Baron Gainford

Baron Gainford, of Headlam in the County of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 3 January 1917 for the Liberal politician Jack Pease, a member of the Darlington Pease family. He notably served as President of the Board of Education from 1911 to 1915. Pease was the second son of Sir Joseph W. Pease, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of Joseph Pease, while Arthur Pease was his uncle and Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet, Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Wardington, and Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton, were his first cousins. The third baron was a former member of the London County Council and of the Greater London Council. As of 2013 the title is held by his younger brother, the fourth baron, an architect and town planner; County Planning Officer for Ross and Cromarty 1967-1975 and Scottish Office Inquiry Reporter 1978-1993.

Barons Gainford (1917)

The heir apparent to the barony is the present holder's son Hon. Adrian Christopher Pease (b.1960).

Coat of arms of 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 [3]

See also

References
  1. "No. 29913". The London Gazette. 23 January 1917. p. 842.
  2. "Telegraph Announcements - 3rd Lord Gainford". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  3. Burke's Peerage. 1949.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

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