Sir Edward Henry Pelham (20 December 1876 – 18 December 1949) was a British

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who was

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at the

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between 1931 and 1937.

Early life and education

Pelham was born at 20 Bradmore Road in North Oxford,''1891 England Census'' the eldest son of classical scholar

Henry Francis Pelham Henry Francis Pelham, FSA, FBA (10 September 1846 in Bergh Apton, Norfolk – 13 February 1907) was an English scholar and historian. He was Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford from 1889 to 1907, and was also Pr ...

, President of Trinity College, Oxford, and Laura Priscilla Buxton, daughter of Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Baronet. His grandfather was Bishop of Norwich Hon. John Thomas Pelham, third son of the 3rd Earl of Chichester, whose father, the 2nd Earl, was a first cousin of Prime Ministers Henry Pelham and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. His younger brother was Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness Herbert Pelham. He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

Career

At age 24, Pelham joined the

and steadily advanced. In 1920, he was appointed Principal Assistant Secretary. Nine years later, he was promoted to Deputy Secretary. He served as Permanent Secretary from 1931 to his retirement in 1937. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the

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and promoted to Knight Companion in the same order (KCB) in the

1933 New Year Honours The 1933 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 30 December 1932. The recipients of honour ...

Personal life

In 1905, Pelham married Hon. Irene Lubbock, fifth and youngest daughter of John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury and Alice Augusta Laurentius Lane-Fox, daughter of Augustus Pitt Rivers. They had two sons and three daughters: *Henry John Pelham (28 July 1907 – 28 May 1939), married Althea Muriel Beavan, daughter of James Riley Beavan *Alice Catherine Pelham (20 May 1911 – 19 June 1987), married Patrick Robert Sandars , son of Rev Canon George Russell Sandars *Irene Joan Pelham (19 December 1912 – 1 May 2002), married Brig. Maurice Leslie Hayne , son of Frederick Underwood Stokes Hayne *Maj. Eric Thomas Pelham (19 August 1915 – 8 January 1984), married Barbara Hilda Fordham, daughter of Henry John Fordham Hayne *Susan Pelham (30 July 1918 – 8 May 2006), married

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, son of Sir Cecil Clementi He died in 1949 in Oxford as a result of an accident, two days before his 73rd birthday. Lady Pelham died in 1961, aged 74.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelham, Henry 1876 births 1949 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People from Oxford Henry Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath English civil servants Permanent Secretaries of the Board of Education