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William Pelham

William Pelham

Male - 1587    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name William Pelham 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Nov 1587  Brocklesby, Lincoln, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I187102  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2001 

    Father William Pelham   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mary Sandys   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F75726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor Neville   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. William Pelham   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Elizabeth Pelham
    Family ID F75724  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 May 2023 

  • Notes 
    • from Burke's Peerage and Baronetage "Yarborough (Earldom)":

      "Sir William Pelham, settled at Brocklesby, co. Lincoln, one of the most eminent military commanders of the reign of
      ELIZABETH I, commanded the pioneers in the Army under the Duke of Norfolk, sent to the assistance of the Scots against
      the French 1560, in 1562 he was at the taking of Caen, in Normandy, and in 1563 he was wounded in the defence of
      Newhaven, subsequently employed in Ireland, and received the honour of Knighthood for his services in that Kingdom 1579, in
      which year, the Lord Deputy, Sir William Drury dying, Sir William Pelham was appointed, in October, by the council, justiciar
      of Ireland, with the authority of Lord Deputy, until a Lord Deputy should be appointed, and he administered the government
      until Sept. 1580. Upon his return from Ireland, Sir William was sworn of the Privy Council, appointed Master of the Ordnance,
      and eventually constituted Field-Marshal."



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