Earl of Yarborough
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created in 1837 for Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Baron Yarborough
Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough
Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough , styled Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham from 1794 to 1823, was the founder of the Royal Yacht Squadron...
. The Anderson-Pelham family descends from Francis Anderson of Manby
Manby
Manby is a village in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Situated approximately five miles east of Louth, the village had a population of 833 at the 2001 Census....
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
. He married Mary, daughter of Charles Pelham of Brocklesby
Brocklesby
Brocklesby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is 1 mile south of Habrough, 4 miles southwest of Immingham, close to the border of both North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, and near Humberside International Airport...
, Lincolnshire. Their grandson Charles Anderson assumed the additional surname of Pelham and represented Beverley
Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Lincolnshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832.-History:...
in the House of Commons
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. In 1794 he was created Baron Yarborough, of Yarborough in the County of Lincoln, in the Peerage of Great Britain
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He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament
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for Great Grimsby
Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)
Great Grimsby is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, consisting of the town of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
and for Lincolnshire. Lord Yarborough married Henrietta Anne Maria Charlotte Bridgeman (d. 1813), daughter of the Hon. John Simpson and Henrietta Francis, daughter of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet, of Appuldurcombe (a title which became extinct in 1825; see Worsley Baronets
Worsley Baronets
The Worsley family is an English family that is derived from Sir Elias de Workesley, a Norman knight who was a youth at the time of the Norman conquest...
). Through this marriage Appuldurcombe House
Appuldurcombe House
Appuldurcombe House is the shell of a large 18th-century baroque country house of the Worsley family. The house is situated near to Wroxall on the Isle of Wight....
on the Isle of Wight
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, which had previously been in the Worsley family, came into the Anderson-Pelham family (however, it was sold already in 1855). In 1837 Yarborough was created Baron Worsley, of Appuldurcombe on the Isle of Wight, and Earl of Yarborough, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He represented Newport, Isle of Wight
Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)
Newport was a parliamentary borough located in Newport , which was abolished in for the 1885 general election. It was occasionally referred to by the alternative name of Medina....
, Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Lincolnshire, formally known as the Northern Division of Lincolnshire or as Parts of Lindsey, was a county constituency in the Lindsey district of Lincolnshire...
in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Since 1660, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Lincolnshire.*Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1550/1552–?*Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1551–1563?...
. Lord Yarborough is also remembered for giving his name to the bridge
Contract bridge
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term the "Yarborough hand". His son, the third Earl, was Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby.
On his early death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Earl. He held office in the second Conservative administration
Conservative Government 1886-1892
Principal source: C. Cook and B. Keith, British Historical Facts 1830–1900...
of Lord Salisbury
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC , styled Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until April 1868, was a British Conservative statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years...
as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1890 to 1892 and was also Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. In 1905 he assumed by Royal license for himself and issue the surname and arms of Pelham only in 1905. Lord Yarborough married the Hon. Marcia Lane-Fox
Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough
Marcia Amelia Mary Pelham, Countess of Yarborough and 13th Baroness Conyers and 7th Baroness Fauconberg, OBE was a British peeress.Marcia was the eldest daughter of the 12th Baron Conyers and his wife, Mary...
, daughter of Sackville George Lane-Fox, 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 12th Baron Conyers. The baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers fell into abeyance
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on the latter's death in 1888. However, in 1892 the barony of Conyers was called out of abeyance in favour of Marcia, who became the thirteenth Baron Conyers in her own right. In 1903 the ancient barony of Fauconberg
Baron Fauconberg
The title Baron Fauconberg has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1295 when Walter de Fauconberg was summoned to parliament. Between 1463 and 1903 the title was abeyant, until the abeyance was terminated in favour of Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox, who also gained...
, which had been in abeyance since 1463, was also called out in her favour and she became the seventh Baroness Fauconberg as well.
Both Lord and Lady Yarborough were succeeded in their respective titles by their second but eldest surviving son, the fifth Earl. He had no sons and on his death in 1948 the baronies of Conyers and Fauconberg fell into abeyance between his two daughters Lady Diana Mary and Lady June Wendy (they remain so to this date). He was succeeded in the other titles by his younger brother, the sixth Earl. As of 2009 the peerages are held by the latter's grandson, the eighth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1991.
