Henry Pelham

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British politician Prime Minister of Great Britain human

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.

Statements (49)

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	Encyclopædia Britannica → Oxford Dictionary of National Biography →
educatedAt	Hart Hall, Oxford → King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → 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 →
placeOfBirth	Laughton, Sussex →
placeOfDeath	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 → Sussex →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	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	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle →	ally
John Singleton Copley →	notableStudent
Treasurer of the Navy →	officeHeldBy
Postmaster General of Great Britain →	positionHeldBy