Constituency Dates
Tiverton 1754 – June 1758
Family and Education
b. ?1729, 3rd surv. s. of Thomas Pelham of Lewes, Suss. and bro. of Thomas Pelham jun. educ. Corpus Christi, Camb. 1746; fellow of Peterhouse 1751. m. 1 Sept. 1767, Jane, da. of Nicholas Hardinge, 1s. 1da. suc. bro. John to Catsfield and Crowhurst 1786;1VCH Suss. ix. 79-80, 241. to estates of his niece Miss Cressett, taking add. name of Cressett 1792.
Offices Held

Commr. of customs 1758 – 88.

Address
Main residence: Lee, Kent.
biography text

Henry Pelham was returned in 1751 as a government supporter. He died early in 1803.

Author
R.R.S.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. VCH Suss. ix. 79-80, 241.