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Pelham, Henry (
c.1696–1754). Prime minister. Pelham was 1st lord of the Treasury for over ten years (1743–54). But time has faded his reputation between the vividly coloured careers of
Walpole and
Pitt the Elder. Pelham's career began under the wing of his elder brother, the duke of
Newcastle, who brought him into Parliament (MP for Seaford 1717–22 and Sussex 1722–54). Pelham became secretary at war in 1724 and paymaster‐general in 1730, though his status, certainly in the 1730s, was higher than his offices suggest.
After Walpole's fall in 1742 he recommended Pelham as his successor to George II, who favoured
Carteret, the new secretary of state for the northern department. However, in obtaining the Treasury in 1743 Pelham had a firm power base and by the end of 1744 Carteret had resigned. In February 1746, following the retreat of the Jacobites, the king considered replacing his ministers. The Pelham brothers and their many followers resigned, forcing the king to accept them back on their own terms.
Though Pelham was now thought of as ‘prime’ minister, the government was really a triumvirate of Pelham, Newcastle, and
Hardwicke. Newcastle shaped foreign policy, but Pelham controlled the purse strings. Pelham pursued a policy of including as many political factions in government as possible, leading to an era of undoubted calm.
Pelham's common sense and restrained style was important in preventing excessive reprisals against the Highlanders following the Jacobite rising of 1745, in restraining Newcastle's policy of subsidy payments to allied countries during the War of the
Austrian Succession, and in damping down the popular clamour that followed the bill to naturalize Jews in 1753. It was not part of his political philosophy nor his personal inclination to encourage change.
Pelham's death in 1754 surprised his colleagues and marked a decided change of pace in British politics. George II's declaration upon hearing of it, ‘Now I shall have no more peace,’ would have seemed to Henry Pelham a high compliment.
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Henry of Pelham 2003 Chardonnay Barrel Fermented.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Toronto Life; 7/1/2005; 652 words
; Henry of Pelham 2003 Chardonnay Barrel Fermented **** $19.95 | Niagara Peninsula Tied for gold in its class in the 2005 Ontario Wine Awards...
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PELHAM. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1828)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...I knew virtually nothing about Pelham -- the writer's second novel...noticed a Popular Library paperback of Pelham and bought it. It was the 1828 text...not at all true. Moreover, Henry Pelham is never accused of murder. Nor...
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NAME AND RENOWN OF PELHAM
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/13/2002; 700+ words
; ...started clearing land in what is now Pelham, returning the next year to plant...man who gave him his job: Thomas Pelham Holmes, duke of Newcastle, then secretary of state under his brother, Henry Pelham, ultimatley succeeding him in 1754...
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Cracking the Poussin Code: the key to the Shepherd's Monument at Shugborough: ever since the publication in 1982 of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, the mysterious Shepherd's Monument at Shugborough in Staffordshire has attracted numerous bizarre interpretations. Eileen Harris investigates its real meaning, following a trail that leads via Poussin's vision of Arcadia to Pelham's Urn at Esher Place, Surrey.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...members of her family--was that of the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, who died unexpectedly on 6 March 1754, on the eve...1746 the government had been run by a triumvirate: Henry Pelham as Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the...
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'One of the best' retiring; CEO Pelham leaves behind legacy of growth, health care quality.(News)
Magazine article from: Crain's Detroit Business; 3/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...Pelham has decided to retire. Pelham, 58, is best known for successfully...Catholic hospital company. Pelham's peers say she's highly...president emeritus of Detroit's Henry Ford Health System. "She...real advocate for quality.'' Pelham said she decided to retire now...
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Jane Eyre Of Pelham Bay
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 11/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...allusions (the list begins with Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Henry James), and sessions at the typewriter abound that by the...the novel is set in the 1930s, primarily in a remote area of Pelham Bay in the Bronx, close to the salt marshes and dense woods...
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Henry Schein, Inc. and Micro Bio-Medics, Inc. Announce Merger; Creates Billion Dollar Distributor
PR Newswire; 3/7/1997; 700+ words
; MELVILLE, N.Y. and PELHAM MANOR, N.Y., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC...wholly owned subsidiary of Henry Schein, Inc. in a stock...result of the transaction, Henry Schein, Inc. believes that...
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REPRODUCING REVOLUTIONARY IMAGES STATE PRINTS PAUL REVERE ENGRAVINGS TO FUND THE EXPANSION OF ITS ARCHIVES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Engravings." After the event, artist Henry Pelham delivered a copper plate to Revere with...made his own engraving, which duplicated Pelham's save for a few minor details. Brigham quotes Pelham's outraged letter to Revere: "If you...
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There is no government and nobody is in charge. But Blair remains in denial ; EDITORIAL & OPINION
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/29/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...have us believe. We then arrive at Lord North, and Henry Pelham. Pelham was the most obscure long-serving Prime Minister...the other paladins. It will subside in the silt with Pelham and North. In 1914, the British Expeditionary Force...
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Yale Posts List Of Missing Maps.
Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT); 7/20/2006; 700+ words
; ...Environs," drawn by British loyalist Henry Pelham during the 1775-76 siege of Boston...who might stumble across them. The Pelham map of Boston is worth $100,000...sale" or "sold," including the Pelham map of Boston. Libraries have historically...
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Pelham, Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Pelham, Henry ( c. 1696–1754). Prime...peace,’ would have seemed to Henry Pelham a compliment. Andrew Iain Lewer Bibliography...Whig in Power: The Political Career of Henry Pelham (Evanston, Ill., 1964).
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Henry Pelham
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Henry Pelham , 1696-1754, British statesman; brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, duke of Newcastle . He entered...Administration of the Right Honourable Henry Pelham (1829, repr. 1971).
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Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...II. Newcastle and his brother Henry Pelham used parliamentary support to overwhelm...lacklustre administration. Though Henry Pelham as 1st lord of the Treasury quickly...and unsuccessful. The death of Henry Pelham in 1754 dealt Newcastle a heavy...
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Newcastle, Thomas Pelham‐Holles, 1st duke of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...department. Newcastle and his brother Henry Pelham used parliamentary support to overwhelm...king to invite them back. Though Henry Pelham as 1st lord of the Treasury quickly...Church of England. The death of Henry Pelham in 1754 dealt Newcastle a heavy...
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Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman, a novel...published 1828. It recounts the adventures of Henry Pelham, a young dandy, wit, and aspiring politician...suspected of a murder, and tells his story to Pelham, who unearths the real murderer, Thornton...
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