PELHAM, Sir Nicholas (c.1650-1739), of Catsfield Place, Suss.

b. c. 1650, 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Bt.†, of Halland, being o. s. by 3rd w. Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Vane†, sec. of state 1640–1, of Fairlawn, Kent; half-bro. of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Bt.*; educ. ?Eton 1661–5; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 13 May 1665, aged 14, MA 1665. m. 26 Nov. 1674, Jane, da. and coh. of James Huxley† of Dornford, Oxon., 2s. 1da. Kntd. 20 Apr. 1661. J. Comber, Suss. Geneal. Lewes, 208, 211; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 136; Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 2, ii. 236.