Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough

Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough FRS FSA (3 February 1749 – 22 September 1823) was a British politician.

The Right Honourable The Lord Yarborough FRS FSA
Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire
In office 1774–1794 Serving with Lord Brownlow Bertie, Sir John Thorold, Bt
Preceded by	Thomas Whichcot Lord Brownlow Bertie
Succeeded by	Sir John Thorold, Bt Robert Vyner
Member of Parliament for Beverley
In office 1768–1774 Serving with Hugh Bethell, Sir Griffith Boynton, Bt
Preceded by	Michael Newton George Forster Tufnell
Succeeded by	Sir James Pennyman, Bt George Forster Tufnell
Personal details
Born	Charles Anderson (1749-02-03)3 February 1749 Broughton, Lincolnshire
Died	22 September 1823(1823-09-22) (aged 74)
Spouse	Sophie Aufrere ​ ​ (m. 1770; died 1786)​
Relations	Francis Evelyn Anderson (brother)
Children	7, Charles
Parent(s)	Francis Anderson Eleanor Carter
Education	Eton College

Early life

Anderson-Pelham was born Charles Anderson in Broughton, Lincolnshire, the eldest son and heir of Francis Anderson and his wife Eleanor (née Carter) Anderson. His father died in 1758 and in 1763, he succeeded to the estates of his great-uncle Charles Pelham and assumed the additional surname of Pelham.^[1] In 1768, his mother remarried to Robert Vyner of Gautby, Lincolnshire, who was an MP. From his mother's second marriage, he had a younger half-brother, Robert Vyner.^[2]

His paternal grandparents were Francis Anderson, of Manby and Mary (née Pelham) Anderson. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Carter of Basavern, Denbigh and his uncle was the Rev. Robert Carter–Thelwall (whose daughter, Charlotte Thelwall, was the first wife of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans).^[2]

Anderson entered Eton with his younger brother, Francis Evelyn Anderson, in 1763, the same year he assumed the surname Pelham. In 1789, he served as steward of the Eton anniversary.^[3]

Career

Anderson-Pelham was elected to the House of Commons for Beverley in 1768, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented Lincolnshire until 1794. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Yarborough, of Yarborough in the County of Lincoln. After being elevated to the House of Lords, his seat in the House of Commons was taken by his younger half-brother, Robert Vyner.^[4]

He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1771.^[1] The same year, he commissioned a marble statue of Mars from John Bacon, which he exhibited in his residence.^[5]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1777 and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1796.^[6]

Personal life

On 21 July 1770, Charles was married to Sophie Aufrere, daughter and heir of George Aufrere of Chelsea.^[7] Before her death on 25 January 1786, they were the parents of:^[8]

• Hon. Arabella Anderson-Pelham (d. 1871), who married Thomas Fieschi Heneage, son of George Fieschi Heneage and Hon. Katherine Petre (a daughter of Robert Petre, 8th Baron Petre), in 1802.^[8]
• Hon. Georgiana Anne Anderson-Pelham (d. 1861), who married Francis John Bateman Dashwood, of Well Vale, in 1811; his sister Harriet was the wife of James Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury.^[8]
• Hon. Sophia Anderson-Pelham (1775–1856), who married Dudley Long North of Glemham Hall in 1802.^[8]
• Hon. Maria Charlotte Anderson-Pelham (d. 1840), who married William Tennant of Ashton Hall, son of William Tennant, in 1804.^[8]
• Hon. Caroline Anderson-Pelham (1777–1812), who married Robert Cary Elwes, of Great Billing, in 1797.^[8]
• Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough (1781–1846), who married Henrietta Simpson, daughter of the Hon. John Bridgeman Simpson, in 1806.^[8]
• Hon. George Anderson-Pelham (1785–1835), who died unmarried.^[8]

Lord Yarborough died in Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, on 22 September 1823, aged 74. He was succeeded in the barony by his son Charles, who was created Earl of Yarborough in 1837.^[2]

Descendants

Through his daughter Arabella, he was a grandfather of Charles Fieschi Heneage (1806–1885), who married Louisa Elizabeth Graves (a daughter of Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves), and parents of Admiral Sir Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage.^[9][10]

Through his daughter Maria, he was a grandfather of Charlotte Anne Josephine Tennant, who married Sir Richard Rycroft, 3rd Baronet.^[11]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough

Stephen Anderson Francis Anderson (d. 1706) Catherine Sandys (d. 1657), great-granddaughter of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York Francis Anderson (d. 1747) John Lodington Elizabeth Lodington (d. 1694) Francis Anderson (1711–1758) Sir William Pelham (d. 1644) Charles Pelham (d. 1692) Hon. Frances Conway, daughter of Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway and Dorothy Tracy (d. 1612) Mary Pelham (1677–1733) Michael Wharton (d. 1688), son of Michael Wharton and Catherine Maltby (matrineal descendant of Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter) Elizabeth Wharton (d. 1726) Hon. Susannah Poulett, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett and Elizabeth Kenn (1593–1663) Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough Thomas Carter Eleanor Carter

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough

Coronet A coronet of an Baron Crest 1st, a peacock in pride, argent (Pelham); 2nd, a water-spaniel dog, or (Anderson). Escutcheon Quarterly; 1st and 4th grand quarters, quarterly, 1st and 4th azure, three pelicans argent, vulning themselves; 2nd and 3rd gules, two pieces of belts, with buckles erect in pale, the buckles upwards argent (Pelham); 2nd and 3rd grand quarters argent, a chevron between three crosses-flory sable (Anderson). Supporters Dexter: a bay-horse, regardant, charged on the body with three antique buckles, in bend sinister or; sinister, a water-spaniel dog, regardant, or, charged on the body with three crosses-flory in bend sable. Motto Vincit amor patriae[12]

References

1. "ANDERSON PELHAM, Charles (1749–1823), of Brocklesby, Lincs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
2. Cokayne, George Edward (1898). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. G. Bell & sons. p. 208. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
3. College, Eton (1921). The Eton College Register, 1753-1790. Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Company, Limited. pp. 411–412. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
4. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
5. Smith, Nollekens &c., Vol. II, p. 156.
6. "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 27 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "Sophia Pelham (née Aufrere) (1752 or 1753-1786), Wife of Charles Anderson-Pelham, later 1st Baron Yarborough". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
8. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4262.
9. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets. Dean and Son. 1888. p. 31. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
10. Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1898. p. 1569. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
11. Walford, Edward (1876). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 845. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
12. Burke, Bernard (1869). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison & sons. p. 1212.

External links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}
• Anderson-Pelham family tree

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Michael Newton George Forster Tufnell	Member of Parliament for Beverley 1768–1774 With: Hugh Bethell 1768–1772 Sir Griffith Boynton, Bt 1772–1774	Succeeded by Sir James Pennyman, Bt George Forster Tufnell
Preceded by Thomas Whichcot Lord Brownlow Bertie	Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire 1774–1794 With: Lord Brownlow Bertie 1774–1779 Sir John Thorold, Bt 1779–1774	Succeeded by Sir John Thorold, Bt Robert Vyner
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Yarborough 1794–1823	Succeeded by Charles Anderson-Pelham