See also:JOHN DE See also:PELHAM
, who was one of the captors of See also:John II. of See also:France at See also:Poitiers, acquired See also:land at See also:Winchelsea by his See also:marriage with See also:Joan See also:Herbert, or See also:Finch
.
His son, JOHN DE See also:PELHAM (d
.
1429), was attached to the party of John of Gaunt and his son See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV
.
In 1393 he received a See also:life See also:appointment as See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of See also:Pevensey See also:Castle, an See also:honour subsequently extended to his heirs male, and he joined Henry on his invasion in 1399, if he did not actually land with him at Ravenspur
.
He was knighted at Henry's See also:coronation, and represented See also:Sussex in See also:parliament repeatedly during the reign of Henry IV., and again in 1422 and 1427
.
As constable of Pevensey he had at different times the See also:charge of See also:Edward, See also:duke of See also:York, in 14o5; See also:Edmund, See also:earl of See also:March, with his See also:brother See also:Roger See also:Mortimer in 1406; See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. of See also:Scotland in 1414; See also:Sir John Mortimer in 1422, and the See also:queen See also:dowager, Joan of See also:Navarre, from 1418 to 1422
.
He was constantly employed in the See also:defence of the See also:southern ports against See also:French invasion, and his See also:powers were increased in 1407 by his appointment as See also:chief See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
butler of See also:Chichester and of the Sussex ports, and in 1412 by the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of the See also:rape of See also:Hastings
.
He was treasurer of See also:England in 1412-1413, and although he was superseded on the See also:accession of Henry V. he was sent in the next See also:year to negotiate with the French See also:court
.
He was included among the executors of the See also:wills of Henry IV., of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, duke of See also:Clarence, and of Henry V
.
He died on the 12th of See also:February 1429, and was succeeded by his son John, who took See also:part in Henry V.'s expedition to See also:Normandy in 1417
.
In the reign of Queen See also:Elizabeth Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM PELHAM (c
.
1530-1587), third son of Sir William Pelham (d
.
1538) of Laughton, Sussex, became See also:lord See also:justice of See also:Ireland
.
He was See also:captain of pioneers at the See also:siege of See also:Leith in 156o, and served at the siege of See also:Havre in 1562, and with See also:Coligny at See also:Caen in 1563
.
He then returned to Havre, at that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time occupied by See also:English troops, and was one of the hostages for the fulfilment of its surrender to See also:Charles IX. in 1564
.
After his return to England he fortified See also:Berwick among other places, and was appointed See also:lieutenant-See also:general of See also:ordnance
.
He was sent to Ireland in 1579, when he was knighted by Sir William See also:Drury, the lord justice
.
Drury died in See also:October, and Pelham was provisionally made his successor, an appointment subsequently confirmed by Elizabeth
.
Alarmed by the proceedings of Gerald See also:Fitzgerald, 15th earl of See also:Desmond, and his brother John Desmond, he proclaimed the earl a traitor
.
Elizabeth protested strongly against Pelham's See also:action, which was justified by the See also:sack of See also:Youghal by Desmond
.
Thomas Butler, loth earl of See also:Ormonde, was entrusted with the See also:campaign in See also:Munster, but Pelham joined him in February 158o, when it was believed that a See also:Spanish descent was about to be made in the See also:south-See also:west
.
The English generals laid See also:waste See also:northern See also:Kerry, and proceeded to besiege Carrigafoyle Castle, which they stormed, giving no See also:quarter to See also:man, woman or See also:child
.
Other strongholds submitted on learning the See also:fate of Carrigafoyle, and were garrisoned by Pelham, who hoped with the concourse of See also:Admiral See also:Winter's See also:fleet to limit the struggle to Kerry
.
He vainly sought help from the gentry of the See also:county, who sympathized with Desmond, and were only brought to submission by a See also:series of " drives." After the arrival of the new See also:deputy, Lord See also:Grey of See also:Wilton, Pelham returned to England on the ground of See also:health
.
He had retained his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office as lieutenant-general of ordnance, and was now made responsible for debts incurred during his See also:absence
.
See also:Leicester desired his services in the Nether-lands, but it was only after much persuasion that Elizabeth set him See also:free to join the See also:army by accepting a See also:mortgage on his estates as See also:security for his liabilities
.
The favour shown by Leicester to Pelham caused serious jealousies among the English See also:officers, and occasioned a See also:camp brawl in which Sir Edward See also:Norris was injured
.
Pelham was wounded at Doesburg in 1586, and accompanied Leicester to England in 1587
.