The family seat is Brocklesby House, near Immingham
Immingham
Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
.
Caistor Yarborough School
Caistor Yarborough School
Caistor Yarborough Academy is a mixed 11–16 yrs comprehensive school based in the Lincolnshire market town of Caistor...
in Caistor, Lincolnshire was named in memorial to John Edward Pelham, 7th Earl of Yarborough and is located less than a mile away from the Brocklesby House estate. A number of public places, roads and buildings in Lincolnshire are named after the Yarborough title, particularly in Grimsby, where the family were particularly prominent political figures. One of the most well known sites is the Yarborough Hotel, built in 1851 and now a pub owned by J. D. Wetherspoon. There was also an area in Grimsby called Yarborough, until it was absorbed into the conurbation of Grimsby & Cleethorpes and there continues to be a Yarborough Estate in the town, which is currently undergoing extensive re-development.
Another member of this family was Sir Stephen Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Eyworth. He was the brother of Francis Anderson, grandfather of the first Baron Yarborough. The Honourable Dudley Pelham
Dudley Pelham
Captain The Honourable Dudley Worsley Anderson-Pelham , was a British naval commander and Whig politician.-Background:...
, younger son of the first Earl, was a naval commander and politician.
The family crest has been adopted by HMS Brocklesby
HMS Brocklesby (M33)
HMS Brocklesby is a Hunt-class mine countermeasure vessel of the British Royal Navy.-Operational History:She gained her most recent battle honour when she was among the first coalition ships into Umm Qasr during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She was part of a group of mine countermeasure vessels who...
, which is named after the Brocklesby Hunt.
Barons Yarborough (1794)
- Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough , was a British politician.Anderson-Pelham was the son of Francis Anderson and his wife Eleanor . Born Charles Anderson he assumed the additional surname of Pelham, which was the maiden name of his paternal grandmother...
(1749–1823) - Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Baron YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough , styled Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham from 1794 to 1823, was the founder of the Royal Yacht Squadron...
(1781–1846) (created Earl of Yarborough in 1837)
Earls of Yarborough (1837)
- Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough , styled Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham from 1794 to 1823, was the founder of the Royal Yacht Squadron...
(1781–1846) - Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough (1809–1862)
- Charles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of YarboroughCharles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of Yarborough , known as Lord Worsley from 1846 to 1852, was a British peer....
(1835–1875) - Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl of YarboroughCharles Pelham, 4th Earl of YarboroughCharles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough KG, PC , styled Lord Worsley until 1875, was a British peer and politician...
(1859–1936) - Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough (1888–1948)
- Marcus Herbert Pelham, 6th Earl of Yarborough (1893–1966)
- John Edward Pelham, 7th Earl of Yarborough (1920–1991)
- Charles John Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough (b. 1963)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son George John Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley (b. 1990)
See also
- Baron ConyersBaron ConyersThe title Baron Conyers was created in the Peerage of England on 17 October 1509 for William Conyers, the son-in-law of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. The abeyance after the death of the 3rd baron was terminated for the 7th Baron Darcy de Knayth, these baronies were held together until the...
- Baron FauconbergBaron FauconbergThe title Baron Fauconberg has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1295 when Walter de Fauconberg was summoned to parliament. Between 1463 and 1903 the title was abeyant, until the abeyance was terminated in favour of Marcia Amelia Mary Lane-Fox, who also gained...
- Anderson Baronets of EyworthAnderson Baronets- Anderson of St Ives, Huntingdonshire :* Sir Edmund Anderson, 1st Baronet. Died 1630.- Anderson of Penley, Hertfordshire :* Sir Henry Anderson, 1st Baronet.* Sir Richard Anderson, 2nd Baronet....
- Worsley Baronets, of AppuldurcombeWorsley BaronetsThe Worsley family is an English family that is derived from Sir Elias de Workesley, a Norman knight who was a youth at the time of the Norman conquest...
- Charles Pelham, Lord WorsleyCharles Pelham, Lord WorsleyCharles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley was a British soldier. He was the son of Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough and Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough. On 31 January 1911, Lord Pelham married Alexandra Mary Freesia Vivian, daughter of Hussey Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian and the former Louisa...
(son of Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough, killed in action in World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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