Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet explained

Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet
Birth Date:1922 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Richmond, Yorkshire, England[1]
Death Place:Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Education:Eton College
Known For:Chairman of Yorkshire Bank
Vice-chairman of Barclays
Children:3, including Richard Peter Pease and Nichola Pease
Relations:Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet (grandfather)

Sir Richard Thorn Pease, 3rd Baronet, DL (20 May 1922 – 9 March 2021) was a British banker, who was chairman of Yorkshire Bank, and vice-chairman of Barclays.

Early life

Pease was born in 1922 at Prior House, in Richmond, Yorkshire, the son of Sir Richard Arthur Pease (1890–1969), the 2nd Baronet, and the grandson of Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet (1866–1927).[2] He was educated at Eton College.[3]

His elder brother Arthur Peter Pease[4] was an RAF Flying Officer who was killed in action on 15 September 1940, aged just 22, during the Battle of Britain, when his Spitfire was shot down near Kingswood, in Kent.[5]

Career

Pease was chairman of Yorkshire Bank, and vice-chairman of Barclays.[2]

Personal life

Pease married Anne Heyworth and they have three children:[2]

He lived at Hindley House, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England.[6] Pease died in March 2021 at the age of 98.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Births . . The Times Digital Archive . 24 May 1922. 1.
  2. Web site: How The Pease Dynasty is linked to the credit crunch | Business . The Guardian . 7 December 2008. 21 June 2017.
  3. ‘PEASE, Sir Richard Thorn’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
  4. Web site: Flying Officer Arthur Peter Pease | War Casualty Details | CWGC.
  5. Web site: An American academic seeks to honour a Battle of Britain hero from a famous family (From The Northern Echo) . Thenorthernecho.co.uk . 15 September 1940 . 21 June 2017.
  6. Web site: Current United Kingdom Baronetcies I - P . Cracroftspeerage.co.uk . 2017-07-05.
  7. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/248496/pease Telegraph deaths announcements: PEASE