Person:Evelyn Anderson-Pelham (1)

Personal History

Evelyn Cornwallis Anderson Pelham,^[3] Esq. or by courtesy The Hon.,^[1] (second) son of Charles Anderson Worsley Pelham, second Earl of Yarborough, by Maria Adelaide Maude, was born on 16 September 1851 at Manby Hall in the parish of Broughton (by Brigg), Lincolnshire, England.^[3]

Marriage and Family

(see the Family page for references)

On 24 October 1872 the Hon. Evelyn Corwallis Anderson Pelham and Harriett Frances Hutton were married at the parish church of Gate Burton, Lincolnshire, England (registered in the district of Gainsborough).

Harriett, then of Allington Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire, made oath on 28 January 1887 in Holborn, Middlesex, for a petition for judicial separation and custody of their children which was filed 31 January. She alleged specific occurrences of abuse and that her husband had committed adultery. In her petition, she lists six children: Cecil Henry, Charles Cornwallis, Allen Muriel, Florence Gwendoline, Reginald Evelyn, and Eleana Blanche.

Death and Probate

The Hon. Evelyn Cornwallis Anderson Pelham of Leamington, Warwick, died 6 March 1908 at Northampton, Northamptonshire^[1] (registered in the district of Northampton^[2]).

On 29 May 1908, at London,^[1] administration was granted to Cecil Henry Anderson Pelham and Godfrey Tallents Esq. His effects were valued £11,828-2-7.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} “Wills and Administrations, 1908”, in Principal Probate Registry (London). Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration: Made in the Principal Registry and in the Several District Registries of Her Majesty's Court of Probate. (London, United Kingdom: HM Stationery Office, [1859?]–present)
   vol 4, p 356, PELHAM the honourable Evelyn Cornwallis Anderson.

   Digital image in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1904/31874_222525-00365 : accessed 12 June 2018).
   
   … of Leamington, Warwick, died 6 March 1908 at Northampton, Northamptonshire, probate 29 May at London, to Cecil Henry Anderson Pelham late capt. H.M. Army and Godfrey Tallents esq.; effects £11828 2s. 7d.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 England. General Register Office. General Index: Deaths Registered in England and Wales in the Months of January, February and March, 1908
   p 286.

   “Pelham, Evelyn C. A.”, age 56, Northampton dist., vol. 3b, p. 44.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} England. General Register Office. PDF Copy of an Entry of Birth
   for Evelyn Cornwallis Anderson Pelham, born 16 Sept. and registered 18 Sept. 1851. A copy of an entry in the certified copy of a register of births in the Registration District of Brigg, co. Lincoln.

   “[born] Sixteenth September 1851, 5^h 30^m A.M., [at] Manby Hall, Broughton; Evelyn Cornwallis Anderson; Boy; [father] Charles Anderson Worsley Pelham Earl of Yarborough; [mother] Maria Adelaide Pelham formerly Maude; Peer of the Realm; [informant] Yarborough[,] Father, [of] Manby Hall, Broughton”