G. H. Peake, Maj.
(Born: 1859)
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Membership
1919-1920, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Honorary Member; Address: Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster.
Biographical Notes
Peake, Major, G. H. Son of the late Henry Peake of Westholme. Born, 1859. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, B.A. and L.L.B., 1884, called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1887; J.P. for Nottinghamshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Major, retired, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. Mayor of East Retford, 1904 and 1905. Chairman and Managing Director of the Strafford Collieries Co. Ltd., Barnsley. Chairman and Managing Director of the Airedale Collieries Ltd., Castleford, also a Director of the Yorkshire Electric Power Co., and the Lincoln Wagon Co. Served for 18 months with the Yeomanry during the War, and then became Chairman of the Yorkshire Pitwood Association, formed for the purpose of supplying timber to the Collieries of Yorkshire during the War. Also interested in farming and the drainage of land.
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Peake, Major G. H. Son of the late Henry Peake of Westholme. Born 1859. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, B.A. and LL.B., 1884 called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1887 ; J.P. for Nottinghamshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire ; Major (retired) Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry; Mayor of East Retford, 1904 and 1905; Chairman and Managing Director of Darton Main Colliery Co. Ltd.; Chairman and Managing Director of the Strafford Collieries Co. Ltd., Barnsley ; Chairman and Managing Director of the Airedale Collieries Ltd., Castleford ; and Director of the Lincoln Wagon Co. Served for 18 months with the Yeomanry during the War, and then became Chairman of the Yorkshire Pitwood Association, formed for the purpose of supplying timber to the collieries of Yorkshire during the war. Address: Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Yorkshire.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
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