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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.

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, HON. HENRY, second son of Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester (qv); b. 10 Jul 1759; adm. 16 Jan 1770; left Midsummer 1775; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 30 Jun 1775; Lieut. and Capt., 16 May 1778; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 13 Sep 1791; retd. 11 Jul 1792; MP Lewes 1780-96; m. 2 Nov 1788 Catherine, eldest dau. of Thomas Cobbe MP (I), Newbridge, co. Dublin; d. 16 Jan 1797.

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.