Henry Pease (4 May 1807 – 30 May 1881)[1] was an English railway owner, peace campaigner and a Liberal politician who represented Durham South.

Pease was a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway[2] and was responsible for the foundation of the seaside resort of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

He was, for a time, the Peace Society President and, in 1854, he visited the Tsar of Russia in an attempt to talk him out of the Crimean War.

[1] His will, dated 20 January 1859, left to Joseph Whitehall Pease the net personal estate being affirmed to be of the value of upwards of £360,000.

"If she is to marries again; she is also to have the right of residing at his mansion house, Piermont, with the use of the furniture, plates, pictures, effects and a carriage and horse for a twelvemonth after his decease".