Returning to the See also:Netherlands in the same year he died at See also:Flushing on the 24th of See also:November 1587
.
His See also:half-brother, Sir Edmund Pelham (d
.
16o6), chief See also:baron of the See also:exchequer in Ireland, was the first English See also:judge to go on See also:circuit in See also:Ulster
.
Sir William married Eleanor, daughter of Henry See also:Neville, earl of See also:Westmorland, and was the ancestor of the Pelhams of See also:Brocklesby, See also:Lincolnshire
.
In the See also:fourth See also:generation Charles Pelham died in 1763 without heirs, leaving his estates to his See also:great-See also:nephew Charles See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson (1949-1823), who thereupon assumed the additional name of Pelham, and was created Baron Yarborough in 1794
.
His son Charles (1781-1846), who was for many years See also:commodore of the Royal Yacht See also:Squadron, was created earl of Yarborough and Baron See also:Worsley in 1837
.
Charles See also:Alfred Worsley, the 4th earl (b
.
1859), exchanged the name of Anderson-Pelham for that of Pelham in 1905
.
He married in 1886 Marcia See also:Lane-See also:Fox, eldest daughter of the 12th Baron Conyers, who became in 1892 Baroness Conyers in her own right
.
Sir See also:NICHOLAS PELHAM (15,7-1560), an See also:elder half-brother of Sir William Pelham, defended See also:Seaford against the French in 1545, and sat for See also:Arundel and for Sussex in parliament
.
He was the ancestor of the earls of Chichester
.
His second son, Sir THOMAS PELHAM (d
.
1624), was created a See also:baronet in 1611
.
His descendant, Sir THOMAS PELHAM, 4th baronet (c
.
1650-1712), represented successively See also:East Grinstead, See also:Lewes and Sussex in parliament, and was raised to the See also:House of Lords as Baron Pelham of Laughton in 1706
.
By his second marriage with See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
Grace (d
.
1700), daughter of See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Holles, 3rd earl of See also:Clare, and See also:sister of John Holles, duke of See also:Newcastle, he had five daughters, and two sons—Thomas Pelham, earl of Clare, duke of Newcastle-on-See also:Tyne and 1st duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme (see NEWCASTLE, See also:DUKES oF), and Henry Pelham (q.v.)
.
The duke of Newcastle died without heirs, and the dukedom of Newcastle-under-Lyme descended to his nephew, Henry See also:Fiennes See also:Clinton, afterwards known as Pelham-Clinton, and his heirs, but the See also:barony of Pelham of Laughton became See also:extinct
.
In 1762 Newcastle had been created Baron Pelham of Stanmer, with reversion to his See also:cousin and See also:heir-male, THOMAS PELHAM (1728-1805), who became See also:commissioner of See also:trade (1754), lord of the See also:admiralty (1761-1764), See also:comptroller of the See also:household (1765-1794), privy councillor (1765), surveyor-general of the customs of See also:London (1773-1805), chief justice in See also:eyre (1774-1775) and keeper of the See also:wardrobe (1975-1782), and was created earl of Chichester in 18oI
.
His third son, See also:George (1766-1827), was successively See also:bishop of See also:Bristol, See also:Exeter and See also:Lincoln
.
THOMAS PELHAM, 2nd earl of Chichester (1756-1826), son of the 1st earl, was surveyor-general of ordnance in Lord See also:Rockingham's See also:ministry (1782), and chief secretary for Ireland in the See also:coalition ministry of 1783
.
In 1795 he became Irish chief secretary under See also:Pitt's See also:government, retiring in 1798; he was See also:home secretary from See also:July 18o, to See also:August 1803 under Addington, who made him See also:chancellor of the duchy of See also:Lancaster in 1803
.
Pelham went out of office in 1804, and in the next year succeeded to the earldom
.
He was See also:joint postmaster-general from 1807 to 1823, and for the remaining three years of his life postmaster-general
.
His son and heir, HENRY THOMAS PELHAM (1804-1886), 3rd earl, was an ecclesiastical commissioner from 185o until his See also:death, and was greatly interested in various religious, philanthropic and educational movements; and two other sons were well-known men—See also:Frederick Thomas Pelham (i8o8-1861), who became a See also:rear-admiral in 1858, and subsequently lord-commissioner of the admiralty, and John Thomas Pelham (1811-1894), who was bishop of See also:Norwich from 1857 to 1893
.
The third earl's son, See also:Walter John Pelham (1838-1892), succeeded his See also:father in 1886, and his nephew Jocelyn Brudenell Pelham (b
.
1871) became 6th earl of Chichester in 1905
.
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