![]() ![]() The couple’s two sons and two of their six daughters died in infancy. Pelham married Lady Katharine Manners, daughter of the second Duke of Rutland, in 1726. Pelham served as Secretary at War from 1724 and became a Privy Councillor in 1725. ![]() Pelham and his brother were key allies of Walpole in his struggle for control of the administration with John, Lord Carteret and both were rewarded, following Carteret’s sidelining in 1724. His brother’s patronage also helped him acquire his first major office in 1720, as Treasurer of the Chamber (Newcastle was Lord Chamberlain) but, following Walpole’s appointment as First Lord, Pelham took a seat on the Treasury Board. He held this seat until 1722 when he was elected as one of the County members for Sussex, holding this seat until his death. He spent time travelling in Europe before becoming MP for Seaford in Sussex, thanks to his brother’s patronage. Pelham volunteered for the army during the pro-Stuart Jacobite rising of 1715, commanding dragoons at the Battle of Preston. The Pelham family had traditionally been Whigs and both Henry and his elder brother, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, maintained this allegiance. His father’s death in 1712 brought him cash and land in the family’s home county of Sussex. Born in London on 26 September 1694, Pelham was educated at Westminster School and Hart Hall (now Hertford College), Oxford. Pelham was the second surviving son of Thomas Pelham, first Baron Pelham of Laughton, and his second wife Lady Grace Holles. Henry Pelham’s tenure as First Lord of the Treasury continued the direction and style of politics inaugurated by his mentor, Robert Walpole.
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