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Yarborough, Earl of (UK, 1837)

Creation: let. pat. 30 Jan 1837

Family name: Anderson-Pelham later Pelham

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Azure three Pelicans Argent vulning themselves proper;  2nd and 3rd, Gules two Pieces of Belt erect Argent decorated with Buckles and Studs Or

Crest:

A Peacock in his pride Argent

Supporters:

On the dexter a Bay Horse reguardant, charged on the body with three Ancient Buckles Or, and on the sinister a Water Spaniel Dog reguardant also Or, charged on the body with three Crosses Flory Sable

Motto:

Vincit Amor Patriae (The love of country prevails)

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Charles [Anderson-Pelham], 2nd Baron Yarborough later 1st Earl of Yarborough

1st son of Charles [Anderson later Anderson-Pelham], 1st Baron Yarborough, by his wife Sophia Aufrère, only dau. and hrss. of George René Aufrère MP of Chelsea, co. Middlesex

born

8 Aug 1781

mar.

11 Aug 1806 Henrietta Anna Maria Charlotte Bridgeman-Simpson (b. 24 Apr 1788; d. 30 Jun 1813), 2nd dau. of Hon John Bridgeman later Bridgeman-Simpson, of Babworth Hall , co. Nottingham (by his first wife Henrietta Frances Worsley, sister and hrss. in her issue of Rt Hon Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Bt. MP, of Apuldercombe, Isle of Wight, and only dau. of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Bt., of Apuldercombe, Isle of Wight, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Boyle, only dau. by his first wife of John [Boyle], 5th Earl of Cork), 2nd son of Henry [Bridgeman], 1st Baron Bradford

children

1. Hon Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham, later 2nd Earl of Yarborough

2. Capt Hon Dudley Worsley Anderson-Pelham RN (b. 20 Apr 1812; d. 13 Apr 1851), mar. 15 Oct 1839 Madalina Sinclair, sister and cohrss. of Sir Robert Charles Sinclair of Murkle, 9th Bt., and 2nd dau. of Admiral Sir John Gordon Sinclair of Murkle, 8th Bt., by his wife Anne de Courcy, only dau. of Admiral Hon Michael de Courcy (by his wife Anne Blennerhassett, dau. of Conway Blennerhassett, of Killorglin, co. Kerry), 3rd son of John [de Courcy], 20th Baron Kingsale, and had issue

1. Lady Charlotte Anderson-Pelham VA (dsp. 10 Aug 1875), mar. 19 Nov 1831 Sir Joseph William Copley, 4th Bt., of Sprotborough, co. York

died

5 Sep 1846

created

30 Jan 1837 Baron Worsley, of Apuldurcombe in the Isle of Wight, and Earl of Yarborough

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Great Grimsby 1803-07 and for Lincolnshire 1807-23; Master of the Brocklesby Hounds 1816-46; suc. his father 22 Sep 1823 as 2nd Baron Yarborough; Recorder of Great Grimsby 1823-32; Recorder of Newport, Isle of Wight 1825-32; Provincial Grand Master of Isle of Wight Freemasons 1826-46; Lt Col, North Lincolnshire Regiment of Yeomanry 1831; Vice-Admiral of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 1831; Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron

Charles Anderson Worsley [Anderson-Pelham], 2nd Earl of Yarborough

born

12 Apr 1809

mar.

19 Dec 1831 Hon Maria Adelaide Maude (b. Dec 1814; mar. (2) 7 Aug 1869 William John [Monson], 1st Viscount Oxenbridge;  d. 24 Dec 1897), 2nd dau. of Cornwallis [Maude], 3rd Viscount Hawarden, by his wife Jane Crawfurd Bruce, yst. dau. of Patrick Crawfurd Bruce, of Taplow Lodge, co. Buckingham

children

1. Hon Charles Anderson-Pelham, later 3rd Earl of Yarborough

2. Hon Evelyn Cornwallis Anderson-Pelham DL (b. 16 Sep 1851; d. 6 Mar 1908), mar. 24 Oct 1872 Harriet Frances Hutton (d. 13 Jul 1813), yst. dau. of Rev George Hutton, Rector of Gate Burton, co. Lincoln, and had issue

