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Dudley Worsley Anderson-Pelham (20 April 1812 – 13 April 1851), was a British naval commander and Whig politician.

Background

Anderson-Pelham was a younger son of

Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough (8 August 1781 – 5 September 1846), styled Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham from 1794 to 1823, was one of the founders of the Royal Yacht Squadron and its first Commodore. He lived at Appuldurcombe Ho ...

, by his wife Henrietta Anne Maria Charlotte, daughter of the Honourable John Simpson and Henrietta Worsley.

Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough (12 April 1809 – 7 January 1862) was a British nobleman who succeeded to the Earldom of Yarborough in 1846. Before his accession, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for New ...

, was his elder brother.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Earl of Yarborough

Career

Anderson-Pelham was a

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in the

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. He was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for

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at a by-election in 1849, a seat he held until his early death in April 1851, aged 38.

Family

Anderson-Pelham married Madalina, second daughter of Admiral Sir John Gordon Sinclair of Murkle, 8th Baronet, and sister and co-heiress of Sir Robert Charles Sinclair of Murkle, 9th Baronet, in 1839.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelham 1812 births 1851 deaths Younger sons of earls Royal Navy officers UK MPs 1847–1852 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Whig (British political party) MPs

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