PELHAM HOLLES, Thomas (1693-1768) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 21 July 1693, R. Browning, The Duke of Newcastle, 1. 1st s. Thomas Pelham, later Bar. Pelham of Laughton, and 2nd w. Grace (d. 13 Sept. 1700), da. Gilbert Holles, 3rd earl of Clare; bro. of Hon. Henry Pelham^‡. educ. Westminster sch. c.1707; Clare, Camb. matric. 9 Mar. 1710, LLD 25 Apr. 1728. m. 2 Apr. 1717, Henrietta (d. 17 July 1776), da. Francis Godolphin, 2nd earl of Godolphin, s.p. suc. fa. 23 Feb. 1712 as 5th bt. KG 31 Mar. 1718. d. 17 Nov. 1768; will 29 Feb. 1768, pr. 21 Nov. 1768, 27 Jan. 1769. TNA, PROB 11/943.

Offices Held

Ld. chamberlain 1717 – 24; PC 16 Apr. 1717 – d.; ld. justice 1719, 1720, 1723, 1725, 1727, 1740, 1743, 1745, 1748, 1750, 1752, 1755; sec. of state (south) 1724 – 48, (north) 1748 – 54; first ld. of the treasury 1754 – 56, 1757 – 62; ld. privy seal 1765 – 66.

Ld. lt. and custos rot. Notts. 1714 – 63, 1765 – d., Mdx. 1714 – 63, Suss. 1761 – 63; steward, Sherwood Forest 1714 – 63, Folewood Park 1714 – 63; v.-adm. Suss. 1715 – d.; recorder, Nottingham 1726.

Gov. Charterhouse 1721; G. Davies, Charterhouse in London, App. D. trustee, Westminster sch. 1733; Barker, Recs. of Old Westminsters, i. 472. high steward, Camb. Univ. 1737 – 48; chan. Camb. Univ. 1748 – d.; FRS 1749.

Parlimentarian

PELHAM HOLLES, Thomas (1693-1768)

Associated with: Halland, Suss.; no. 66-67 Lincoln’ Inn Fields, Westminster (from 1714); Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Notts. (from 1714); 'Claremont', Surrey.

PELHAM

Likenesses

oil on canvas, Charles Jervas, c.1720 (NPG 5582); pastel, William Hoare, c.1752 (NPG 757).

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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