Pease was born into a wealthy family, the son of the politician
Arthur Pease and his wife Mary Lecky née Pike. His brother was (Sir)
Arthur Francis Pease. Both were educated at
Brighton College. He attended
Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Pease served as
Liberal Unionist then
Unionist MP for
Darlington 1898–1910 and from 1910–1923; he lost reelection in
January 1910 before returning in
December of that same year. For some years he was a party whip. From 1915 until 1922 he was
Assistant Postmaster General. He was created a
Privy Councillor in 1917. On 12 February 1923, he was created
Baron Daryngton,
of Witley in the County of Surrey. For 25 years he was either Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the House of Laity of the Church Assembly of the Church of England, the predecessor of the
General Synod. The
Daryngton peerage passed to the surviving son
Jocelyn Arthur Pease, 2nd Baron Daryngton (30 May 1908 – 5 April 1994) on his death, with whom it became extinct. ==Marriage and issue==