Thales Pease

Colonel Sir Thales Pease, KCB (1835 - 26 February 1919) was a British Army and Navy ordnance officer.

Biography

Pease was born in Plumstead, Kent, in 1835, the son of William Pease and Susannah Moore.[1]

He entered the service in 1855 under the Board of Ordnance,[2] joined the Ordnance Store Department as a Deputy-Commissary on its creation in November 1875,[3] and was appointed Assistant Commissary-General of Ordnance 31 January 1880.[4] When officers of the Ordnance Store Department were permitted to receive honorary military rank in February 1885, Pease received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-colonel.[5] In 1884-1885 he served in the Sudan campaign as senior ordnance store officer, Nile Expedition,[2] was mentioned in dispatches, and in recognition of his services was promoted Deputy Commissary-General of Ordnance with the honorary rank of Colonel 15 June 1885.[6] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1889.[2]

In 1890 Pease was appointed technical adviser to a committee to which was entrusted the duty of forming a separate ordnance department for the Navy,[2] and in October 1891 he was transferred to the new Naval Ordnance Department at the Admiralty.[7] He was Storekeeper-general of Naval ordnance at the Admiralty from 1891 until February 1902, when he retired.[8]

Owing to his foresight in having reserves at a critical time, the Admiralty was able to give material assistance to the Army in the early part of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). In recognition, Pease was in the Birthday Honours list published 9 November 1901 appointed a Knight Commander (military) of the Order of the Bath (KCB) by King Edward VII.[9]

Pease died at Kensington 26 February 1919.[2]

Family

Pease married first, in 1856, Lavinia Jolly (1836-1902), daughter of Robert Jolly. They had five children.[1] Lady Pease died 20 November 1902, and he re-married, in 1904, Flora Louise Hubert. Lieutenant-General Leonard Thales Pease, CB (1859-1936) was a son.

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.pennyghael.org.uk/Edward%20Pease.pdf
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Obituary - Colonel Sir Thales Pease". The Times (42038). London. 3 March 1919. p. 13.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24281. p. 6. 4 January 1876.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24822. p. 2018. 12 March 1880.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25444. p. 761. 20 February 1885.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25505. p. 4052. 25 August 1885.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26215. p. 5464. 20 October 1891.
  8. ↑ "The War - Naval Ordnance". The Times (36698). London. 22 February 1902. p. 13.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27376. p. 7291. 12 November 1901.
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