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Henry Pelham is invariably listed as Britain’s third Prime Minister, but a case can certainly be made that he was virtually the second, given the ineffectiveness of his predecessor as First Lord of the Treasury, the Earl of Wilmington (see Chapter 2).
16 de may. de 2024 · Pelham, Henry (1696–1754) (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).
1724-04-01 Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War. 1743-02-14 Henry Pelham becomes Britain's First Lord of Treasury. 1746-02-10 The Pelham brothers resign from the British government, but resume office when King George II backs down. 1754-03-18 Thomas Pelham-Holles becomes British Prime Minister on the death of his brother Henry Pelham.
Henry Pelham (25. září 1694 – 6. březen 1754) byl britský státník a premiér od 27. srpna 1743 až do své smrti. Byl mladším bratrem Thomase Pelhhama-Hollese , který nastoupil do funkce předsedy britské vlády po něm.
26 de dic. de 2020 · ‘An Ode to the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Esq., on his being appointed first Commissioner of the Treasury,’ appears in the ‘Works of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams’ (1822, ii. 71–3). Garrick's well-known ode on Pelham's death was first published in the ‘London Magazine’ for March 1754 (xxiii. 135–6).
Henry was the 2nd son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton, and younger brother of the statesman Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. Like his brother, he was educated at Westminster School before attending Oxford. Henry soon entered politics, becoming M.P. for Seaford, Sussex in 1717 (a seat arranged for him by ...
Henry Pelham. (1695?-1754), Prime Minister. Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 6 portraits. A Whig statesman, who served as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1743 and Robert Walpole 's successor as Prime Minister from 1743 to 1754. Pelham was in favour of peace, yet the 1740s presented several ...
