Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough

Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough (3 February 1749 – 22 September 1823) was a British politician.

Anderson-Pelham was born Charles Anderson in Broughton, Lincolnshire, the son of Francis Anderson and his wife Eleanor (née Carter). His father died in 1758 and in 1763, he succeeded to the estates of his great-uncle Charles Pelham and assumed the additional surname of Pelham.^[1] In 1768 his mother remarried to Robert Vyner of Gautby, Lincolnshire, who was an MP.

Anderson-Pelham was elected to the House of Commons for Beverley in 1768, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented Lincolnshire until 1794. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Yarborough, of Yarborough in the County of Lincoln. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1771.^[1] The same year, he commissioned a marble statue of Mars from John Bacon, which he exhibited in his residence.^[2]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1777.^[3]

Lord Yarborough died in Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, on 22 September 1823, aged 74. He had married Sophie, daughter of George Aufrere, in 1770, who died in 1786. He was succeeded in the barony by his son Charles, who was created Earl of Yarborough in 1837.

Ancestry[]

Ancestors of Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough

Stephen Anderson

Francis Anderson
(d. 1706)

Catherine Sandys (d. 1657),
great-granddaughter of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York

Francis Anderson
(d. 1747)

John Lodington

Elizabeth Lodington
(d. 1694)

Francis Anderson (1711–1758)

Sir William Pelham (d. 1644)

Charles Pelham
(d. 1692)

Hon. Frances Conway,
daughter of Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway and Dorothy Tracy (d. 1612)

Mary Pelham (1677–1733)

Michael Wharton (d. 1688),
son of Michael Wharton and Catherine Maltby (matrineal descendant of Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter)

Elizabeth Wharton
(d. 1726)

Hon. Susannah Poulett,
daughter of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett and Elizabeth Kenn (1593–1663)

Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough

Thomas Carter

Eleanor Carter

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b "ANDERSON PELHAM, Charles (1749–1823), of Brocklesby, Lincs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
^ Smith, Nollekens &c., Vol. II, p. 156.
^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 27 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

References[]

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.^{[unreliable source]}
Anderson-Pelham family tree

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by George Forster Tufnell	Member of Parliament for Beverley 1768–1774 With: 1768–1772 1772–1774	Succeeded by Sir James Pennyman, Bt George Forster Tufnell
Preceded by Lord Brownlow Bertie	Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire 1774–1796 With: Lord Brownlow Bertie 1774–1779 Sir John Thorold, Bt 1779–1774	Succeeded by Sir John Thorold, Bt
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Yarborough 1794–1823	Succeeded by Charles Anderson-Pelham

[HOP-1] "ANDERSON PELHAM, Charles (1749–1823), of Brocklesby, Lincs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

[2] Smith, Nollekens &c., Vol. II, p. 156.

[3] "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 27 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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