Henry Pelham

The Right Honourable Henry Pelham FRS
Pelham by John Shackleton, c. 1752
Prime Minister of Great Britain
In office 27 August 1743 – 6 March 1754
Monarch	George II
Preceded by	The Earl of Wilmington
Succeeded by	The Duke of Newcastle
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 12 December 1743 – 6 March 1754
Monarch	George II
Preceded by	Samuel Sandys
Succeeded by	William Lee
Personal details
Born	(1694-09-25)25 September 1694 Laughton, Sussex, England
Died	6 March 1754(1754-03-06) (aged 59) Westminster, England
Resting place	All Saints' Church, Laughton, East Sussex, England
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Catherine Manners ​ (m. 1726)​
Children	4
Parent	Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham (father)
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge Hart Hall, Oxford
Signature

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. 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. On Pelham's death, his brother Newcastle took full control of the British government.