 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Nicholas Pelham" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Nicholas Pelham | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Alma mater | |
Sir Nicholas Pelham (1650 – 8 November 1739) was a British politician.
The third son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet (but the first by Thomas' third wife Margaret), Pelham was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
Pelham was knighted on 20 April 1661, and served in several post-Restoration Parliaments for Seaford and Sussex, and then in Lewes from 1702 to 1705. He married Jane Huxley, daughter of James Huxley of Dornford, by whom he had two sons and one daughter:
- Thomas Pelham (c.1678–1759)
- James Pelham (c.1683–1761)
- Margaret Pelham, married Sir William Ashburnham, 2nd Baronet
In 1726, his great-nephew, the Duke of Newcastle, brought him back into Parliament at Lewes, at the by-election that ensued after the death of another of Nicholas's great-nephews, Henry Pelham; Henry's brother Thomas had declined to take the seat until after he returned from Constantinople. However, Thomas was again in England by the next general election in 1727, and Sir Nicholas stood down in his favour. Sir Nicholas died at an advanced age in 1739.
References
- Sedgwick, Romney (1970). The House of Commons 1715–1754. Vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 333.
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySir William Thomas Robert Morley |
Member of Parliament for Seaford with Sir William Thomas 1671–1679 |
Succeeded bySir William Thomas Herbert Stapley |
| Preceded bySir John Pelham John Lewknor |
Member of Parliament for Sussex with Sir John Pelham 1679–1681 |
Succeeded bySir William Thomas Sir John Fagg |
| Preceded byEdward Selwyn Sir William Thomas |
Member of Parliament for Seaford with William Campion 1689–1690 |
Succeeded byWilliam Campion Henry Pelham |
| Preceded byThomas Pelham Richard Payne |
Member of Parliament for Lewes with Richard Payne 1702–1705 |
Succeeded byRichard Payne Thomas Pelham |
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded byThomas Pelham Henry Pelham |
Member of Parliament for Lewes with Thomas Pelham 1726–1727 |
Succeeded byThomas Pelham Thomas Pelham |
- 1650s births
- 1739 deaths
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- British MPs 1722–1727
- Knights Bachelor
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
- Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
- Younger sons of baronets
- English MPs 1661–1679
- English MPs 1680–1681
- English MPs 1689–1690
- English MPs 1702–1705
- Pelham family