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PEMBER, GEORGE HERBERT, son of John Edward Ross [or Rose ?] Pember, Rayleigh, Essex [mother probably Mary, dau. of Arthur Robson]; b. 2 May 1845; adm. 1 Feb 1856 (G); QS 1860; left 1863; returned to the School as a Town Boy; left 1864, with Dean Thomas exhibition; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Nov 1864, matr. 1865; member London Stock Exchange, adm. 1867, firm Pember & Boyle; JP Hampshire 1904; Joint Master, Vine Hunt 1888-93, Master 1896-1900; m. 1st, (by 1872) Mary Louisa, second dau. of John Carr Badeley MD FRCP, Chelmsford, Essex; m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1910 Constance Mary, widow of William Howley Kingsmill, Sydmonton Court, Hampshire, and dau. of Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal, Bart.; d. 22 Mar 1921.

PELLING, THOMAS, son of Edward Pelling (qv), , and his first wife; bapt. Boxworth, Cambs. 1 Aug 1672 (IGI); adm.; KS 1686; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1689 – void 1699; BA 1693; MA 1696; ordained deacon (Oxford) 19 Sep 1697, priest (Rochester) 16 Oct 1698; Vicar of Rottingdean, Sussex, from 18 Oct 1698; Curate to father at Northchapel, Sussex, from 1 Jul 1702; d. unm. 16 Jun 1732.

PELLING, EDWARD, son of Rev. Thomas Pelling, Rector of Trowbridge, Wilts., and Margery --- (IGI); bapt. Trowbridge, Wilts. 21 Jun 1640 (IGI); adm.; in school lists 1656; KS Christmas quarter 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1658, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1658, scholar 14 Apr 1659; BA 1661/2; MA 1665; DD 1690; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1664, Major Fellow 1665 – c. 1668; ordained; Curate, Boxworth, Cambs., 1668-73; Vicar of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London 11 May 1674-8; Vicar of St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London 1 Oct 1678 –91; Prebendary of Westminster 3 May 1683 – 4 Jul 1691; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, from 4 Jun 1691, also Rector of Northchapel, Sussex, from 1691; Chaplain in Ordinary to William III and Mary I (listed as such Miege 1691), Queen Anne, and George I; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Chichester 1710; author, The Antiquity of the Protestant Religion, 1687, and other works; m. 1st, Mary --- (IGI); m. 2nd, 28 Oct 1710 Margaret Hill, widow, Richmond, Surrey; buried Petworth, Sussex 16 Mar 1717/8. DNB.

PELL, JOHN, son of John Pell, Dersingham, Norfolk, Mayor of King’s Lynn, and Margaret, dau. of William Overend, Mayor of King’s Lynn; b.; at school under Grant three years (J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll., i, 106); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens., matr. Mich. 1578; migrated to Gonville and Caius Coll., adm. to scholars’ table 21 May 1580, aged 19; m. Ursula, dau. of Edmund Gawrell, Watlington, Norfolk [and/or Martha, dau. of Richard Sadler, Edmonton, Middlesex]; d. 9 Dec 1617.

PELL, ---; b.; in school list Aug 1733.

