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Henry Pelham

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Henry Pelham (c.1661 – 1 April 1721) was an English Member of Parliament. A younger son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet, he was returned for two Parliamentary constituencies in Sussex, where the family held considerable influence, for most of the time between 1690 and 1702. Appointed to the sinecure office of Clerk of the Pells in 1698, Pelham was a reliable Whig and Court-supporting placeman. Education and family Pelham was born in about 1661, the third son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet. He was educated at Eton from about 1673 to 1678, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 14 February 1679. He also entered Gray's Inn in 1678. On 18 December 1683, he married Frances Byne, daughter of John Byne, by whom he had three sons and four daughters: Henry Pelham (c.1694–1725) John Pelham (d. 1721) Thomas Pelham (c.1705–1737) Elizabeth Pelham, married Thomas Pelham Grace Pelham, married William Poole, of Hook Frances Pelham, married Sir Francis Poole, 2nd Baronet Lucy Pelham, married Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex Parliamentary career Henry's father, Sir John, owned considerable property in and around Seaford, and had enough Parliamentary influence in that borough to split the nomination of members with Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet. Accordingly, he was able to provide Henry with a seat there at the 1690 election, which had briefly been filled by Sir John's half-brother Sir Nicholas Pelham. Henry was classed by Lord Carmarthen as a Whig, but his Parliamentary activity at the time is not easily distinguished from that of his brother Thomas, who sat for Lewes. The Pelham interest at Lewes was even stronger than that at Seaford. Both Thomas and Henry owned property in the town, and their seats at Halland and Stanmer Park, respectively, were nearby. At the 1695 election, the brothers arranged their return for both seats at Lewes. In the House, Henry regularly supported the Government, signed the Association in February 1696, and voted for the attainder of Sir John Fenwick. In May 1697, Thomas was again named a Lord of the Treasury, and obtained for Henry the office of Clerk of the Pells when it was vacated by the death of William Wardour in January 1697/8. His right to the office, a sinecure worth £2,000 per year, was disputed by Thomas Strangways, who held a reversionary grant to it from Charles II, but the office was ultimately adjudged to be in the gift of the Lord High Treasurer rather than the King, and Pelham retained it until his death.

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Henry Pelham (c.1661 – 1 April 1721) was an English Member of Parliament. A younger son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet, he was returned for two Parliamentary constituencies in Sussex, where the family held considerable influence, for most of the time between 1690 and 1702. Appointed to the sinecure office of Clerk of the Pells in 1698, Pelham was a reliable Whig and Court-supporting placeman. Education and family Pelham was born in about 1661, the third son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet. He was educated at Eton from about 1673 to 1678, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 14 February 1679. He also entered Gray's Inn in 1678. On 18 December 1683, he married Frances Byne, daughter of John Byne, by whom he had three sons and four daughters: Henry Pelham (c.1694–1725) John Pelham (d. 1721) Thomas Pelham (c.1705–1737) Elizabeth Pelham, married Thomas Pelham Grace Pelham, married William Poole, of Hook Frances Pelham, married Sir Francis Poole, 2nd Baronet Lucy Pelham, married Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex Parliamentary career Henry's father, Sir John, owned considerable property in and around Seaford, and had enough Parliamentary influence in that borough to split the nomination of members with Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet. Accordingly, he was able to provide Henry with a seat there at the 1690 election, which had briefly been filled by Sir John's half-brother Sir Nicholas Pelham. Henry was classed by Lord Carmarthen as a Whig, but his Parliamentary activity at the time is not easily distinguished from that of his brother Thomas, who sat for Lewes. The Pelham interest at Lewes was even stronger than that at Seaford. Both Thomas and Henry owned property in the town, and their seats at Halland and Stanmer Park, respectively, were nearby. At the 1695 election, the brothers arranged their return for both seats at Lewes. In the House, Henry regularly supported the Government, signed the Association in February 1696, and voted for the attainder of Sir John Fenwick. In May 1697, Thomas was again named a Lord of the Treasury, and obtained for Henry the office of Clerk of the Pells when it was vacated by the death of William Wardour in January 1697/8. His right to the office, a sinecure worth £2,000 per year, was disputed by Thomas Strangways, who held a reversionary grant to it from Charles II, but the office was ultimately adjudged to be in the gift of the Lord High Treasurer rather than the King, and Pelham retained it until his death.

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