# Nicholas Pelham

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{{Short description|English politician (1650–1739)}}
{{Distinguish|Nicholas Pelham (died 1560)}}
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'''Sir Nicholas Pelham''' (1650 – 8 November 1739) was a British politician.

The third son of [Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_Thomas_Pelham%2C_2nd_Baronet) (but the first by Thomas' third wife Margaret), Pelham was educated at [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford).

Pelham was knighted on 20 April 1661, and served in several post-Restoration Parliaments for [Seaford](/source/Seaford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and [Sussex](/source/Sussex_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), and then in [Lewes](/source/Lewes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1702 to 1705. He married Jane Huxley, daughter of [James Huxley](/source/James_Huxley) of Dornford, by whom he had two sons and one daughter:
* [Thomas Pelham](/source/Thomas_Pelham_(of_Lewes%2C_senior)) (c.1678–1759)
* [James Pelham](/source/James_Pelham) (c.1683–1761)
* Margaret Pelham, married [Sir William Ashburnham, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_William_Ashburnham%2C_2nd_Baronet)

In 1726, his great-nephew, the [Duke of Newcastle](/source/Thomas_Pelham-Holles%2C_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle-upon-Tyne), brought him back into Parliament at Lewes, at the by-election that ensued after the death of another of Nicholas's great-nephews, [Henry Pelham](/source/Henry_Pelham_(of_Stanmer)); Henry's brother [Thomas](/source/Thomas_Pelham_(of_Stanmer)) had declined to take the seat until after he returned from Constantinople. However, Thomas was again in England by the next general election in 1727, and Sir Nicholas stood down in his favour. Sir Nicholas died at an advanced age in 1739.

==References==
* {{cite book | title=The House of Commons 1715–1754 | volume=2 | first=Romney | last=Sedgwick | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=New York | year=1970 | page=333}}

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{{succession box | before=[Sir William Thomas](/source/Sir_William_Thomas%2C_1st_Baronet)<br />[Robert Morley](/source/Robert_Morley_(MP_for_Seaford)) | title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Seaford](/source/Seaford_(UK_Parliament_constituency))<br /><small>with [Sir William Thomas](/source/Sir_William_Thomas%2C_1st_Baronet)</small> | years=1671–1679 | after=[Sir William Thomas](/source/Sir_William_Thomas%2C_1st_Baronet)<br />[Herbert Stapley](/source/Herbert_Stapley)}}
{{succession box | before=[Sir John Pelham](/source/Sir_John_Pelham%2C_3rd_Baronet)<br />[John Lewknor](/source/John_Lewknor) | title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Sussex](/source/Sussex_(UK_Parliament_constituency))<br /><small>with [Sir John Pelham](/source/Sir_John_Pelham%2C_3rd_Baronet)</small> | years=1679–1681 | after=[Sir William Thomas](/source/Sir_William_Thomas%2C_1st_Baronet)<br />[Sir John Fagg](/source/Sir_John_Fagg%2C_1st_Baronet)}}
{{succession box | before=[Edward Selwyn](/source/Edward_Selwyn)<br />[Sir William Thomas](/source/Sir_William_Thomas%2C_1st_Baronet) | title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Seaford](/source/Seaford_(UK_Parliament_constituency))<br /><small>with [William Campion](/source/William_Campion_(1640-1702))</small> | years=1689–1690 | after=[William Campion](/source/William_Campion_(1640-1702))<br />[Henry Pelham](/source/Henry_Pelham_(Clerk_of_the_Pells))}}
{{succession box | before=[Thomas Pelham](/source/Thomas_Pelham%2C_1st_Baron_Pelham)<br />[Richard Payne](/source/Richard_Payne_(politician)) | title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Lewes](/source/Lewes_(UK_Parliament_constituency))<br /><small>with [Richard Payne](/source/Richard_Payne_(politician))</small> | years=1702–1705 | after=[Richard Payne](/source/Richard_Payne_(politician))<br />[Thomas Pelham](/source/Thomas_Pelham_(of_Lewes%2C_senior))}}
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{{succession box | before=[Thomas Pelham](/source/Thomas_Pelham_(of_Lewes%2C_senior))<br />[Henry Pelham](/source/Henry_Pelham_(of_Stanmer)) | title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Lewes](/source/Lewes_(UK_Parliament_constituency))<br /><small>with [Thomas Pelham](/source/Thomas_Pelham_(of_Lewes%2C_senior))</small> | years=1726–[1727](/source/1727_British_general_election) | after=[Thomas Pelham](/source/Thomas_Pelham_(of_Lewes%2C_senior))<br />[Thomas Pelham](/source/Thomas_Pelham_(of_Stanmer))}}
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