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an income of £20,000, which he spent with such effect 

 that when he died, after nearly fifty years of official life, 

 he was £300,000 the poorer. He was made rather a butt 

 of, and Lord Wilmington said that he lost half an hour 

 every morning, and spent the rest of the day running 

 after it, without being able to overtake it. A younger 

 brother, Henry Pelham, who died in 1754, was Chancellor 

 of the Exchequer and statutable founder of the British 

 Museum. Both brothers died without male issue, and 

 the ducal title passed to Henry Fiennes Clinton, Earl of 

 Lincoln, nephew of the late Duke, who was also uncle of 

 the Countess of Lincoln, Catherine, daughter and co-heir 

 of Henry Pelham, Chancellor of the Exchequer, while 

 Thomas Pelham of Stanmer, who became Earl of Chichester 

 in 1801, succeeded to the Barony of Pelham. 



The Sir William Pelham before mentioned, who became 

 the owner of Brocklesby, was a noted person in the reign 

 of Queen Elizabeth. He married Eleanor, daughter of 

 Henry Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, and saw service at 

 the siege of Leith. He commanded the pioneer train, and 

 invented a movable fort, with battering-rams, which he 

 called Mount Pelham. He also commanded the pioneers 

 at the siege of Havre, was wounded in a sortie, and was 

 one of the four hostages handed over to Montmorency, 

 Constable of France, when Queen Elizabeth surrendered 

 the town. In 1567 he was appointed Lieutenant-General 

 of the Ordnance, and wrote a drill-book for the use of the 

 Army. After a diplomatic mission to the Netherlands, 

 Sir William went to inspect the fortifications on the 

 frontier in Ireland — for at that time only the eastern side 

 of the country was under English rule — and after being 

 knighted and appointed Lord Justice, he commenced a 

 campaign against Lord Desmond in Munster. It is said 

 that during his rule the country was in a better condition 

 than it had been for sixty years. In 1585 he joined Lord 

 Leicester in Holland, where his skill as an engineer and 

 artillerist was in great requisition, and he was at once 

 appointed Field Marshal. He was present at the battle 



