Name Nicholas Pelham | Role Politician | |
Sir Nicholas Pelham (by 1513 - 15 September 1560) of Laughton, Sussex was an English politician.
He was the eldest son of Sir William Pelham of Laughton, Sussex and half-brother of the judge Edmund Pelham.
He sat on the Sussex bench as a Justice of the Peace from 1544 to his death and was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1549-50. He was knighted on 17 November 1549.
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Arundel in 1547 and Sussex in 1558.
He married Anne, the daughter of John Sackville of Withyham and Chiddingly, Sussex, with whom he had 5 sons and 3 daughters. His son Thomas was created a baronet.
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