Harper (1762–1832) - Clergyman based in Walworth, author of the society's ninth tract (see obit The Herald of Peace 1831, p. 528) Robert Marsden (1769/70–1847) - Evangelical, stockbroker, the society's first chairman Joseph Tregelles Price (1784–1854) - Quaker, family owned the Neath Abbey ironworks (see SAS) Evan Rees (1791–1821) - Welsh Quaker, businessman, author of the society's fifth tract (see SAS) John Scott (1757–1832) - Evangelical, banker, author of the society's second tract (which had originally been published in 1796) Frederick Smith (1757–1823) - Quaker, pharmacist and chemist Thomas Sturge the Elder (1749–1825) - Quaker, businessman and philanthropist Other notable members and associates Chairmen/Presidents Robert Marsden - Chairman, 1817–1836 Dr. John Lee - Barrister and astronomer; Chairman, ?-1843 Charles Hindley - Moravian, politician; President, 1843–1857 Samuel Morley - Radical politician and philanthropist; President, 1858-1860? Joseph Pease - Quaker, politician; President, 1860–1872 Secretaries Evan Rees - Secretary, ?–1821 Rev. Nun Morgan Harry - Secretary, ?–1830 (see Welsh Wikipedia) Rev. John Jefferson - Congregational pastor; Secretary, 1840–1848 Rev. Henry Richard - Congregational pastor and politician; Secretary, 1848–1885 Rev. William Evans Darby - Secretary, 1885–1915 Rev. Herbert Dunnico – Secretary, 1915–? Treasurers John Clarkson - Treasurer, 1816–1819 John Scott - Treasurer, 1820–1831 Samuel Gurney - Treasurer, 1832–? Records of the Peace Society International Peace Society Records, 1817–1948 at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. Note: this is a large file of pamphlets and other printed publications of the Society. There is an historical introduction to the collection but no business archives are in the collection. Other records of the Peace Society are reported to be in the possession of [Rev.] C.P. Dunnico There are also records at the Savings Bank Museum, as the founder of the first parish savings bank Henry Duncan wrote on this subject. See also Christian pacifism Exeter Hall International Peace Congress List of anti-war organizations Peace congress World Anti-Slavery Convention American Peace Society, founded in 1828 New York Peace Society, founded in 1815 German Peace Society (), founded in 1892 References Further reading Lewis Appleton, Memoirs of Henry Richard, the Apostle of Peace (Trubner & Co., 1889) Peter Brock, Pacifism in Europe to 1914 (Princeton University Press, 1972) Martin Ceadel, Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945: The Defining of a Faith (Oxford University Press, 1980) Martin Ceadel, The Origins of War Prevention: The British Peace Movement and International Relations, 1730-1854 (Oxford University Press, 1996) Stephen Conway, The Politicization of the Nineteenth-Century Peace Society (Historical