Pierremont, of course, was the home of Henry Pease, the MP who drove the railway over Stainmore and who created Saltburn as a railway seaside resort. They had three daughters and three sons, the eldest of whom was Edward Lloyd Pease (1861-1934) – and we guess the walking stick belonged to him. Edward Lloyd Pease. When Edward Lloyd Pease died in 1934, at the age of 73, he left an estate of £23,945, worth about £1.4m today, according to the Bank of England’s Inflation Calculator. A smidgeon of that was accounted for by his silver-trimmed, antler-topped malacca walking cane which, presumably, was a present for his 21st birthday.

Source: The Times October 28, 2023 07:10 UTC