Editing Henry Pelham (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Henry Pelham (c.1695-1754) Prime Minister lived here - Blue Plaque.JPG|thumb|upright=0.8|right|[[Blue plaque]] located at Henry Pelham’s home in [[Westminster]]]]
Pelham married [[Lady Catherine Pelham|Lady Catherine Manners]], daughter of the [[John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland|2nd Duke of Rutland]], on 31 October 1726 in the [[St James's|Parish of St James]], [[City of Westminster]].<ref>''The Register of Marriages in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754''. 31 October 1726.</ref> They had four daughters:
* Catherine Pelham-Clinton, Countess of Clinton (1727–1760), married 1744 [[Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle|Henry Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln]], who by this marriage subsequently became the 2nd [[Duke of Newcastle]] (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
* Frances (1728–1775), died unmarried
* Grace Watson, Baroness Sondes (1735–1777), married 1752 the [[Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Sondes|Hon. Lewis Watson]], who in 1760 was created [[Earl Sondes|Baron Sondes]]
* Mary (1739–1???), died unmarried

When Pelham was elevated to Prime Minister, he began construction of a house located at [[Wimbourne House|22 Arlington Street]] in St James's, Westminster. He hired the architect [[William Kent]] to build the structure in two phases.<ref name="William Kent House">{{cite web|title=About this project|url=http://www.architecture.com/FindAnArchitect/ArchitectPractices/EttweinBridgesArchitects/Projects/WilliamKentHouse,LondonW1-110303.aspx|website=Architecture|publisher=The Royal Institute of British Architects|access-date=30 June 2015|location=London, England}}</ref> Kent died in 1748<ref name=Architect>{{cite web|title=William Kent|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/15/101015424/|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=30 June 2015|location=England}}</ref> and the work was completed by Stephen Wright<ref name="Finishing architect">{{NHLE|desc=Location  Wimbourne House, 22, Arlington Street SW1|num=1066498|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> in 1754.<ref name="William Kent House" />

Pelham died in 1754 and was buried in All Saints' Church, [[Laughton, East Sussex]].<ref name="PelODNB">''PelODNB''.</ref> His personal papers were inherited by his son-in-law and now form part of the Newcastle (Clumber) Collection held at the department of [[Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham]].