Charles Pelham (died 1763)

Charles Pelham (c. 1679–1763) of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for 28 years between 1722 and 1754.

Pelham was the eldest son of Charles Pelham of Brocklesby and his wife Elizabeth Warton, daughter of Michael Warton MP of Beverley, Yorkshire. His father died in 1692, and he succeeded to his estates. He married Anne Gore daughter of Sir William Gore, Lord Mayor of London, on 29 June 1714.^[1]

Pelham was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby at the 1722 general election. He inherited property from his uncle in 1725 and at the 1727 general election he was returned instead as MP for Beverley. In Parliament he voted against the Government. He was defeated significantly at the 1734 general election, but was elected for Beverley again at a by-election on 2 February 1738. On the motion for Walpole’s dismissal in February 1741, he was one of the Tories who withdrew before the division. He was returned top of the poll at the 1741 general election, and was returned unopposed in 1747. He retired at the 1754 general election.^[1]

Pelham’s wife died on 8 March 1739, and he married secondly Mary Vyner, daughter of Robert Vyner of Gautby, Lincolnshire. He died without issue on 6 February 1763.^[1]

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