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Sir Alfred E. (Alfred Edward) Pease
1857–1939
A British politician, sportsman, and traveler, he wrote vivid books shaped by his experiences in East Africa and the countryside at home. His life combined public service with a restless curiosity about wildlife, horses, and the wider world.
2 Audiobooks
The Badger: A Monograph
by Sir Alfred E. (Alfred Edward) Pease
Hunting Reminiscences
by Sir Alfred E. (Alfred Edward) Pease
About the author
Born on June 29, 1857, Alfred Edward Pease was the eldest son of Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease and later became the 2nd Baronet Pease. He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1902, representing York and later Cleveland, before inheriting the baronetcy.
Beyond politics, he became closely associated with British East Africa, where he was an early settler and an enthusiastic big-game hunter and naturalist. Those experiences fed into his writing, which included books on African travel and sport as well as works such as The Badger: A Monograph and The Diaries of Edward Pease.
Pease died on April 27, 1939. Today he is remembered as a figure whose books reflect several sides of late Victorian and Edwardian life at once: Parliament, country sport, family history, and the era of imperial travel.