Charles Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough (born Charles Pelham on 5 November 1963), styled Lord Worsley between 1966 and 1991 is a British peer and landowner.
Background and career
Yarborough is the son of
John Pelham, 7th Earl of Yarborough (1920–1991) and Florence Anne Petronel Upton (1924–2013). He was educated at Eton College.
He was appointed
High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
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for 2014–15.
Marriage and family
Lord Yarborough married Anna-Karin Zecevic, daughter of George Zecevic, on 26 January 1990.
* Lord George John Sackville Pelham (born 9 August 1990)
* William Charles John Walter Pelham (born 28 December 1991)
* James Marcus Pelham (born 8 March 1994)
* Lady Margaret Ann Emily Pelham (born 30 January 1997)
* Edward John Herbert Pelham (born 6 March 2002)
See also
*
Duke of Leeds
Duke of Leeds was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1694 for the prominent statesman Thomas Osborne, 1st Marquess of Carmarthen, who had been one of the Immortal Seven in the Revolution of 1688. He had already succeeded as ...
(created 1694, extinct 1964)
** The
Immortal Seven
The ''Invitation to William'' was a letter sent by seven notable English nobles, later called "the Immortal Seven", to stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, received by him on 30 June 1688 (Julian calendar, 10 July Gregorian calendar). In ...
** The
Glorious Revolution
References
The Peerage.com- A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
External links
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1963 births
Living people
People educated at Eton College
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Converts to Islam
British Muslims
High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire