Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton
British politician (1866–1949)
Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton, (7 May 1867 – 10 May 1949), was a British politician.
Biography
Pease was born into a wealthy family, the son of the politician Arthur Pease and his wife Mary Lecky née Pike. His brother was (Sir) Arthur Francis Pease. Both were educated at Brighton College. He attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Pease served as Liberal Unionist then Unionist MP for Darlington 1898–1910 and from 1910–1923; he lost reelection in January 1910 before returning in December of that same year. For some years he was a party whip. From 1915 until 1922 he was Assistant Postmaster General. He was created a Privy Councillor in 1917.
On 12 February 1923, he was created Baron Daryngton, of Witley in the County of Surrey.
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