Henry Pelham

Hertford College Oxford the present-day incarnation of Hart Hall still honours him in the title of its most prestigious drinking club the Sir Henry Pelham Gentlemen's Sporting Society. He was the younger brother of the politician the Duke of Newcastle who succeeded him as Prime Minister. King George II thwarted in his own favourite schemes made overtures in 1746 to Lord Bath but his purpose was upset by the resignation of the two Pelhams (Henry and Newcastle) who after a two-day hiatus in which Bath and Carteret (now earl Granville) proved unable to form a ministry resumed office at the king's request.

He was the younger brother of the politician the Duke of Newcastle who succeeded him as Prime Minister.