Henry Cressett Pelham

Henry Cressett Pelham (1729? – January 1803) was a British politician, known as Henry Pelham until 1792.

The youngest son of Thomas Pelham, he was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and became a fellow of Peterhouse in 1751.^[1]

In the same year, he was returned for Bramber as a Government supporter;^[2] the electoral patronage there was leased by Lord Archer from Sir Henry Gough, who controlled it.^[3] In the 1754 election, he was instead returned for another government borough, Tiverton in Cornwall.^[4]

Pelham apparently took little interest in politics, and in 1758, through the patronage of his second cousin once removed, the Duke of Newcastle, obtained an appointment as a Commissioner of Customs. This obliged him to vacate his seat, and he was replaced by Sir Edward Hussey-Montagu. Pelham's political detachment led him to be spared in December 1762, when other relatives of Newcastle were removed from office.^[4]

He married Jane, the daughter of Nicholas Hardinge, on 1 September 1767.^[5] They had three children:

John Cressett Pelham (?1769–1838)
Frances Cressett Pelham, married Rev. George Thursby; their descendants became the Thursby-Pelhams
Anne Cressett Pelham, married Thomas Papillon

Pelham succeeded his brother John in the Catsfield and Crowhurst estates in 1786.^[2] He resigned his Customs office in 1788 and was granted an annual pension of £761.^[4] He adopted the additional surname of Cressett in 1792 after inheriting from his niece Miss Cressett, and died in early 1803.^[4] He was buried at Cound on 8 January 1803.^[6]

References

^ "Pelham, Henry (PLHN746H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ ^a ^b Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). "PELHAM, Henry (?1729-1803), of Lee, Kent.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715–1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). "Bramber". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715–1754. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Namier, Lewis (1964). "PELHAM, Henry (?1729-1803), of Lee, Kent.". In Namier, Sir Lewis; Brooke, John (eds.). The House of Commons 1754–1790. The History of Parliament Trust.
^ Venn appears to have attached certain biographical details for Henry Cressett Pelham to another Henry Pelham, who matriculated at Clare College in 1760; see "Pelham, Henry (PLHN760H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. The latter Henry Pelham has not been identified with certainty.
^ Cound Parish Registers. 1901. p. 115. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Henry Gough Joseph Damer	Member of Parliament for Bramber 1751–1754 With: Joseph Damer	Succeeded by Viscount Malpas Nathaniel Newnham
Preceded by Sir Dudley Ryder Henry Conyngham	Member of Parliament for Tiverton 1754–1758 With: Sir William Yonge 1754–55 Thomas Ryder 1755–56 Nathaniel Ryder 1756–58	Succeeded by Nathaniel Ryder Sir Edward Hussey-Montagu

[1] "Pelham, Henry (PLHN746H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[hop-2] Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). "PELHAM, Henry (?1729-1803), of Lee, Kent.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715–1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[bramber-3] Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). "Bramber". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715–1754. The History of Parliament Trust.

[hop2-4] Namier, Lewis (1964). "PELHAM, Henry (?1729-1803), of Lee, Kent.". In Namier, Sir Lewis; Brooke, John (eds.). The House of Commons 1754–1790. The History of Parliament Trust.

[5] Venn appears to have attached certain biographical details for Henry Cressett Pelham to another Henry Pelham, who matriculated at Clare College in 1760; see "Pelham, Henry (PLHN760H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. The latter Henry Pelham has not been identified with certainty.

[6] Cound Parish Registers. 1901. p. 115. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

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