Henry Pelham
1694 – 1754 · aged 60
Prime Minister of Great Britain; (1695-1754)
- Born
- 25 Sept 1694 · Laughton
- Died
- 6 Mar 1754 · London
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- 25 Sept 1694BornBorn in Laughton
- 1743 – 1754RoleLeader of the House of Commons
- 1743 – 1754RolePrime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1743 – 1754RoleChancellor of the Exchequer
- 6 Mar 1754DiedDied in London
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Biography
Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death in 1754. He was the younger brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, who served in Pelham's government and succeeded him as prime minister. Pelham is generally considered to have been Britain's third prime minister, after Robert Walpole and the Earl of Wilmington.
Pelham's premiership was relatively uneventful in terms of domestic affairs, although it was during his premiership that Great Britain experienced the tumult of the 1745 Jacobite uprising. In foreign affairs, Britain fought in several wars. Two of Pelham's final acts were the Jewish Naturalization Act 1753, which allowed Jews to become naturalized by application to Parliament, and the Marriage Act 1753, which enumerated the minimum age of consent for marriage. On Pelham's death, his brother Newcastle took full control of the British government.
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