1. Lady Sophia Adelaide Theodosia Anderson-Pelham (b. 26 Jul 1840; d. 21 Sep 1886), mar. 6 Dec 1862 Archibald William [Montgomerie], 14th Earl of Eglinton, and had issue

died

7 Jan 1862

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Newtown (Isle of Wight) 1830-31, for Lincolnshire 1831-32 and for North Lincolnshire 1832-46; Capt, North Lincolnshire Regiment of Yeomanry 1831; Master of the Brocklesby Hounds 1846-62; Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire Freemasons 1849-62; Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire 1854-62; Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1857-62; High Steward of Great Grimsby

Charles [Anderson-Pelham], 3rd Earl of Yarborough

born

14 Jan 1835

mar.

3 Aug 1858 Lady Victoria Alexandrina Hare, Master of the Brocklesby Hounds 1875-80 (b. 23 Feb 1840; mar. (2) 16 Jul 1881 John Maunsell Richardson, of Edmondthorpe Hall, Oakham, co. Rutland;  d. 7 Mar 1927), 4th dau. of William [Hare], 2nd Earl of Listowel, by his wife Maria Augusta Windham, 2nd dau. of Vice-Admiral William Lukyn later Windham, of Felbrigge Hall, co. Norfolk

children

1. Hon Charles Alfred Worsley Anderson-Pelham later Pelham, later 4th Earl of Yarborough

2. Capt Hon Victor Ralph Anderson-Pelham later Pelham (b. 30 Jan 1866; dsp. 5 Jul 1927), mar. 1893 Gertrude Emma Adams (dsp. 22 Mar 19110, dau. of Charles Gordon Adams

3. Hon Henry Cornwallis Anderson-Pelham later Pelham (b. 31 Aug 1868; d. 5 Dec 1924), mar. 16 Jul 1892 Edith Katharine Roberts (b. c. 1872; d. 12 Jun 1966), only dau. of Col William Arthur Roberts, Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and had issue

4. Maj Hon Dudley Roger Hugh Anderson-Pelham later Pelham DSO DL, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire1938 (b. 5 Jul 1872; dsp. 13 Sep 1953), mar. 9 Feb 1907 Evelyn Elizabeth Waldo-Sibthorp (dsp. 18 Apr 1973), 3rd dau. and cohrss. of Montagu Richard Waldo-Sibthorp, of Canwick Hall, co. Lincoln, by his wife Mabel Albinia Sutton, 3rd dau. of Rev Robert Sutton, of Scawby Hall, co. Lincoln

1. Lady Gertrude Augusta Anderson-Pelham (b. 11 May 1861; d. 6 Jul 1920), mar. 5 Jun 1882 Sir Francis Edmund George Astley-Corbett, 4th Bt., of Elsham Hall, co. Lincoln, and had issue

died

6 Feb 1875

suc. by

son

note

Capt, Royal North Lincolnshire Militia 1853-58; Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Great Grimsby 1857-62; Capt, Denbighshire Yeomanry 1859; Lt Col, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Rifle Volunteers 1860; Master of the Brocklesby Hounds 1862-75

Charles Alfred Worsley [Anderson-Pelham later Pelham], 4th Earl of Yarborough, KG PC

born

11 Jun 1859

mar.

