PELHAM, Thomas, jun. (c.1705-43).

Soon after coming of age Thomas Pelham was brought into Parliament and given a diplomatic appointment by his second cousin, the Duke of Newcastle, then secretary of state. His duties did not prevent him from voting in all the recorded divisions of his first two Parliaments, except that on the place bill in 1740. In 1741 he succeeded to his father’s seat at Lewes and place at the board of Trade. Soon afterwards he fell dangerously ill of consumption,James Pelham to Newcastle, 25 May 1742, Add. 32699, f. 256. dying in his father’s lifetime, 1 Aug. 1743.