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Henry Pelham
Henry Pelham
(25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a
British
Whig
statesman
, who served as
Prime Minister of Great Britain
from 27 August 1743 until his death. He was the younger brother of
Thomas Pelham-Holles
, the
Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
, who succeeded Henry as Prime Minister. He is generally considered to have been Britain's third Prime Minister after Sir
Robert Walpole
and the
Earl of Wilmington
.
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