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