3-070-773 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Earl of Yarborough, seconder of the address in the House of Lords, 1881. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Mayall. 'The Earl of Yarborough, Charles Alfred Worsley Anderson Pelham, Baron Yarborough, of Lincolnshire, and Baron Worsley, of Appuldurcombe, in the Isle of Wight, was born in June, 1859, and has, therefore, but just come of age. He succeeded his father as fourth Earl in 1875. The Pelham [family, originally of Sussex, gained distinction in the reign of Elizabeth, when Sir William Pelham rendered important military and political services to the Crown in Scotland, France, and Ireland. The first peerage, a barony, was granted in 1794, and the earldom in 1837. The late Earl of Yarborough was well known as managing chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and promoter of the Great Grimsby Docks. The principal seat of his Lordship is Brocklesby Park, Ulceby, Lincolnshire'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.