1409 Herbert Pease

Constituency  : Darlington  1898-1910, 1910-12 ( Liberal  Unionist ), 1912-23 ( Conservative )

Herbert  succeeded  his  deceased  father  Arthur  as  Liberal  Unionist  MP  for  Darlington.

Herbert  was  educated  at  Brighton  College  and  Cambridge. He  was  a  director  of  Pease  and  Partners.

Herbert  was  defeated  in  January  1910  but  won  the  seat  back  in  December  when  the  MP  Ignatius  Lincoln  stood  down at  the  last  minute.

Herbert  became  a  whip. He  was  Assistant  Postmaster-General  from  1915  to  1922.

Herbert's  son  was  killed  at  the  Somme.

Herbert  was  created  Baron  Daryington  in  1923.

Despite  the  family's  Quaker  roots , Herbert  was  either  chair  or  vice-chair  of  the  House  of  Laity  of  the  Church  Assembly  of  the  C  of  E.

He  died  in  1949  aged  82.