5 Aug 1886 Hon Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox OBE, suo jure Baroness Fauconberg and Conyers, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sackville George [Lane-Fox], 12th Baron Conyers and 15th Baron D'Arcy de Knayth, by his wife Mary Curteis, 1st dau. of Capt Reginald Curteis, of Windmill Hill, co. Sussex

children

1. Lieut Hon Charles Sackville Anderson-Pelham later Pelham, styled Lord Worsley, Extra ADC to Gen Sir Douglas Haig at Aldershot 1912-13, killed in action at Zandvoorde, Belgium (b. 14 Aug 1887; dsp. and vp. 30 Oct 1914), mar. 31 Jan 1911 Hon Alexandra Mary Freesia Vivian CBE, Regional Administrator Womens' Royal Voluntary Service 1938-46, Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 1947-63, Chairman of the Victoria League 1948-53 (b. 27 Feb 1890; dsp. 21 Sep 1963), 4th dau. of Hussey Crespigny [Vivian], 3rd Baron Vivian, by his wife Louisa Alice Duff, only dau. of Robert George Duff, of Wellington Lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight

2. Hon Sackville George Anderson-Pelham later Pelham, later 8th Baron Fauconberg and 14th Baron Conyers later 5th Earl of Yarborough

3. Hon D'Arcy Francis Pelham-Anderson (b. 15 Feb 1892; dvp. 19 Feb 1892)

4. Hon Marcus Herbert Pelham-Anderson later Pelham, later 6th Earl of Yarborough

died

12 Jul 1936

suc. by

son

note

Master of the Brocklesby Hounds 1880-1936; Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire 1883-1936; Captain of the Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 1890-92; Privy Councillor 1890; Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire Freemasons 1895-1936; Lt Col commanding Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1901-07; took for himself and his issue the name of Pelham only by Royal Licence 1905; President, Royal Agricultural Society 1907; Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1921-36; Hon Col, 3rd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 1922-36; Knight of the Garter 1935; Alderman, Lincolnshire County Council; High Steward of Great Grimsby; KStJ

Sackville George [Anderson-Pelham later Pelham], 8th Baron Fauconberg and 14th Baron Conyers later 5th Earl of Yarborough

born

17 Dec 1888

mar.

23 Sep 1919 Nancye Brocklehurst (d. 1977), yst. dau. of Alfred Brocklehurst, of The Spinney, Melton Mowbray, co. Leicester (by his wife Florence Little, dau. of Gen Sir Archibald Little GCB), brother of John [Brocklehurst], 1st Baron Ranksborough, and 2nd son of Henry Brocklehurst, of Foden Bank, Macclesfield

children

1. Lady Diana Mary Pelham (b. 5 Jul 1920), mar. 15 Nov 1952 Robert Miller (d. 1990), son of Capt Gordon Molineux Miller, of Rio, Cavendish, co. Suffolk, and has issue

2. Lady (June) Wendy Pelham, Joint MFH Tynedale Hunt 1974-77(b. 6 Jun 1924; dsp. 17 May 2012), mar. 12 Oct 1959 Maj Michael Hildesley Lycett Lycett CBE, of West Grange, Scots Gap, Morpeth, co. Northumberland, son of Rev Norman Lycett, of East Dean, co. Sussex, by his wife Ruth Edith Burns-Lindow, yst. dau. of Jonas Lindow Burns-Lindow DL, of Burns Hall, Holmbrook, co. Cumberland

died

s.p.m. 7 Feb 1948

suc. by

brother

note

2nd Lieut, 11th Hussars 1910; Lieut 1914; served in France during World War I 1914-18; Capt 1916; MC 1918; retired from the Army 1919; Major, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry 1926; suc. his mother v.p. 17 Nov 1926 as 8th Baron Fauconberg and 14th Baron Conyers;  Lt Col commanding Nottinghamshire Yeomanry 1936-40; Master of the Brocklesby Hounds 1936-48; served in World War II 1939-44; on his death the Baronies of Fauconberg and Conyers fell into abeyance between his two daughters, Lady Diana Pelham and Lady Wendy Pelham

Marcus Herbert [Anderson-Pelham later Pelham], 6th Earl of Yarborough

born

30 Jun 1893

mar.

