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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.

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.