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Henry Pelham , 1696-1754, British statesman; brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, duke of Newcastle . He entered Parliament in 1717 and served Sir Robert Walpole as secretary for war (1724-30) and paymaster-general (1730-43). In 1743 he became head of a Whig ministry that was to last until 1754. His administration concluded the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), ending the War of the Austrian Succession; it also reorganized and reduced the national debt and reformed (1752) the calendar.

Bibliography: See W. Coxe, Memoirs of the Administration of the Right Honourable Henry Pelham (1829, repr. 1971).

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Pelham, Henry (1696–1754) British Whig statesman, Prime Minister (1743–54). After serving in Sir Robert Walpole's Cabinet from 1721 onwards, he replaced him as Premier, and introduced a period of peace and prosperity by bringing to an end the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48).

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