3 Sep 1919 Hon Pamela Douglas-Pennant (b. 11 May 1896; d. 31 Jan 1968), sister and cohrss. of Hugh Napier [Douglas-Pennant], 4th Baron Penrhyn, and 2nd dau. of Edward Sholto [Douglas-Pennant], 3rd Baron Penrhyn, by his wife Hon Blanche Georgiana FitzRoy, 3rd dau. of Charles [FitzRoy], 3rd Baron Southampton

children

1. Hon John Edward Pelham, later 7th Earl of Yarborough

1. Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (b. 17 Oct 1923; d. 28 Nov 1997), mar. 20 Mar 1948 John Charles Harper later Douglas-Pennant (d. 11 Sep 1998), only son of Sir Charles Henry Harper KBE CMG, and had issue

died

2 Dec 1966

suc. by

son

John Edward [Pelham], 7th Earl of Yarborough

born

2 Jun 1920

mar.

12 Dec 1957 (Florence) Ann Petronel Duffin (b. 25 Jan 1924; former wife of Lieut Charles John Riddell Duffin, son of Maj Charles Grimshaw Duffin, of Ardleevan, Dunmurry, co. Antrim; d. 24 Jun 2013), 2nd dau. of John Herbert Upton-Cottrell-Dormer later Upton, of Ingmire Hall, co. York, and Lew House, co. Oxford, by his second wife Petronel Fursdon, 2nd dau. of Edward Sydenham Fursdon, of Fursdon, co. Devon, by his wife Florence Rose Mary, only dau. by his first wife of Sir William Lewis Salusbury-Trelawny, 10th Bt.

children

1. Hon Charles John Pelham, later 8th Earl of Yarborough

1. Lady Sophia Pelham (b. 15 Oct 1958), mar. 24 Sep 1983 (Patrick William) John Kinmount, of Manor Farmhouse, Rodmarton, co. Gloucester, son of Dr Patrick Kinmount, of Carlton Ashes House, Hough-on-the-Hill, co. Lincoln

2. Lady Arabella Pelham (b. 20 Jan 1960), mar. 2 Jun 1984 (div. 2002) Christopher Casey, of Park Wood Farm, Leighterton, co. Gloucester, only son of Ronald Casey, of Pecklands Farm, Stansted, co. Kent, and has issue

3. Lady Vanessa Petronel Pelham (b. 21 Sep 1961), mar. (1) 1987 (div. 1994) Timothy Colin Brown, only son of Peter Brindley Brown, and (2) 15 Apr 1999 Rupert M C Watson, of Flat 7, 56 Redcliffe Square, London SW10

died

21 Mar 1991

suc. by

son

note

served in World War II as Maj, Grenadier Guards; President, Midland Area British Legion 1959-60; President, East Midland Area British Legion 1960-62; High Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1964; Member, National Executive council of the British Legion 1962-73; Vice-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1964-91; Hon Col, 440 Light AD Regiment RAC (TA) 1965-69; Hon Col, Humber Regiment T&AVR 1969-71; Dep Hon Col, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Volunteers 1971-72; Patron, East Midlands Area British Legion 1974-91

Charles John [Pelham], 8th Earl of Yarborough

born

5 Nov 1963

mar.

26 Jan 1990 Anna-Karin Zecevic, dau. of George Zecevic, of Chelsea, London, and Montreux, Switzerland

children

1. Hon George John Sackville Pelham, styled Lord Worsley (b. 9 Aug 1990)

2. Hon William Charles John Walter Pelham (b. 28 Dec 1991)

3. Hon James Marcus Pelham (b. 8 Mar 1994)

4. Hon Edward John Herbert Pelham (b. 6 Mar 2002)

1. Lady Margaret Ann Emily Pelham (b. 30 Jan 1997)

Last updated 26 Aug 2013

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Title:

8th Earl of Yarborough

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 30 Jan 1837)

9th Baron Yarborough, of Yarborough in the County of Lincoln

(Great Britain, let. pat. 13 Aug 1794)

8th Baron Worsley, of Appuldurcombe in the Isle of Wight

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 30 Jan 1837)

Address:

Brocklesby Park, Habrough, Lincolnshire DN37 8PL

Tel:  01469 560242

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