Pelham
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Surname
- British Whig politicians:
- Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron PelhamThomas Pelham, 1st Baron PelhamThomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton Bt was a moderate English Whig politician and Member of Parliament for several constituencies. He is best remembered as father of two British prime ministers who, between them, served for 18 years as first minister...
(1653–1712) and his sons, both Prime Ministers of Great Britain - Henry PelhamHenry PelhamHenry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754...
(1694–1754) - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-TyneThomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-TyneThomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle.A protégé of Sir Robert Walpole, he served...
(1693–1768)
- Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham
- American artistic family:
- Peter PelhamPeter PelhamPeter Pelham , American limner and engraver, was born in England, a son of a man named "gentleman" in his will. His father, who died in Chichester, Sussex, in 1756, is revealed in letters to his son in America as a man of some property.-London:Pelham was one of several London artists who learned...
(c.1695-1751), artist - Peter Pelham (composer)Peter Pelham (composer)Peter Pelham was an English-born American organist, harpsichordist, teacher and composer.Pelham was born in London. His father, also named Peter Pelham, was an engraver and an artist. Around 1730 the Pelhams immigrated to Boston, where the father apprenticed his son to Charles Theodore Pachelbel...
(1721–1805) - Henry Pelham (engraver)Henry Pelham (engraver)Henry Pelham , American painter, engraver, and cartographer, was born in Boston, where his father, Peter Pelham, limner, engraver, and schoolmaster, had married Mary Copley, widow of Richard Copley and mother of John Singleton Copley. His father died in 1751...
(1748/49-1806) - William Pelham (bookseller)William Pelham (bookseller)William Pelham was a bookseller and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He kept a shop and circulating subscription library at no.59 Cornhill, 1796-1810.-Biography:...
(1759–1827)
- Peter Pelham
- Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of ChichesterFrancis Pelham, 5th Earl of ChichesterReverend Sir Francis Godolphin Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester was a British cleric and nobleman.-Life:He was the son of Sir Henry Thomas Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester and Lady Mary Brudenell...
(1844–1905) , British nobleman and amateur cricketer - Peregrine PelhamPeregrine PelhamSir Peregrine Pelham was an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.Pelham was a prosperous merchant in Hull before becoming town sheriff in 1636 and the MP for Hull in 1641. In 1642 along with Sir John Hotham, he barred the entry of King Charles into the City, and...
, British Member of Parliament - John Thomas PelhamJohn Thomas PelhamJohn Thomas Pelham , styled The Honourable from birth, was a British Anglican clergyman.-Background and education:...
(1811–1894), Bishop of Norwich in 1857-1893 - John Pelham (officer) (1838–1863), Confederate artillery officer during the American Civil War
- Richard PelhamRichard PelhamRichard Ward "Dick" Pelham , born Richard Ward Pell, was an American blackface performer. He was born in New York City....
(1815–1876), American blackface performer - Charles Pelham (congressman)Charles Pelham (congressman)Charles Pelham was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Person County, North Carolina, Pelham moved with his parents to Alabama in 1838. There, he attended the common schools and later studied law...
(1835–1908), U.S. Representative from Alabama - William Pelham (Medal of Honor recipient)William Pelham (Medal of Honor recipient)William R. Pelham was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.-Biography:Pelham enlisted in the Navy from either Nova Scotia or New York City and took part in...
(1845/47-1933), American Union Navy sailor, recipient of Medal of Honor - George F. PelhamGeorge F. PelhamGeorge Frederick Pelham was an American architect. He worked for 43 years during which he designed numerous apartment buildings and office buildings in New York City. His final building was the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company Building.Mr. Pelham was also the architect of the Chalfonte Hotel...
(1857–1937), American architect - Charles Pelham (1885–1940), lifeboat captain and forester
- Thomas Pelham (disambiguation) – various people
First name
- Pelham HumfreyPelham HumfreyPelham Humfrey was the first to prominence of the new generation of English composers at the beginning of the Restoration....
(1647–1674), English Baroque composer - P. G. WodehouseP. G. WodehouseSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...
(Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse) (1881–1975), English comic writer - Pelham von DonopPelham von DonopLieutenant-Colonel Pelham George von Donop was an officer in the Royal Engineers and later Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways...
(1851–1921), English footballer, soldier and railway inspector, godfather to P. G. Wodehouse - Plum WarnerPlum WarnerSir Pelham Francis Warner MBE , affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or even "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket was a Test cricketer....
