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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PELHAM  , the name of an

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English
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family, derived from Pelham in
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Hertfordshire, which was owned by a certain
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Walter de Pelham under
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Edward I., and is alleged to have been in the
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possession of the same family before the
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Norman
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conquest . The family dignities included the
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barony of Pelham of Laughton (1706-1768), the earldom of
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Clare (1714-1768), the dukedom of
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Newcastle (1715-1768), the barony of Pelham of Stanmer from1762, the earldom of
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Chichester from 18oi and the earldom of Yarborough from 1837 .

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