Joseph Pease (railway pioneer)

For other people named Joseph Pease, see Joseph Pease (disambiguation).

Joseph Pease

Joseph Pease (22 June 1799 – 8 February 1872) was a British proponent and supporter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, one of first public railway systems in the world, and was the first Quaker permitted to take his seat in Parliament.[1]

  1. ^ "visitdarlington.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2016.