(Sir Pelham Francis Warner), English test cricketer
Places
Canada- Pelham, OntarioPelham, OntarioThe Town of Pelham is located in the centre of Niagara Region in Ontario, Canada.The town's southern boundary is formed by the Welland River, a meandering waterway that flows into the Niagara River. To the west is the township of West Lincoln, to the east the city of Welland, and to the north the...
- Pelham RangePelham RangeThe Pelham Range is a small mountain range on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Sarita and between the Sarita River and Albemi Inlet. It has an area of 52 km2 and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains....
United Kingdom
- Pelham, BirminghamPelham, BirminghamPelham is a small "sub-area" of inner-city Hodge Hill, Birmingham, England, that surrounds the proximity of the The Pelham Arms pub, and is roughly at the point where Saltley and Ward End meet...
, a suburb within Birmingham
United States
- Pelham, AlabamaPelham, AlabamaPelham is a city and suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,369, but has grown to 21,352 recorded by the 2010 census. It was named for famed Confederate American Civil War officer John Pelham...
- Pelham, GeorgiaPelham, GeorgiaPelham is a city in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,126 at the 2000 census. It was named for famed American Civil War officer John Pelham.-Geography:Pelham is located at ....
- Pelham, MassachusettsPelham, MassachusettsPelham is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,403 at the 2000 census. It shares the same zip code as Amherst.Pelham is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
- Pelham, New HampshirePelham, New HampshireThe earliest census data shows the town of Pelham having a population of 543 residents in 1767.As of the census of 2000, there were 10,914 people, 3,606 households, and 2,982 families residing in the town. The population density was 412.9 people per square mile . There were 3,740 housing units at...
- Pelham Parkway, Bronx, New YorkPelham Parkway, BronxPelham Parkway is primarily a residential neighborhood geographically located in the center of the Bronx borough of New York City in the United States. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 11. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: Pelham Parkway to the...
- Pelham Gardens, Bronx, New YorkPelham Gardens, BronxPelham Gardens is a working class neighborhood geographically located in the Northeast section of Bronx, a borough of New York City in the United States. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 11. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: East Gun Hill Road to the...
- Pelham (town), New YorkPelham (town), New YorkPelham is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 12,396. Historically, Pelham was composed of five villages and became known as "the Pelhams"...
- Pelham (village), New YorkPelham (village), New YorkPelham is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 6,910 at the 2010 census. As a village, it is located in the Town of Pelham.-History:...
, within the town of Pelham - Pelham Bay (disambiguation)Pelham Bay (disambiguation)Pelham Bay may be:* Pelham Bay, a body of water in The Bronx, New York* Pelham Bay, Bronx, New York, a neighborhood* Pelham Bay Park* Pelham Bay Park , a subway station...
- Pelham, North CarolinaPelham, North CarolinaPelham is an unincorporated community in northwest Caswell County, North Carolina at the North Carolina/Virginia border. It is often considered a suburb of nearby Danville, Virginia. Pelham is located along Pelham Loop Road near the eastern terminus of NC 700 at US 29 . It was named for Confederate...
- The Pelhams, New YorkThe Pelhams, New YorkThe Pelhams is a colloquial name for an area of towns of Westchester County, New York and parts of The Bronx.The reason locals call them the Pelhams is that they all once belonged to Thomas Pell. The Village of Pelham, Pelham Manor, Pellville, North Pelham, Pelhamwood, Pelham Gardens, Bartow-Pell...
, a colloquial name for an area of towns of Westchester County, New York
Other uses
- Pelham, a novel written in 1828 by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonEdward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonEdward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC , was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling dime-novels which earned him a considerable fortune...
- Pelham bitPelham bitA pelham bit is a type of bit used when riding a horse. It has elements of both a curb bit and a snaffle bit. In this respect a pelham bit functions similar to a double bridle, and like a double bridle it normally has "double" reins: a set of curb reins and a set of snaffle reins. Because it has...
, a type of curb bit used while riding horses - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (disambiguation)The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (disambiguation)The Taking of Pelham One Two Three or The Taking of Pelham 123 can refer to:*The Taking of Pelham One Two Three , a 1973 thriller novel by Morton Freedgood writing as "John Godey"...
, a novel by Morton Freedgood, and its three film adaptations - A type face in the Times RomanTimes RomanTimes New Roman is a serif typeface commissioned by the British newspaper The Times in 1931, created by Victor Lardent at the English branch of Monotype. It was commissioned after Stanley Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically antiquated...
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