Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly, 3rd Baronet (24 April 1844 - 4 June 1877) was a

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politician.

Parliamentary career

Pelly was elected Conservative MP for

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in 1874, but died before completing a full parliamentary term in 1877.

Baronetage

Pelly succeeded to 3rd Baronet of Upton upon his father

John Pelly Sir John Henry Pelly, 1st Baronet, DL (31 March 1777 – 13 August 1852) was an English businessman. During most of his career, he was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), serving as Governor of the HBC for three decades. He held ot ...

's death on 20 December 1864.

Personal life

Pelly married Lady Lilian Harriet Charteris, daughter of

Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO DL (pronounced ''weems'', rhyming with seems) GCVO (4 August 1818 – 30 June 1914), styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician. He founded the Liberty and Prop ...

on 27 November 1872.

Other activities

During his life, Pelly was a

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, a Deputy Lieutenant, and captain in the

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* 1844 births 1877 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 People from the London Borough of Barnet {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1840s-stub