The Pease Baronetcy, of Hummersknott in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 June 1920 for the coal magnate Arthur Pease. He was the son of Arthur Pease, younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1882 creation.
The heir presumptive is the current holder's cousin, Jonathan Edward Pease (b. 1952).
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his brother, Christopher Berkeley Pease (b. 1958), followed by his son, Edward Robert Pease (b. 1991), and by his brother, Arthur David Pease (b. 1961).
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Joseph Gurney Pease. A Wealth of Happiness and Many Bitter Trials (1992) ISBN1-85072-107-6 The life and journals of Sir Alfred Edward Pease Bt.
Maurice. W. Kirby. Men of Business and Politics. George Allen & Unwin. 1984. ISBN0-04-941013-X. A study of the rise and fall of the Quaker Pease Dynasty of North East England, 1700–1943.