PELHAM, HENRY THOMAS, 3RD EARL OF CHICHESTER, second son of Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester (qv); b. 25 Aug 1804; adm. 30 Oct 1815 (G); left owing to a severe illness, contracted while ditchleaping on St. David’s Day; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 21 Apr 1822, matr. 1822; Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons 10 Jun 1824; Lieut., 28 Apr 1827; Capt., half-pay, unattached 3 Jan 1828; Brevet Maj., 23 Nov 1841; retd. 7 Jun 1844; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Chichester 4 Jul 1826; initially a Tory, but took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords after 1830; an Ecclesiastical Commissioner 22 Feb 1841; First Church Estates Commissioner 1850-78; DL Sussex 1827, Lord Lieut. from 21 Nov 1860; belonged to Evangelical wing of Church of England; President, Church Missionary Society, for some fifty years; Busby Trustee 28 Jun 1861; m. 18 Aug 1828 Lady Mary Brudenell, fifth dau. of Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan; d. 15 Mar 1886. DNB.
PELHAM, HON. GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK, third son of Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester (qv); b. 13 Oct 1766; adm. 9 Apr 1777; left 1778; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Oct 1784; MA 1787; commissioned in [which ?] Guards; ordained deacon 11 Jun 1789, priest 28 Oct 1789 (both Chichester); Prebendary of Chichester from 28 Oct 1790, also Canon Residentiary from 12 Jul 1806; Vicar of Laughton, Sussex 1 Nov 1790 – 1801; Vicar of Bexhill, Sussex, from 17 Jan 1792; Prebendary of Winchester 17 Nov 1797 – 1803; Vicar of Hellingly, Sussex, from 7 Nov 1800; DD Lambeth 27 Jan 1803; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 27 Mar 1803; translated to Exeter 28 Sep 1807 (also Archdeacon, Treasurer and Prebendary of Exeter, and Rector of Shobbrooke, Devon 1807-20); Clerk of the Closet, Royal Household, from 20 Dec 1815; translated to Lincoln 16 Oct 1820; m. 13 Dec 1792 Mary, sister of Richard Rycroft (qv); d. 7 Feb 1827.
PELHAM, HON. FREDERICK THOMAS, second son of Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester (qv); b. 2 Aug 1808; adm. 4 Feb 1822 (G); entered Royal Navy 27 Jun 1823; Lieut., 22 Feb 1830; Cdr., 21 Sep 1835; Post Capt., 3 Jul 1840; Rear-Adm., 6 Mar 1858; served in Baltic as Capt. of the Fleet to Adm. Sir R. S. Dundas on HMS Duke of Wellington 1855; CB 5 Jul 1855; a Lord of the Admiralty Jun 1857 – Mar 1858, and from 27 Jun 1859; m. 20 Jul 1841 Ellen Kate, dau. of Rowland Mitchell (qv); d. 21 Jun 1861. DNB.
PEKYNS, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1564-6 (tutor, Prebendary Latimer) (Chapter Muniments 54004-11).
PEIRSON, PETER, eldest son of Edward Peirson, St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, citizen and goldsmith; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1724/5 (surname given as Pierson); in school list 1729; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1728/9; adm. Inner Temple 19 Dec 1727; m. [will of Peter Peirson, St. Andrew’s, Holborn, gent., proved PCC 5 Jan 1748]
PEIRSON, ---; b.; adm. 1656 (school lists 1656, last three quarters).
PEIRSE, RICHARD WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Richard William Peirse, Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Fawcett, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; b. 28 Jun 1781; adm. 22 Sep 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1797; of Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks. (sold by him 1817); m. 29 Aug 1803 Maria, dau. of Rev. Richard Clarke, Bedale, Yorks.; d. 18 Dec 1844. [Whitmore, thus, although it is not clear quite why he was confident that the individual at school 1795-7 had these Christian names]
PEIRS, JOHN, son of John Peirs, Denton, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Ven. Edward Layfield DD, Archdeacon of Essex; grandson of Right Rev. William Peirs DD, Bishop of Peterborough; b.; adm.; KS 1672; did not obtain election to either University 1674, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 18.
PEIRCE, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 14 Jan 1772; in school lists 1775.