1896, December 7th

Mr. Henry Fell Pease, M.P. for the Cleveland Division of Yorkshire, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence, Brinkburn, Darlington. He was a member of a well-known Quaker family, and the eldest son of the late Mr. Henry Pease. He was born at Middleton St. George, near Darlington, in 1838, and in 1862 married his second cousin Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Beaumont Pease, of North Lodge, Darlington. He had been a member of the Darlington corporation since the incorporation of the borough in 1868, and had twice been mayor, holding that office in 1874-75, when the railway jubilee was celebrated there. He was first returned to Parliament for the Cleveland Division in 1885 as a Liberal. In 1886 he was returned unopposed as a Gladstonian, and in 1892 and 1895 he was elected after a contest. In 1881 and 1882 he was president of the National Liberal Federation. He was a partner in the firm of Messrs. Pease and Partners (Limited), coal and ironstone mine owners. He was for many years director of the Tees Valley Railway Company and other companies, and was a J.P. of Durham and a J.P. and D.L. for the North Riding of Yorkshire. Two sons and one daughter survive him.

Source: The Times