Joseph Walker Pease

Joseph Walker Pease (1820 - 22 November 1882)[1] was a Conservative Party politician.

Joseph Walker Pease MP
Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull
In office 24 October 1873 – 7 February 1874 Serving with Charles Morgan Norwood
Preceded by	Charles Morgan Norwood James Clay
Succeeded by	Charles Morgan Norwood Charles Wilson
Personal details
Born	1820
Died	22 November 1882 (aged 62)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

Despite his Quaker beliefs, Pease was an enthusiast for the Volunteer movement and on 11 August 1860 was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the 1st (Consolidated) Battalion, East Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers. Until it built Londesborough Barracks in Kingston upon Hull as its drill hall in 1864, the battalion drilled at the Cyclops Foundry, in which Pease had a commercial interest.[2][3][4][5]

He was elected Conservative MP for Kingston upon Hull at a by-election in 1873 but lost the seat very soon after at the 1874 general election.[6]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
2. Army List.
3. Ian F.W. Beckett, Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, ISBN 0 85936 271 X. , p. 29.
4. R.W.S. Norfolk, Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteer Forces of the East Riding 1689–1908, York: East Yorkshire Local History Society, 1965, pp. 36–7.
5. Ray Westlake, Tracing the Rifle Volunteers, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84884-211-3, p. 253.
6. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Joseph Pease