Nicholas Pelham

Nicholas Pelham

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 (1678?–c.1760)
  • 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' 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 favor. Sir Nicholas died at an advanced age in 1739.

References

  • Sedgwick, Romney (1970). The House of Commons 1715-1754. 2. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 333. 
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir William Thomas
Robert Morley
Member of Parliament for Seaford
with Sir William Thomas

1671–1679
Succeeded by
Sir William Thomas
Herbert Stapley
Preceded by
Sir John Pelham
John Lewknor
Member of Parliament for Sussex
with Sir John Pelham

1679–1681
Succeeded by
Sir William Thomas
Sir John Fagg
Preceded by
Edward Selwyn
Sir William Thomas
Member of Parliament for Seaford
with William Campion

1689–1690
Succeeded by
William Campion
Henry Pelham
Preceded by
Thomas Pelham
Richard Payne
Member of Parliament for Lewes
with Richard Payne

1702–1705
Succeeded by
Richard Payne
Thomas Pelham
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Thomas Pelham
Henry Pelham
Member of Parliament for Lewes
with Thomas Pelham

1726–1727
Succeeded by
Thomas Pelham
Thomas Pelham

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