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Descendant's report for Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton, son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet Pelham of Laughton and Lady Lucy Pelham [Sydney]
Generation No. 1
  1. Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton was the son of Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet Pelham of Laughton and Lady Lucy Pelham [Sydney]. He was born c 1653; 4th Baronet Pelham of Laughton Jan 1702/3; 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton 16th Dec 1706; died 23rd Feb 1711/12
  He married (1) Elizabeth on 26th Nov 1679 at St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex. She was born c 1655, daughter of Sir William Jones; died Oct 1681; buried 13th Oct 1681. They had the following children:
  iHon. Elizabeth who was born c 1680; died 11th May 1711
2 iiRt. Hon. Henry who was born 1686; died 6th Mar 1754
  He married (2) Lady Grace Holles on 21st May 1686. She was born c 1655, daughter of Sir William Jones; died 13th Sep 1700. They had the following children:
  iHon. Frances who was born c 1690; died 21st Jun 1756
  iiHon. Lucy who was born c 1690; died 20th Jul 1736
3 iiiHon. Margaret who was born c 1692; died 23rd Nov 1758
4 ivSir Thomas who was born 1st Jul 1693; died 17th Nov 1768
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Rt. Hon. Henry Pelham was the son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton and Lady Grace Pelham [Holles]. He was born 1686; died 6th Mar 1754
  He married Lady Catherine Manners on 29th Oct 1726. She was born c 1700, daughter of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell; died 18th Feb 1780. They had the following children:
  iCatherine who was born 24th Jul 1727; died 27th Jul 1760
  iiGrace who was born 18th Aug 1728; died 31st Jul 1777
   
  3. Hon. Margaret Shelley [Pelham] was the daughter of Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton and Lady Grace Pelham [Holles]. She was born c 1692; died 23rd Nov 1758
  She married Sir John Shelley, 4th Baronet Shelley of Michelgrove on 16th Mar 1726/27 at St Giles in the Field, London. He was born 5th Mar 1691; died 6th Sep 1771. They had the following children:
5 iSir John who was born c 1730; died 11th Sep 1783
  iiHenrietta who was born c 1735; died May 1802
  iiiElizabeth who was born c 1735
  ivTryphena who was born c 1735
   
  4. Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme was the son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton and Lady Grace Pelham [Holles]. He was born 1st Jul 1693; 5th Baronet Pelham of Laughton and 2nd Baron Pelham of Laughton 23rd Feb 1711/12; 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11th Aug 1715; 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme 17th Nov 1756; died 17th Nov 1768
  He married Lady Henrietta Godolphin on 2nd Apr 1717. She was born c 1695, daughter of Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin and Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; died 17th Jul 1776
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Sir John Shelley, 5th Baronet Shelley of Michelgrove was the son of Sir John Shelley, 4th Baronet Shelley of Michelgrove and Hon. Margaret Shelley [Pelham]. He was born c 1730; died 11th Sep 1783
  He married (1) Wilhelmin Newnham on c 1770. She was born c 1730; died after 3rd Mar 1772. They had the following children:
6 iSir John who was born 3rd Mar 1772; died 28th Mar 1852
  He married (2) Elizabeth Woodcock on c 1775. She was born c 1730; died 1772
   
Generation No. 4
  6. Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet Shelley was the son of Sir John Shelley, 5th Baronet Shelley of Michelgrove and Wilhelmin Shelley [Newnham]. He was born 3rd Mar 1772; died 28th Mar 1852
  He married Frances Winckley on 4th Jun 1807. She was born c 1775; died 24th Feb 1873. They had the following children:
7 iJohn Villiers who was born 18th Mar 1808 at Westminster, London; died 26th Jan 1867
  iiReverend Sir Frederick who was born 5th May 1809; died 19th Mar 1869
  iiiFanny Lucy who was born 2nd Feb 1811; died 11th May 1899
   
Generation No. 5
  7. John Villiers Shelley, 7th Baronet Shelley was the son of Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet Shelley and Frances Shelley [Winckley]. He was born 18th Mar 1808 at Westminster, London; died 26th Jan 1867
  He married Louisa Elizabeth Anne Knight on 13th Aug 1832. She was born 1811 at London; died 15th Mar 1895. They had the following children:
  iBlanche Henrietta Johnes who was born 1836; died 12th Apr 1898
   

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