Dudley Pelham

Captain The Honourable
Dudley Pelham
Captain The Honourable Dudley Pelham
Born	20 April 1812
Died	13 April 1851 (aged 38)
Spouse	Madalena Sinclair (m. 1839)
	Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Service years	1825–1851
Rank	Captain
Commands	HMS Wasp
Conflicts	Greek War of Independence Battle of Navarino; ; Egyptian–Ottoman War Battle of Acre; ;
Member of Parliament; for Boston
	In office; 1849–1851 Serving with Benjamin Bond Cabbell

Captain Dudley Worsley Anderson-Pelham (20 April 1812 – 13 April 1851) was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician.

Background

Dudley Worsley Anderson-Pelham was a younger son of Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough, by his wife Henrietta Anne Maria Charlotte, daughter of John Simpson and Henrietta Worsley. Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough, was his elder brother.

Career

Anderson-Pelham was a captain in the Royal Navy. He was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Boston at a by-election in 1849, a seat he held until his early death in April 1851, aged 38.

Family

Anderson-Pelham married Madalina, second daughter of Admiral Sir John Gordon Sinclair of Murkle, 8th Baronet, and sister and co-heiress of Sir Robert Charles Sinclair of Murkle, 9th Baronet, in 1839.