Pelham

Surname

British aristocratic Whig politicians:

Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham (1653–1712), father of two British Prime Ministers:

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)

Henry Pelham (1694–1754)

American artistic family

Peter Pelham (c. 1695 – 1751), artist

Peter Pelham (composer) (1721–1805)

Henry Pelham (engraver) (1748/49–1806)

William Pelham (bookseller) (1759–1827)

Other people (in alphabetical order)

Charles Pelham (American politician) (1835–1908), U.S. Representative from Alabama

Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester (1844–1905), British nobleman and amateur cricketer

Frederick Thomas Pelham (1808–1861), Royal Navy officer and Second Naval Lord

George F. Pelham (1867–1937), American architect

Henry Francis Pelham (1846–1907), English scholar and historian

John Pelham (bishop) (1811–1894), Bishop of Norwich in 1857–1893

John Pelham (soldier) (1838–1863), Confederate artillery officer during the American Civil War

Moses Pelham (born 1971), German rapper and musician

Peregrine Pelham (died 1650), British Member of Parliament

Richard Pelham (1815–1876), American blackface performer

Thomas Pelham (disambiguation), various people

William Pelham (Medal of Honor) (1845/47–1933), American Union Navy sailor, recipient of Medal of Honor

Fictional characters

Herbert "Bertie" Pelham, Marquess of Hexham, a character on the television drama Downton Abbey and its film adaptation

First name

Pelham Horton Box (1898–1937), British historian

Pelham Humfrey (1647–1674), English Baroque composer

Sir Pelham Warner ("Plum Warner", 1873–1963), English test cricketer

P. G. von Donop (Pelham George von Donop, 1851–1921), English footballer, soldier and railway inspector, godfather to P. G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse (Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, 1881–1975), English author, lyricist, playwright