servant in the admiralty, 1918-19; bt. 1920; chairman, Durham county council, 1922; m. 1889 Laura Allix.

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