Charles Pelly (civil servant)

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Charles Pelly (31 July 1812 – 30 December 1885) was a British civil servant of the Indian Civil Service who served as the revenue member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1862 to 1866. He was reappointed as an additional Member in 1866.[1]

Personal[]

Pelly was the son of Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Emma Boulton. In 1839 at Toomcoor, Pelly married Julia Henrietta Dobbs, daughter of Rev. Richard Stewart Dobbs and his wife, Harriet Macauley.[2] He and Harriet had nine children, one of whom was Rear Admiral (1851-1907).[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency. Superintendent, Government Press. 1866. The only changes in the constitution of the Council for making Laws and Regulations were those caused by the appointment of Mr. Alexander Forrester Brown, and Mr. John Dawson Mayne, who took their seats, as additional Members, on the 2nd December 1865, and 10th March 1866, respectively. The Honorable Messrs. Charles Pelly, Robert Orr Campbell, Gajala Lutchmenarasu Chetti, Garu, C.S.L., and Sir Sharaf-ul-omrah, Bahadur, K.C.S.I., were re-appointed as additional Members.
  2. ^ The Asiatic Journal. Black, Parbury, & Allen. 1839. p. 222.
  3. ^ "Burke's Peerage".

Other sources[]

  • K. C. Markandan (1964). Madras Legislative Council: Its Constitution and Working Between 1861 and 1909. S. Chand & Co.
  • Madras (India, and Presidency). (1867) Board of Revenue. Village Revenue Establishments of the Madras Presidency. Ganz.
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