Person:Charles Anderson Pelham (1)

Personal History

Charles Anderson Pelham,^[2][4] son of Charles Anderson Pelham and Sophia^[2] (Aufrere), was born on 8 August 1781, and he was baptized on 12 August in the parish of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, England.^[2]

In 1803,^[5] Charles became lieutenant-colonel in the 2nd Regiment, North Lincolnshire Legion, and his father became lieutenant-colonel-commandant of the same legion.

Upon the death of his father on 22 September 1823, Charles succeeded as Baron Yarborough (2nd, created 1794), in Great Britain.

In 1831,^[6] Charles became lieutenant-colonel in the North Lincoln Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, and his son became captain of the same regiment.

On 21 January 1837,^[7] King William IV granted to Charles and the heirs-male of his body the dignities of a Baron and Earl in the peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Charles was created Baron Worsley of Apuldurcombe, in the isle of Wight, and Earl of Yarborough.

Later the same year, the Earl of Yarborough served as one of sixteen peers to be assistants to the chief mourner at the funeral of King William IV.^[8]

Marriage and Family

(see the Family page for references)

On 11 August 1806 at the Chapel at Lambeth Palace in Lambeth, Surrey, England, the Hon. Charles Anderson Pelham of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, and Henrietta Anna Maria Charlotte Bridgeman Simpson of Babworth, Nottinghamshire, were married by special licence with the consent of her father, the Hon. John Simpson.

Death and Probate

The Earl of Yarborough, then of Brocklesby Park, died 5 September 1846 on board the yacht Kestrel in Vigo Bay, Spain. He was interred on 1 October in the Brocklesby Mausoleum^[4] (located in the parish of Great Limber).

In his will dated 10 June 1843, Charles Earl of Yarborough named his oldest son Lord Worsley his sole executor. The will was proved by the oath of the executor and administration was granted on 4 December 1846, at London.^[3]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 ANDERSON PELHAM, Hon. Charles (1781-1846), of Manby in Broughton, Lincs., in The History of Parliament.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Church of England. Parish Church of Brocklesby (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1538–1998. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1987–2002)
   Lincolnshire Archives BROCKLESBY PAR/1/3 [Baptisms and burials, 1755–1812], p 6.

   Digital image (https://www.lincstothepast.com/Untitled/781959.record?ImageId=98471&pt=T : accessed 4 May 2018).
   
   “Bapt^d. Charles, Son of Charles Anderson Pelham Esq^r. & Sophia his Wife, Aug^t. 12^th. Born Aug^t. 8^th. [1781]”

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} “Will of The Right Honorable Charles or Charles Anderson Pelham Earl of Yarborough”, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related probate jurisdictions: Will registers. (Kew, England: The National Archives)
   PROB 11/2047/334; register vol 19, qr 944, f 344.

   Digital image in England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384–1858 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_309698-00347 : accessed 4 May 2018).
   
   The will of “Charles Earl of Yarborough” dated 10 June 1843; exor. oldest son Lord Worsley; wit. G.M. Williams, Stepⁿ Gibbons. Probate 4 Dec. 1846, London, proved “by the oath of The Right Honorable Charles Anderson Worsley Pelham Earl of Yarborough, the son, the sole executor”.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Church of England. Parish Church of Brocklesby (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1538–1998. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1987–2002)
   Lincolnshire Archives BROCKLESBY PAR/1/8 [Burials, 1813–1998], p 30, no 235.

   Digital image (https://www.lincstothepast.com/Untitled/629782.record?ImageId=98637&pt=T : accessed 4 May 2018).
   
   “Charles Anderson Pelham Earl of Yarborough [of] Brocklesby Park, [buried] Oct^r. 1^st. [1846] In the Mausoleum Having died in Vigo Bay on board his yacht y^e Kestrel Sept^r. 5^th., [age] yrs 65, [ceremony was performed by] J G Ward Dean of Lincoln assisted by the Rector R.C. Brackenbury”

5. ↑ England. The London gazette. (London, England)
   no 15644, pp 1583–1586, 15–17 Nov. 1803.

   Digital image (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15644/page/1583 : accessed 7 May 2018).
   
   “War-Office, November 17, 1803.
   …
   “North Lincolnshire Legion.
   “The Right Honorable Charles Lord Yarborough to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant. [This is Charles's father.]
   …
   “2d Regiment.
   “Honorable Charles Anderson Pelham to be Lieutenant-Colonel.”

6. ↑ England. The London gazette. (London, England)
   no 18804, p 947, 17 May 1831.

   Digital image (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/18804/page/947 : accessed 7 May 2018).
   
   “Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln.
   “North Lincoln Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
   “The Right Honourable Charles Anderson Lord Yarborough to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 18th April 1831.
   …
   “Honourable Charles Anderson Pelham to be [Captain]. Dated 18th April 1831.” [This is Charles's son.]

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 England. The London gazette. (London, England)
   no 19460, p 170, 24 Jan. 1837.

   Digital image (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19460/page/170 : accessed 7 May 2018).
   
   “Whitehall January 21, 1837.
   …
   “The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of a Baron and Earl of the [United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland] unto Charles Baron Yarborough, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Baron Worsley, of Apuldurcombe, in the isle of Wight, and Earl of Yarborough.”

8. ↑ England. The London gazette. (London, England)
   no 19519, p 1780, 13 July 1837, supplement to 11 July 1837.