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Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet
Born(1922-05-20)20 May 1922
Richmond, Yorkshire, England[1]
Died9 March 2021(2021-03-09) (aged 98)
EducationEton College
Known forChairman of Yorkshire Bank
Vice-chairman of Barclays
Spouse
Anne Heyworth
(m. 1950; died 2006)
Children3, including Richard Peter Pease and Nichola Pease
RelativesSir 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

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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

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

Personal life

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 24 May 1922. p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c "How The Pease Dynasty is linked to the credit crunch | Business". The Guardian. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. ^ ‘PEASE, Sir Richard Thorn’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
  4. ^ "Flying Officer Arthur Peter Pease | War Casualty Details | CWGC".
  5. ^ "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. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Current United Kingdom Baronetcies I - P". Cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. ^ Telegraph deaths announcements: PEASE


Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Hammersknott)
1969–2021
Succeeded by