but not considered Darlington Peases, were descendants of the first Joseph Pease's brother, Thomas Pease (1743–1811). His granddaughter, Hannah Ford née Pease was mother of Isabella Ford, the reformer, and Emily Susan Ford, the painter. His grandson Thomas Pease (1816–1884) married three times and had many children, with his third wife, Susanna Ann Fry, sister of the judge Edward Fry and aunt of Roger Fry. These children included Edward Reynolds Pease (1857–1955), a founder and longtime secretary of the Fabian Society. He in turn is father of Michael Stewart Pease (1890–1966), geneticist at Cambridge University and member of the Cambridge County Council. He was also interned at Ruhleben during the First World War. After the war he married Helen Bowen Wedgwood (1895-1981), daughter of Josiah Wedgwood (later the first Lord Wedgwood). They were parents of, among others Rendel Sebastian (Bas) Pease, nuclear physicist, FRS (1922–2004, died aged 81). Jocelyn Richenda (Chenda) Pease (died 2005 as Lady Huxley), wife of the biologist Andrew Huxley. Nicolas Arthington Pease (1896–1983), received a Military Cross (with a bar) during WWI. Marian (May) Fry Pease (1859–1954), educator. Joseph Pease's sister Ann (died 1826) married Jonathan Backhouse (1747–1826) founder of Backhouse's Bank in 1774 and was mother of Jonathan Backhouse (1779–1842) - banker who in turn is father of Edmund Backhouse (1824–1906), English banker, J.P., and MP for Darlington. Father of Jonathan Backhouse (1849–1918), British baronet and banker. Father of Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet (1873–1944), British would-be oriental scholar and literary forger. (Admiral of the Fleet Sir) Roger Backhouse (1878–1939), admiral of the Royal Navy and First Sea Lord 1939. She was also great-grandmother of Robert Backhouse (1854–1940), well-known horticulturist and British archer in the 1908 Olympics. Through his mother, Katherine Aldam, he was also a great-grandson of Thomas Pease (1743–1811). William Ormston Backhouse (1885–1962), English agriculturalist and geneticist. Son of Robert Backhouse (1854–1940). and ancestor of, among others, Ernest Pease Hodgkin (1906–1997) Husband of Mary Constance Hodgkin née McKerrow (1909–1985) a well-known anthropologist and Girl Guide. He was nearly disowned for doing so. Ernest became an expert on mosquito breeding habits and moved to Malaya to further his studies. He was interned in a civilian POW camp from 1942 to the end of the war and he and his family moved to Australia. He became a very well known marine biologist in Western Australia. See also Pease baronets References Sources Tomorrow's History. A regional