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Edward Pease (31 May 1767 - 31 July 1858) was an English
England

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 railway owner.

Pease was born in Darlington
Darlington

Darlington is a town in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England, and the main population centre in the Darlington . Darlington has a resident population of 97,838....
, a member of the locally prominent Pease family
Pease family (Darlington)

This Pease family was a prominent mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, son of Edward Pease ....
, and was educated locally and at a Quaker boarding school in Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
. He was active in his family's wool business, but turned his attention to something new at the age of 50. He wanted to see a railway line that would link the collieries in County Durham
County Durham

County Durham is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in North East England England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the county is the town of Darlington....
 with the port at Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in North East England England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority area and borough of Stockton-on-Tees....
 and persuaded businessmen to back the plan.






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Edward Pease (31 May 1767 - 31 July 1858) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 railway owner.

Pease was born in Darlington
Darlington

Darlington is a town in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England, and the main population centre in the Darlington . Darlington has a resident population of 97,838....
, a member of the locally prominent Pease family
Pease family (Darlington)

This Pease family was a prominent mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, son of Edward Pease ....
, and was educated locally and at a Quaker boarding school in Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
. He was active in his family's wool business, but turned his attention to something new at the age of 50. He wanted to see a railway line that would link the collieries in County Durham
County Durham

County Durham is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in North East England England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the county is the town of Darlington....
 with the port at Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in North East England England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority area and borough of Stockton-on-Tees....
 and persuaded businessmen to back the plan. His plan was approved by Parliament in 1821.

Pease planned a horse-drawn railway until George Stephenson
George Stephenson

George Stephenson was an England civil engineer and mechanical engineering who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam engine locomotives and is known as the "Father of Railways"....
 persuaded him to use his steam locomotive instead. The Stockton and Darlington Railway
Stockton and Darlington Railway

The Stockton and Darlington Railway , which opened in 1825, was the world's first permanent steam locomotive hauled public railway....
 was opened on September 27, 1825 though due to the death of his son, Isaac, the day before Edward Pease did not attend the ceremony.

In 1829 Pease retired from the railway and his second son Joseph
Joseph Pease

Joseph Pease may refer to:* Joseph Pease , railway owner, first Quaker elected Member of Parliament* Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet , MP 1865–1903, son of Joseph Pease ...
 took over. He supported the Anti-Slavery
Abolitionism

File:BLAKE10.JPGAbolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and emancipate slaves in western Europe and the Americas. The slave system aroused little protest until the 18th century, when rationalist thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment criticized it for violating the rights of man, and Quaker and other evangelical religious groups con...
 movement and also supported Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth Fry was an England prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Religious Society of Friends, a Christian philanthropist.Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to make the treatment of prisoners more humane, and she was supported in her efforts by the reigning monarch....
 in her prison reform campaign.

He married Rachel Whitwell. Their children included John Pease (1797-1868), Joseph Pease (1799-1872), Isaac Pease (1805-1825) and Henry Pease
Henry Pease (MP)

Henry Pease was a railway owner, peace campaigner and a Liberal Party politician who represented Durham South .Pease, a member of the Quaker Pease family of Darlington, was the fifth son of Edward Pease ....
 (1807-1881).

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