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Sir William PELHAM of Brocklesby, Knight
Born: ABT 1537
Died: 24 Nov 1587, Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, England
Father: William PELHAM of Laughton (Sir)
Mother: Mary SANDYS
Married 1: Eleanor NEVILLE
Children:
1. William PELHAM of Brocklesby (Sir Knight)
Married 2: Dorothy CATESBY
Children:
2. Peregrine PELHAM
3. Anne PELHAM
Sir William_Pelham
Lord Justice of Ireland
by Hieronimo Custodis
Son of Sir William Pelham and Mary Sandys. He married
Eleanor Neville, dau. of
Henry Neville,
5º E. Westmorland, and Anne Manners.
Sir William Pelham, settled at Brocklesby, co. Lincoln, one
of the most eminent military commanders of the reign of
Elizabeth, commanded the pioneers in the Army under the
Duke of Norfolk,
sent to the assistance of the Scots against the French 1560, in
1562 he was at the taking of Caen, in Normandy. Marshal of
Leicester's army in the Netherlands, in 1563 he
was wounded in the defence of Newhaven, subsequently employed in
Ireland, and received the honour of Knighthood for his services
in that Kingdom 1579, in which year, the Lord Governor,
Sir William Drury dying, Sir William Pelham was appointed, in Oct, by the
council, justiciar of Ireland, with the authority of Lord Deputy,
until a Lord Deputy should be appointed, and he administered the
government until Sep 1580. Upon his return from Ireland, Sir
William was sworn of the Privy Council, appointed Master of the
Ordnance, and eventually constituted Field-Marshal.
His son and successor was William, a royalist commander.
Sources:
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage
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