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THE
ANCESTRY OF HENRY PELHAM AND OF THOMAS PELHAM-HOLLES, 1ST DUKE OF NEWCASTLE
Henry Pelham and Thomas Pelham-Holles, the third and
fourth prime ministers respectively, were brothers.
1a Henry Pelham
b 26
Sep 1694, London
d 6
Mar 1754, Piccadilly, Middlesex
1b Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of
Newcastle
b 21
Jul 1693, London
d 17
Nov 1768, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London
2 Thomas
Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham
b ca
1653
d 23
Feb 1711/12, Laughton, Sussex
m 21
May 1686, St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex
3 Grace
Holles
b ca
1668
d
13 Sep 1700, bur Laughton
4 Sir John
Pelham of Halland in Laughton, 3rd Baronet
bap 10
Mar 1624/25, East Hoathly
bur 20
Jan 1702/03, Laughton
m 20
Jan 1647, Penshurst, Kent
5 Lucy
Sydney
bap 7
Jul 1625, Penshurst
bur
19 Oct 1685, Laughton
6 Gilbert
Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare
bap
18 May 1633, Hackney, Middlesex
d 16
Jan 1688/89, Holborn
m 9
Jul 1655, St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex
7 Grace
Pierrepont
b
bur Aug 1702, St Giles in the Fields
8 Sir Thomas
Pelham of Halland in Laughton, 2nd Baronet
bap 22
Sep 1597, East Hoathly
bur
28 Aug 1654, Laughton
m ca
1615
9 Mary
Wilbraham
b
bur 7
Mar 1634, Laughton
10 Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester
b 1
Dec 1595, Baynard’s Castle, London
bur
8 Nov 1677, Penshurst
m ca
Jan 1615
11 Dorothy Percy
bap
20 Aug 1598, Petworth, Sussex
bur
23 Aug 1659, Penshurst
12 John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare
b 13
Jun 1595, Haughton, Nottinghamshire
d 2
Jan 1665/66, Haughton
m 4
Sep 1626, St Bartholemew the Great, London
13 Elizabeth Vere
b ca
1610, the Netherlands
bur
11 Jan 1683/84, St Mary, Nottingham
14 William Pierrepont of Thursby,
Nottinghamshire, MP for Nottinghamshire
b ca
1607
d 17
Jul 1678
m 8 Jun 1628, St Martin, Ludgate, London
15 Elizabeth Harris
b
bur 1
Jul 1657, Tong, Shropshire
16 Thomas Pelham of Laughton, MP for Sussex
b ca
1540
d 2
Dec 1624, bur Laughton
m ca
27 Mar 1589
17 Mary Walsingham
b
bur 7
Mar 1634, Laughton
18 Sir Roger Wilbraham of Bridgemere,
Cheshire, Master of Requests, MP for Callington
b 4
Nov 1553, Nantwich, Cheshire
d 29
Jul 1616, bur Hadley, Middlesex
m
19 Mary Baber
b
bur 6
Jan 1644, Wibbenbury, Cheshire
20 Robert Sydney, 1st Earl of Leicester
b 19
Nov 1563, Penshurst
d 13
Jul 1626, Penshurst
m 23
Sep 1584, St Donats, co. Glamorgan
21 Barbara Gamage
b ca 1559
bur
26 May 1621, Penshurst
22 Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
b
Apr 1564, Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland
d 5
Nov 1632, bur Petworth
m
1594
23 Dorothy Devereux
b
bur
14 Aug 1619, Petworth
24 John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare
b
May 1564, Haughton
d 4
Oct 1637, Clare Palace, Nottingham
m 23
May 1591, Shelford, Nottinghamshire
25 Anne Stanhope
b
1576
d 18
Nov 1651, Covent Garden, Middlesex
26 Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury
b
1565
d 2 May
1635, Whitehall, Middlesex
m
Nov 1607
27 Mary Tracy
b 18
May 1581
d 25
Dec 1671, Kirby Hall
28 Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston
upon Hull
b 6
Aug 1584
d 25
Jul 1643, bur Cuckney, Nottinghamshire
m 8
Jan 1601, Kinoulton
29 Gertrude Talbot
b ca
1588
bur
26 Jul 1649, Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire
30 Sir Thomas Harris of Tong Castle, Baronet
b ca
1557
d 18
Feb 1626/27
m
31 Eleanor Gifford
b
bur 9
Apr 1635, Tong
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