Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough

"Brocklesby"
The Earl of Yarborough as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, January 1896

Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham (Anderson-Pelham prior to 1905), 4th Earl of Yarborough, KG, PC (11 June 1859–12 July 1936) was a British peer.

Pelham was the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Yarborough and his wife, Victoria, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] When he inherited his father's titles in 1875, he took up his seat in the Lords as a Liberal but later became a Conservative over Irish Home Rule. On 5 August 1886, he married Marcia Lane-Fox (a daughter and co-heir of the 12th Baron Conyers) and they had four sons:

• Charles, styled Lord Worsley (1887–1914)
• Hon. Sackville, styled Lord Conyers and later 5th Earl of Yarborough (1888–1948)
• Hon. D'Arcy Francis (b.& d. 1892)
• Hon. Marcus Herbert, later 6th Earl of Yarborough (1893–1966)

In 1890, Lord Yarborough was admitted to the Privy Council and was Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1890-92. In 1921, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire and held the post until his death in 1936. Other appointments he held until his death were: Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire (Freemasons) from 1895 and Master of the Fox Hounds of Brocklesby from 1880.

Source

• Burke's Peerage & Gentry

References

1. ^ Yarlborough, Earl of (Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham) in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Rosslyn	Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms 1890–1892	Succeeded by The Lord Vernon
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Brownlow	Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1921–1936	Succeeded by The Lord Brownlow
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Anderson-Pelham	Earl of Yarborough 1875–1936	Succeeded by Sackville Pelham