Venn: Adm. Fell.-Com. at CLARE, Oct. 30, 1784. [3rd s. of Baron Thomas (1745) [afterwards 1st Earl of Chichester] (and Anne, only dau. of Frederick Meinhardt Frankland). B. [Oct. 13, 1766], at Stanmer, Sussex. [School, Westminster.] Matric. Michs. 1784; M.A. 1787. D.C.L., Lambeth, 1803. For sometime held a Commission in the Guards. Ord. deacon (Chichester) June 11, 1789; priest, Oct. 28, 1789. V. of Laughton, Sussex, 1790-1800, V. of Bexhill, 1792-1827, and V. of Hellingly, 1800-27. Preb. of Chichester, 1790-1803. Bishop of Bristol, 1803-7; Bishop of Exeter, 1807-20; Bishop of Lincoln, 1820-7. Clerk of the Closet to the King. R. of Shobrooke, Devon, 1807-20. Married, 1792, Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Rycroft, Bart. ‘Notorious for his greed of lucrative office.’ Caught cold while attending the funeral of the Duke of York in St George's Chapel, Windsor, Jan. 19, and died, s.p., Feb. 7, 1827; buried in the family vault at Laughton, Sussex. Brother of Thomas (1773). (Burke, P. and B.; Foster, Index Eccles.; D.N.B.; J. B. Whitmore.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790 | Disp-Ord | Pelham, George | / | View | |
| 1790 | Disp-Ord | Pelham, George | / | View | |
| 1792 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Laughton / | Vicar | View |
| 1792 | Disp(Dispensation) | Pelham, George | Bexhill / | Vicar | View |
| 1795 | Libc | Pelham, George | Bexhill / | Vicar | View |
| 1795 | Libc | Pelham, George | Laughton / | Vicar | View |
| 1797 | Appt(Collation) | Pelham, George | Winchester Cathedral / Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1800 | Vac(cession) | Pelham, George | Laughton / | Vicar | View |
| 1800 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Bexhill / | Vicar | View |
| 1800 | Disp(Dispensation) | Pelham, George | Hellingley / | Vicar | View |
| 1803 | Disp(Dispensation) | Pelham, George | Bristol / | Bishop | View |
| 1803 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Pelham, George | Bristol / | Bishop | View |
| 1803 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Chichester Cathedral / Prebend of Middleton | Prebendary | View |
| 1803 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Hillingsly / | Vicar | View |
| 1803 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Bixhill / | Vicar | View |
| 1803 | Appt(consecration) | Pelham, George | Bristol / | Bishop | View |
| 1803 | Appt(admission to Lambeth degree) | Pelham, George | / | View | |
| 1807 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Bixhill and Hillingsly / | Vicar | View |
| 1807 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Chichester Cathedral / Prebend of Middleton | Prebendary | View |
| 1807 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Pelham, George | Bishopric of Exeter. / | Bishop | View |
| 1807 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Shobbrooke / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Exeter Cathedral / | Canon | View |
| 1807 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Exeter Cathedral / | Treasurer | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Installation) | Pelham, George | Exeter / | Bishop | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Institution) | Pelham, George | Shobbrooke / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Institution) | Pelham, George | Exeter Cathedral / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Institution) | Pelham, George | Exeter Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Institution) | Pelham, George | Exeter Cathedral / | Treasurer | View |
| 1807 | Appt(election) | Pelham, Georgw | Exeter / | Bishop | View |
| 1807 | Appt(election) | Pelham, George | Exeter cathedral / | canon residentiary | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Installation) | Pelham, George | Exeter cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Installation) | Pelham, George | Exeter / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Installation) | Pelham, George | Exeter cathedral / | Treasurer | View |
| 1807 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, George | Bristol / | Bishop | View |
| 1807 | Disp(Dispensation) | Pelham, George | Exeter / | Bishop | View |
| 1807 | Disp-App | Pelham, George | Exeter Cathedral / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1815 | Libc | Exeter, --------- | Hellingly / | Vicar | View |
| 1815 | Libc | Exeter, | Bexhill / | Vicar | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, George | Shobbrooke / | Rector | View |
| 1820 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Pelham, George | Lincoln / | Bishop | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, | Exeter / | Prebendary | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, | Exeter / | canon residentiary | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, | Exeter / | Treasurer | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, | Exeter / | Bishop | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, | Exeter / | Bishop | View |
| 1820 | Vac | Pelham, | Exeter / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, George | Exeter / | Bishop | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, George | Exeter Cathedral / | Treasurer | View |
| 1820 | Vac(translation) | Pelham, George | Exeter Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1827 | Vac(natural death) | Pelham, George | Bexhill / | Vicar | View |
| 1827 | Vac(natural death) | Pelham, George | Hellingley / | Vicar | View |
| 1827 | Vac(natural death) | Pelham, George | Chichester Cathedral / Prebend of Middleton | Prebendary | View |
| 1827 | Vac(Death) | Pelham, George | Lincoln / | Bishop | View |
| 1827 | Vac(Death) | Pelham, George | Bishopric of Lincoln / | surrogate | View |