Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester 1804-1886

In 1801 [his father] Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester [aged 44] and [his mother] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester [aged 24] were married. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Francis Osborne 5th Duke Leeds and [his grandmother] Amelia Darcy 12th Baroness Darcy 9th Baroness Conyers. He the son of Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester [aged 72] and Anne Frankland Countess Chichester [aged 66].

On 25th August 1804 Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester was born to Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester [aged 48] and Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester [aged 27] at Stratton Street.

On 8th January 1805 [his grandfather] Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester [aged 76] died. His son [his father] Thomas [aged 48] succeeded 2nd Earl Chichester, 3rd Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 7th Baronet Pelham of Laughton. [his mother] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester [aged 28] by marriage Countess Chichester.

On 4th July 1826 [his father] Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester [aged 70] died. His son Henry [aged 21] succeeded 3rd Earl Chichester, 4th Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 8th Baronet Pelham of Laughton.

On 18th August 1828 Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 23] and Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 22] were married at St Mary's Church Cadogan Street. She by marriage Countess Chichester. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan [aged 59] and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan. He the son of Thomas Pelham 2nd Earl Chichester and Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester [aged 51]. They were fifth cousins.

In 1829 [his daughter] Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 24] and [his wife] Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 22]. She married 31st August 1850 her sixth cousin John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley, son of Edward Bligh 5th Earl Darnley and Emma Jane Parnell Countess Darnley, and had issue.

In 1831 [his daughter] Susan Emma Pelham was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 26] and [his wife] Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 24].

In 1835 Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe died. Her son Richard [aged 38] succeeded 3rd Baron Howe. [his sister-in-law] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe [aged 36] by marriage Baroness Howe.

In 1836 [his daughter] Isabella Charlotte Pelham was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 31] and [his wife] Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 29].

In 1836 [his sister-in-law] Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe [aged 37] died.

On 14th August 1837 [his father-in-law] Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan [aged 68] died at Marylebone. His son [his brother-in-law] James [aged 39] succeeded 7th Earl Cardigan, 7th Baron Brudenell of Stonton in Leicestershire, 3rd Baron Brudenell Deene in Northamptonshire. Elizabeth Tollemache Countess Cardigan [aged 39] by marriage Countess Cardigan.

On 22nd September 1838 [his son] Walter John Pelham 4th Earl Chichester was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 34] and [his wife] Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 32]. He married 1861 his sixth cousin Elizabeth Mary Bligh Countess Chichester.

On 18th October 1844 [his son] Francis Godolphin Pelham 5th Earl Chichester was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 40] and [his wife] Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 38]. He married 4th August 1870 Alice Carr Glyn Countess Chichester, daughter of George Glyn Banker 1st Baron Wolverton and Marianne Grenfell Baroness Wolverton, and had issue.

On 21st December 1847 [his son] Thomas Henry William Pelham was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 43] and [his wife] Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 41].

On 31st August 1850 [his son-in-law] John Stuart Bligh 6th Earl Darnley [aged 23] and Harriet Mary Pelham Countess Darnley [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 46] and Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 44]. He the son of Edward Bligh 5th Earl Darnley and Emma Jane Parnell Countess Darnley. They were sixth cousins.

On 28th December 1850 [his son] Arthur Lowther Pelham was born to Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 46] and [his wife] Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 44]. He married before 12th February 1929 Evelyn Georgiana Cust.

On 28th September 1858 [his brother-in-law] James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan [aged 60] and Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan [aged 33] were married; she had been his mistress since 1857. She by marriage Countess Cardigan. The marriage something of a scandal since James Brudenell 7th Earl Cardigan had left his first wife; Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 39] refused to have Adeline at court. See My Recollections by Adeline Horsey. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of [his father-in-law] Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan.

In 1861 Walter John Pelham 4th Earl Chichester [aged 22] and Elizabeth Mary Bligh Countess Chichester were married. He the son of Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 56] and Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 54]. They were sixth cousins.

On 21st October 1862 [his mother] Mary Henrietta Juliana Osborne Countess Chichester [aged 86] died.

On 22nd May 1867 [his wife] Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester [aged 60] died.

On 4th August 1870 Francis Godolphin Pelham 5th Earl Chichester [aged 25] and Alice Carr Glyn Countess Chichester were married. He the son of Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 65] and Mary Brudenell Countess Chichester.

In 1875 [his daughter] Susan Emma Pelham [aged 44] died.

Around 1886. Francis "Frank" Holl [aged 40]. Portrait of Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 81].

On 15th March 1886 Henry Pelham 3rd Earl Chichester [aged 81] died. His son Walter [aged 47] succeeded 4th Earl Chichester, 5th Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 9th Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Elizabeth Mary Bligh Countess Chichester by marriage Countess Chichester.