Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford

Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889–1971) was a British hereditary peer and member of the Pease family.

Family

He was the only son of the Liberal peer Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford and his wife Ethel Havelock-Allan, a daughter of Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, 1st Baronet^[1] He married 1921, Veronica Margaret Noble, (died 1995) daughter of Sir George John William Noble, 2nd Baronet.^[1]

Their children were:

• Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (1921-2013)^[2]
• George Pease, 4th Baron Gainford (1926-2022)^[1]
• John Michael Pease (1930–2007)

Career

Pease was educated at Eton College^[1] and reached the rank of Major in the British Army.^[3] He fought in both world wars before becoming Baron in 1943.^[1] He died in September 1971.^[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford

Crest Upon the capital of an Ionic column a dove rising holding in the beak a pea stalk as in the arms all Proper. Escutcheon Per fess Azure and Gules a fess nebuly Ermine between two lambs passant in chief Argent and in base upon a mount Proper a dove rising Argent holding in the beak a pea stalk the blossoms and pods also Proper. Supporters On either side a barbary wild sheep ram guardant Or. Motto Pax Et Spes [4]