Henry Pelham
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Died when: 59 years 162 days (713 months)Star Sign: Libra
Henry Pelham FRS (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman who served as 3rd Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death in 1754.
He was the younger brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, who served in Pelham's government and succeeded him as prime minister.
Pelham is generally considered to have been Britain's third prime minister, after Robert Walpole and the Earl of Wilmington.Pelham's premiership was relatively uneventful in terms of domestic affairs, although it was during his premiership that Great Britain experienced the tumult of the 1745 Jacobite uprising.
In foreign affairs, Britain fought in several wars.On Pelham's death, his brother Newcastle took full control of the British government.
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