Henry Pelham

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Henry Pelham was an 18th-century British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754 and played a key role in stabilizing the nation's finances and politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Prime Minister of Great Britain
human
burialPlace All Saints Church, Laughton, Sussex
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1694-09-25
dateOfDeath 1754-03-06
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica

Dictionary of National Biography
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt St Edmund Hall, Oxford
surface form: Hart Hall, Oxford

King’s College, Cambridge
surface form: King's College, Cambridge

Westminster School
endTime 1754-03-06
endTime (as Prime Minister of Great Britain) 1754-03-06
era 18th century
familyName Pelham
father Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham
givenName Henry
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
monarchDuringTerm George II of Great Britain
mother Lady Grace Holles
notableAchievement consolidation of Whig political dominance
introduction of a lower interest rate on government debt
reduction of national debt
notableWork reform of national finances after the War of the Austrian Succession
occupation politician
statesman
officeContested Member of Parliament
parliamentaryGroup Whig Party
surface form: Whig
placeOfBirth Laughton, Sussex
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Paymaster of the Forces
Prime Minister of Great Britain
precededBy Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
religion Anglicanism
representedInParliament Hastings
Seaford
West Sussex
surface form: Sussex
sexOrGender male
sibling Duke of Newcastle
surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
spouse Lady Catherine Manners
startTime 1743-08-27
startTime (as Prime Minister of Great Britain) 1743-08-27
succeededBy Duke of Newcastle
surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

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Treasurer of the Navy officeHeldBy Henry Pelham
Duke of Newcastle ally Henry Pelham
subject surface form: Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Whig Supremacy keyFigure Henry Pelham
Lady Catherine Manners spouse Henry Pelham
Pelham family hasNotableMember Henry Pelham
Pelham family producedPrimeMinister Henry Pelham
Pelham hasNotableBearer Henry Pelham
Boy with a Squirrel depicts Henry Pelham
Boy with a Squirrel subject Henry Pelham
John notableStudent Henry Pelham
subject surface form: John Singleton Copley