PEMBERTON, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1744.
PEMBERTON, ANDREW, sixth son of Francis Pemberton, Inner Temple, London, and Trumpington, Cambs., barrister, and Elizabeth, only child of Henry Raper, London, merchant; bapt. 2 Oct 1732; adm. Jul 1742; left 1749; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1749, aged 18, Hale scholar 20 Jan 1749/50-1, also 9 Nov 1751; 16th Wrangler 1753; BA 1753; MA 1756; Fellow, Peterhouse 1755; Junior Proctor 1777; adm. Inner Temple 3 Jun 1746, called to bar 8 Feb 1758; Commissary, University of Cambridge, from 1779 [check]; Steward of Courts of Dean and Chapter of Ely; d. from effects of a fall from his horse 23 Apr 1784.
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.