CHI CHESTER

Henry Thomas Pelham , 3 Earl of ( eld. son of 2 Earl of Chi chester 1756–1826 ). b. Stratton st. Piccadilly, London 25 Aug. 1804; ed. at Westminster and Trin. coll. Cam.; cornet 6 dragoons 24 June 1824; lieut. Royal horse guards 28 April 1827; succeeded as 3 Earl 4 July 1826; pres. of Church Mi ionary Society 1835; an ecclesiastical comr. for England 22 Feb. 1841 to death; joint comr. to consider state of bishoprics in England and Wales 30 Jany. 1847; chief comr. for management of ecclesiastical estates 24 Aug. 1850 to Oct. 1878; lord lieut. of Su ex 21 Nov. 1860 to death. d. Stanmer park near Lewes 16 March 1886. Sunday at home (1885), 296–300, portrait .