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.

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. 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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

PEMBERTON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, second son of Christopher Robert Pemberton MD FRCP FRS, Newton, Cambs., Physician Extraordinary to George IV, and his second wife Eleanor, only dau. of James Hamilton, Woodbrook, co. Tyrone; b. 28 Jan 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1814; Capt. of the School 1818; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1824; MA 1826; Junior Clerk, Treasury Jan 1821 – Aug 1826, Assistant Clerk of Revenue Aug 1826 – Oct 1834, Assistant Clerk Oct 1834 - Mar 1850; Private Secretary to Secretary of Treasury Aug 1824 – Sep 1827, Feb 1828 – Nov 1830, and to Right Hon. Henry Goulburn MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Sep 1841- Jul 1846; DL JP Cambridgeshire, High Sheriff 1859; m. 13 Jun 1829 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Nathaniel William Peach, Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk; d. 26 Jun 1884.

PEMBERTON, ROBERT LEIGH, eldest son of Sir Edward Leigh Pemberton KCB MP, Torry Hill, Kent, Assistant Under-Secretary, Home Office, and Matilda Catherine Emma, dau. of Hon. and Rev. Francis James Noel; b. 25 Dec 1851; adm. 19 Apr 1865 (G); left Mar 1869; Ensign and Lieut., Grenadier Guards 28 Oct 1871; resigned Jun 1877; of Torry Hill, Kent; JP Kent, Herefordshire; m. 5 Jun 1883 Edith Selina Hay, second dau. of Robert Hay Murray, Spinfield, Bucks.; d. 14 Apr 1918.

PEMBERTON, WALTER HAMILTON, brother of Christopher Robert Pemberton (qv); b. 3 Oct 1806; adm. 3 May 1819 (Best's); left 1820; of Denton House, Harleston, Norfolk; JP Norfolk; m. 1st, 11 May 1837 Anne Maria, eldest dau. of Rev. James Lee-Warner, Walsingham, Norfolk; m. 2nd, 12 Jun 1886 Mary Anne, elder dau. of William Sancroft Holmes, Gawdy Hall, Norfolk; d. 21 Feb 1894.