The grandson of Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester, Pelham was educated at Eton College where his right-arm medium-pace bowling was decisive in the 1930 Eton v Harrow cricket match: he took seven Harrow wickets for 21 runs in 21 overs in the first innings, and four for 23 in 21 overs and a ball in the second.
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She had gained fame on the London stage in 1893 and 1894, especially in the burlesque Little Christopher Columbus.
Born at Whitehall Court, he was the oldest son of Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, and his wife Olive Muriel Thompson, daughter of the Australian banker George Horatio Thompson.
In 1938, the 8th Duke sold The Park to Oxford University.