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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.