J. F. Pease and Company Ltd.
Registered 1899. Railway contractors based in Middlesbrough. Dissolved <1916. Company number 60356
Capital £250,000 in 22,000 ordinary shares and 30,000 6% cumulative preference shares of £1 increased to £300,000 in 27,000 ordinary shares and 30,000 6% cumulative preference shares of £1.
The Quaker Pease family were well known, wealthy bankers and industrialists from the North East. Joseph Pease was one of the proponents of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in the 1820’s. Other members of the family intermarried with other well known quaker families such as the Backhouses and Frys. Directors of large companies such as Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank. Reginald was a director of Darlington Forge, Carnforth Haematite Iron Co and Bearpark Coal & Coke Co.
1899