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Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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PELHAM, 2nd earl of Chichester (1756-1826), son of the Tst earl, was surveyor-general of ordnance in Lord Rockingham's ministry (1782), and chief secretary for Ireland in the coalition ministry of 1783. In 1795 he became Irish chief secretary under Pitt's government, retiring in 1798; he was home secretary from July 180r to August 1803 under Addington, who made him chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster in 1803. Pelham went out of office in 1804, and in the next year succeeded to the earldom. He was joint postmaster-general from 1807 to 1823, and for the remaining three years of his life postmaster-general. His son and heir, HENRY THOMAS
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pelham-2nd-earl-of-chichester.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pelham-2nd-earl-of-chichester.html. 1910.
