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.

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.

PELHAM, HON. JOHN THOMAS, third son of Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester (qv); b. 21 Jun 1811; adm. 4 Feb 1824 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1829; rowed for Oxford v. Leander 20 Jun 1831; BA 1832; MA and DD 1857; ordained deacon 22 Jun 1834, priest 5 Jul 1835 (both Chichester); Curate, Eastergate, Sussex 1834-7; Rector of Burgh Apton, Norfolk 23 May 1837-52; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria 1847-57; Perpetual Curate of Christ Church, Hampstead, Middlesex 23 Jul 1852-5; Rector of Marylebone 12 Jan 1855-7; consecrated Bishop of Norwich 11 Jun 1857; resigned May 1893; m. 6 Nov 1845 Henrietta, second dau. of Thomas William Tatton, Wythenshawe Hall, Cheshire; d. 1 May 1894. DNB.

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. 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.

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.

Pemberton, Max Joseph, son of Sir Max Pemberton, of Ramsgate, Kent, by Alice Agnes, daughter of Joseph Tussaud, of St. Marylebone; b. Jan. 15, 1885; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (G); left Dec. 1903; enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders; temp. 2nd Lieut. 10th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Feb. 6, 1915; Capt. 12th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 18, 1915; employed on Inland Waterways and Docks May 15, 1918; m. Nov. 20, 1915, Constance Catherine Huffer, of Nottingham.

Pemberton, Harold Charles, brother of Max Joseph Pemberton (q.v.); b. Jan. 28, 1889; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Dec. 1905; served in Great War I; Capt. 19th Batt. Lancs Fusiliers March 8, 1916; D.S.O. April 2, 1919; Croix de Guerre avec Palmes, sometime motoring and aeronautical correspondent of the Daily Express; m.; killed in an aeroplane accident Feb. 2, 1937.