Joseph Albert Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford PC, DL, JP , known as Jack Pease before 1917, was a British businessman and conservative Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquiths 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 , 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.
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