PELHAM-HOLLES, THOMAS, 1ST DUKE OF NEWCASTLE (cr. 1715 and 1756), elder son of Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham, and his second wife Lady Grace Holles, youngest dau. of Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare, and sister of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle; b. 21 Jul 1693; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1728/9, 1756); Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm.nob. 9 Mar 1709/10; LLD 25 Apr 1728; succeeded to estates of his uncle, John, Duke of Newcastle, in Jul 1711, and assumed additional surname of Holles; succ. father as 2nd Baron Pelham 23 Feb 1711/2; created Earl of Clare 19 Oct 1714; Lord Lieut., Middlesex 28 Oct 1714 – 2 Feb 1763, and of Nottinghamshire 28 Oct 1714 – 15 Jan 1763 and from 12 Sep 1765; with his brother Henry Pelham (qv) raised a troop for service against the Pretender in 1715; created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11 Aug 1715; Lord Chamberlain of the Household 4 Apr 1717 – May 1724; Privy Councillor 16 Apr 1717; KG 30 Apr 1718; Secretary of State for the Southern Dept. 2 Apr 1724 – Feb 1747/8; joint Secretary of State for Scotland 25 Aug 1725 – 15 May 1730; managed the negotiations which led to the formation of Lord Wilmington’s administration on Walpole’s downfall, while retaining his own post; opposed policy of Carteret and succeeded in obtaining his dismissal from the cabinet; forced George II to accept Pitt as a minister 1746; Secretary of State for the Northern Dept. Feb 1747/8 – Mar 1754; First Lord of the Treasury 6 Mar 1754 – 11 Nov 1756; created Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme 13 Nov 1756 (with special remainder to Earl of Lincoln); formed a coalition with Pitt and was again First Lord of the Treasury Jun 1757 – 26 May 1762; Lord Lieut., Sussex 4 Jul 1761 – 15 Jan 1763; created Baron Pelham of Stanmer 4 May 1762 (with special remainder to Thomas Pelham, afterwards 1st Earl of Chichester (qv)); on his leaving office in May 1762 he and his principal political followers were deprived of their remaining official positions; Lord Privy Seal 25 Aug 1765 – Jul 1766; High Steward, Cambridge University Jul 1737 – Dec 1748, Chancellor from 14 Dec 1748; FRS 26 Dec 1749; Busby Trustee 30 Mar 1732; gave £100 towards building of New Dormitory; m. 2 Apr 1717 Lady Henrietta Godolphin, eldest dau. of Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin; d. 17 Nov 1768. DNB.

PELHAM, THOMAS, 2ND EARL OF CHICHESTER, eldest son of Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester (qv); b. 28 Apr 1756; adm. 15 Jun 1766; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. nob. 18 Nov 1773, matr. Mich. 1773; MA 1775; Grand Tour (Italy) 1777-8; MP Sussex 1780 – 6 Jun 1801; Surveyor-Gen. of the Ordnance Apr 1782 – Apr 1783; Chief Secretary for Ireland Aug 1783 – Feb 1784; Privy Councillor (I) 13 Sep 1783; MP (I) Carrick on Shannon 1783-90; again Chief Secretary for Ireland Mar 1795 – Nov 1798; MP (I) Clogher 1795-7, Armagh City 1797-9; Privy Councillor 11 Mar 1795; summoned to House of Lords in father’s barony as Baron Pelham 6 Jun 1801; Secretary of State for Home Affairs 30 Jul 1801 – Jul 1803; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster 9 Nov 1803-4; appointed Captain, Yeomen of the Guard 6 Jun 1804, but refused post and appointment was cancelled; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Chichester 8 Jan 1805; Joint Postmaster-General 1807-23, Postmaster-General from 27 Nov 1823; FRS 24 Apr 1800; Busby Trustee 23 May 1810; m. 16 Jul 1801 Lady Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne, eldest dau. of Francis Godolphin Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds (qv), and his first wife; d. 4 Jul 1826. DNB.

PELHAM, THOMAS, 1st EARL OF CHICHESTER, only surviving son of Thomas Pelham MP, Stanmer, Sussex, previously a merchant at Constantinople, and Annetta, dau. of Thomas Bridges, Constantinople; b. 28 Feb 1727/8; adm. Jun 1740 (Bourne's); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 May 1745; Grand Tour (Italy) 1749-50; MP Rye 13 Dec 1749-54, Sussex 1754 – 17 Nov 1768; a Commissioner of Trade 6 Apr 1754 – Mar 1761; a Lord of the Admiralty 21 Mar 1761 – Dec 1762; Comptroller of the Household 17 Jul 1765 – Mar 1774; Privy Councillor 6 Sep 1765; succ. cousin Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv), as 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer 17 Nov 1768; Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 15 Mar 1774 – 27 Nov 1775; Master of the Great Wardrobe 10 Nov 1775 – 11 Jul 1782 (post abolished); Surveyor-Gen. of Customs, London, from 1773; created Earl of Chichester 23 Jun 1801; m. 11 Jun 1754 Anne, dau. of Frederick Meinhardt Frankland MP, Commissioner of Excise; d. 8 Jan 1805. DNB.