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Henry Pelham FRS (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.
Henry Pelham (born 1696—died March 6, 1754, London, Eng.) was the prime minister of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754. A somewhat colourless politician, he worked for peace abroad and introduced important financial reforms.
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Henry Pelham (February 14, 1748/49 – 1806) was an American painter, engraver, and cartographer active during the late 18th century. Pelham's many illuminating letters, especially to his half-brother John Singleton Copley, provide an important contemporary perspective of the events of the American Revolution .
One thing unites every VQA wine produced by Henry of Pelham: the land. Our family has lived on it for generations, and our vines have been putting down deep roots for decades. Every bottle captures this unique connection to our corner of Niagara. Not just good wine—beautiful wine.
Henry Pelham was arguably one of Britain’s most successful Prime Ministers, if not one of the best-known. He has perhaps been over-shadowed in historical retrospect by his brother, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle.
Henry Pelham was a skilled administrator and financial manager. He had to find the resources to fund the War of the Austrian succession and was always very mindful of the costs of war...
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Read more about Henry Pelham, a talented administrator and one of the most reliably effective British politicians of the 18th Century.
