1049 Henry Pease 2

Constituency : Cleveland  1885-96

Henry  took  the  new  seat  of  Cleveland  with  an  easy  victory  over  the  Conservatives.

Henry  was  another  member  of  the  Pease  dynasty,  the  son  of  Henry  Pease, former  MP  for  South  Durham.  He  was  privately  educated. He  was  a  director  of  Pease  and  Partners  ( Limited )  mining  coal  and  ironstone  and  a  director  of  Tees  Valley  Railway. He  was  twice  mayor  of  Darlington .  In  1881-82  he  was  President  of  the  National  Liberal  Federation. He  was  a  Quaker.

In  1890  Henry  introduced  a  bill  for  the  registration  of  midwives.

He  died  in  1897  aged  58.