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PERCEVAL, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir Philip Perceval, Kt, co. Cork, and Catharine, dau. of Arthur Usher; b. 7 Sep 1629; at school under Busby (HMC Egmont ii, 15); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jan 1645/6, matr. 1646; BA 1648/9; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1649, King’s Inns, Dublin 23 Nov 1657; knighted 22 Jul 1658; Clerk of the Crown of the Court of Upper Bench (I), Prothonotary of the Common Pleas (I) and Counsellor of Munster 7 May 1660; created baronet 9 Sep 1661; MP (I) Cork 1661-5; Register of the Court of Claims and Court of Wards (I) 1 Aug 1662; Privy Councillor (I); m. 14 Feb 1655/6 Catharine, dau. of Robert Southwell, Kinsale, co. Cork; d. 1 Nov 1665.

PENNYMAN, SIR WILLIAM, BART., eldest son of William Pennyman, St. Albans, Herts., one of the Six Clerks in Chancery and Joint Comptroller and Clerk of the Hanaper, and Anne, dau. of Robert Aske, Aughton, Yorks.; b.; at school under Wilson and Osbaldeston (Camden, Insignia, 1624); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1623, aged 16; adm. Inner Temple 29 Jun 1623; created baronet 22 Aug 1628; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1635-6; Custos Rotulorum, Yorkshire North Riding (occurs as such Apr 1637); adm. Gray’s Inn and called to Bench there 6 Feb 1638/9; MP Richmond (Yorkshire) Apr-May 1640, Nov 1640 – 11 Aug 1642, when disabled from sitting as a Royalist supporter; commanded regiment of Yorkshire Trained Bands in first Scottish War; one of witnesses at Strafford’s trial and voted against Bill of Attainder; raised a troop of horse and some 600 foot for Charles I, whom he joined at Nottingham Aug 1642; fought at battle of Edgehill; Governor of Oxford from Apr 1643; m. Anne, dau. of William Atherton, Skelton, Yorks.; d. 22 Aug 1643. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

PENNYMAN, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Ralph Pennyman (qv); bapt. 6 Dec 1736; adm. Jun 1749 (Morel's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1756; succ. uncle as 5th baronet 14 Jan 1770; MP Scarborough 27 Nov 1770-4, Beverley 1774-96; of Ormesby Hall, Yorks.; m. 1st, 7 Dec 1762 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Henry Grey, Bart., Howick, Northumberland; m. 2nd, 14 May 1801 Mary Maleham, Westminster; d. 27 Mar 1806.

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.

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. 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.

PEACHEY, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir John Peachey, Bart., MP, and his second wife Henrietta, dau. of George London, Gardener to Queen Anne; bapt. St. Faith’s, London 3 Mar 1719 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jun 1729; left 1737; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Nov 1737; adm. Middle Temple 1 Apr 1736; succ. father as 3rd baronet 12 Apr 1744; MP Midhurst 23 Apr 1744-61; m. 18 Aug 1752 Elizabeth, dau. of John Meeres Fagg, Westham, Sussex; d. 3 Jul 1765.