Nicholas Pelham

Who is Nicholas Pelham?

Sir Nicholas Pelham 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 for Arundel in 1547 and Sussex 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