Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham

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Pelham was born in Laughton, Sussex, the son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet and his wife Lucy Sidney (daughter of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester). Pelham was educated at Tonbridge School and Christ Church, Oxford.

He sat for East Grinstead from October 1678 until August 1679. In October 1679 he was returned for Lewes, serving until 1702; he subsequently chose to sit for Sussex, a seat he held until 1705.[1]

Personal life

On 26 November 1679 Pelham married Elizabeth Jones,[1] daughter of Sir William Jones, Attorney General from 1650 to 1679 and his wife Elizabeth Alleyn, with whom he had two daughters:

Pelham's wife Elizabeth died in October 1681. In May 1686, he married Lady Grace Holles[1] (daughter of Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare and Grace Pierrepoint), with whom he had two sons and five daughters:

Both of Pelham's sons went on to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury for three separate periods (March 1690–March 1692; May 1697–June 1699 and March 1701–May 1702); in 1706, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Pelham of Laughton (having previously succeeded to his father's baronetage in 1703).[2]

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
1678–1679
With: George Courthope 1678–1679
Edward Sackville 1679
Henry Powle 1679
Sir Thomas Littleton 1679 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Lewes
1679–1702
With: Richard Bridger 1679–1695
Henry Pelham 1695–1701, 1701–1702
Thomas Trevor 1701–1702
Richard Payne 1702 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Sussex
1702–1705
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Honorary titles
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Peerage of England
New creation Baron Pelham
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Baronetage of England
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(of Laughton)
1703–1712 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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