Francis Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester


Francis Godolphin Pelham, 5th Earl of Chichester, known as Hon. Francis Pelham until 1902, was a British cleric and nobleman.

Life

Pelham was the son of Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester and Lady Mary Brudenell. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a sporting 'blue', representing the university in athletics and cricket and playing cricket for Sussex before graduating with a BA in 1868. Pursuing a career in the church, he was rector of Lambeth from 1884 to 1894, rector of Buckhurst Hill, Essex from 1894 to 1900 and Vicar of Great Yarmouth from 1900 to 1903. He was also a Canon of Bangor Cathedral.
Pelham succeeded his elder brother Walter Pelham as Earl of Chichester in May 1902.
He was also a member of the Wanderers amateur football club.

Marriage and issue

On 4 August 1870 he married Alice Carr Glyn, daughter of George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton, and Marianne Grenfell. They had issue, including Jocelyn who succeeded to the title.