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Jack Pease

The Right Honourable
The Lord Gainford
PC DL JP
1910 Jack Pease.jpg
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
3 June 1908 – 14 February 1910
Monarch Edward VII
Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
Preceded by George Whiteley
Succeeded by The Master of Elibank
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
14 February 1910 – 23 October 1911
Monarch Edward VII
George V
Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
Preceded by Herbert Samuel
Succeeded by Charles Hobhouse
President of the Board of Education
In office
23 October 1911 – 25 May 1915
Monarch George V
Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
Preceded by Walter Runciman
Succeeded by Arthur Henderson
Postmaster General
In office
18 January 1916 – 5 December 1916
Monarch George V
Prime Minister H. H. Asquith
Preceded by Herbert Samuel
Succeeded by Albert Illingworth
Personal details
Born (1860-01-17)17 January 1860
Darlington, County Durham
Died 15 February 1943(1943-02-15) (aged 83)
Headlam Hall, Gainford, County Durham
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Ethel Havelock-Allen
(d. 1941)
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge

Joseph Albert "Jack" Pease, 1st Baron Gainford, PC, DL, JP (17 January 1860 – 15 February 1943), known as Jack Pease before 1917, was a British businessman and conservativeLiberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's Liberal cabinet between 1910 and 1916 and also served as Chairman of the BBC between 1922 and 1926.

Pease was born in Darlington, County Durham (a member of the Darlington Peases), the second and youngest son of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet, of Hutton Hall, Guisborough, and Mary, daughter of Alfred Fox. He was the younger brother of Sir Alfred Pease, 2nd Baronet, the nephew of Arthur Pease and the first cousin of Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet, and Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton. He was educated at Grove House, Tottenham, a Quaker school, and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Pease served as Mayor of Darlington from 1889 to 1890. He was elected Member of Parliament for Tyneside in 1892, a seat he held until 1900 He contested and won a by-election for Saffron Walden in May 1901, and represented that constituency until 1910, and Rotherham between 1910 and 1916. He was private secretary (unpaid) to John Morley, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, between 1893 and 1895 and a junior opposition whip between 1897 and 1905.


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