Arthur Pease, DL (12 September 1837 – 27 August 1898) was a British politician, son of Joseph Pease (1799–1872).
He was Member of Parliament for Whitby from 1880 to 1885, and for Darlington from 1895 until his death in 1898.
He was a member of the Royal Commission on Opium in India from 1893–95.
He married on 14 April 1864 to Mary Lecky Pike. They had two sons:
- Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet (1866–1927)
- Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton, Baron Daryngton (1867–1949)
Famous quotes containing the word arthur:
“If the sea were ink
For the words of my Lord,
the sea would be spent before the Words of my Lord are spent.”
—Qur’An. The Cave 18:109, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)