Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet (1623–1703) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament who sat in the Commons between 1645 and 1698.

Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet
Deputy lieutenant Sussex
In office
1660–1703
Member of Parliament
for Sussex
In office
1654-1679 – 1689-1695
Member of Parliament
for Hastings
In office
October 1645 – December 1648 (excluded in Pride's Purge
Personal details
Born1623
Laughton, East Sussex
Died8 January 1703(1703-01-08) (aged 79)
Laughton, East Sussex
Resting placeAll Saints Church, Laughton
NationalityEnglish
Political partyWhig
SpouseLady Lucy Sydney (1647-1685)
ChildrenElizabeth; Lucy; Thomas (1653–1712); John; Henry (c.1661–1721)
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
OccupationLandowner and politician

Personal details

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John Pelham was born in 1623, eldest son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Mary Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Roger Wilbraham, the Solicitor General for Ireland.[1]

In January 1647, he married Lady Lucy Sydney, daughter of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester and his wife Lady Dorothy Percy. [1] They had three sons and three daughters:

He was succeeded by his son Thomas who was created Baron Pelham in 1706.

Career

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In 1645, Pelham was elected Member of Parliament for Hastings to replace disabled Royalists in the Long Parliament. He was secluded in Pride's Purge in 1648.[1] He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1654. In 1654 he was elected MP for Sussex in the First Protectorate Parliament and continued sitting in the Second Protectorate Parliament until 1658. After the Stuart Restoration, he sat as MP for Sussex from 1660 to 1681, and after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, was re-elected in 1689 before retiring in 1698.[1]

In 1694, Pelham attended a cricket match at Lewes and his personal accounts refer to him paying for a wager at the time. This is one of the earliest references in cricket history in which a named individual is involved.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Crook 1983.
  2. ^ Kent Archives U1475/F24 p.28
  3. ^ Major 2007, p. 37.

Sources

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  • Crook, B.M (1983). PELHAM, Sir John, 3rd Bt. (c.1623-1703), of Halland, Laughton, Suss in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690. CUP. ISBN 978-1107002258.
  • Major, John (2007). More Than A Game. HarperCollins.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hastings
1645–1648
With: Roger Gratwick
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sussex
1654–1659
With: Herbert Morley
Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet
Anthony Stapley
John Stapley
William Hay
John Fagg
Francis Lord Dacres
Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet
Succeeded by
Not represented in restored Rump
Preceded by
Not represented in restored Rump
Member of Parliament for Sussex
1660–1681
With: Henry Goring
John Ashburnham
Sir William Morley
John Lewknor
Sir Nicholas Pelham
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sussex
1689–1698
With: Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Laughton)
1654–1703
Succeeded by