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About Henry Pelham
Henry Pelham was an English Member of Parliament. A younger son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet, he was returned for two Parliamentary constituencies in Sussex, where the family held considerable influence, for most of the time between 1690 and 1702. Appointed to the sinecure office of Clerk of the Pells in 1698, Pelham was a reliable Whig and Court-supporting placeman.
Everything about Henry Pelham →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1690-95 Parliament, Member of the 1695-98 Parliament, Member of the 1698-1700 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1665, 1656
- Died
- April 1, 1721