John Henry Pelly, Bt^{[1, 2]}

1777 - 1852  (75 years)

• Name	John Henry Pelly, Bt
  Born	31 Mar 1777	Upton House, Upton, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1806
  	Director of the Hudson's Bay Company
  Occupation	1840
  	Director of the Bank of England
  Occupation	1841
  	Governor of the Bank of England
  Died	13 Aug 1852	Upton Manor House, Plaistow, Essex, England
  Age	75 years
  Person ID	I635	Curtis Hayward
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Hinde Pelly,   b. 1744, of Upton House, Essex, England ,   d. 1818  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Sally Hitchin Blake
  Family ID	F107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Pelly, Sir John Henry, first baronet (1777–1852), merchant, born on 31 March 1777, was the eldest son of Henry Hinde Pelly (1744/5–1818) of Upton House, Essex, a captain in the service of the East India Company, and Sally Hitchen, the daughter of John Blake. His grandfather John Pelly was also a captain in the company`s service, and his grandmother was Elizabeth, the daughter and heir of Henry Hinde of Upton. John is said to have been in his youth in the navy. If so, he quitted it without obtaining a commission. It is more probable that he was with his father in the company`s service; that he had nautical experience of some sort appears certain. Having settled in business in London, he became in 1806 a director of the Hudson`s Bay Company, of which he was afterwards successively deputy governor and governor. On 13 July 1807 he married Emma (d. 1856), the sixth daughter of Henry Boulton of Thorncroft, Surrey, the governor of the Corporation of Working Mines and Metals in Scotland and a director of the Sun Fire Office. They had eight sons and two daughters who survived infancy. In 1823 Pelly was elected elder brother of Trinity House, and, some years later, deputy master. In 1840 he was a director of the Bank of England, and in 1841 governor. As governor of the Hudson`s Bay Company in 1835 Pelly is remembered for having sent out the exploring parties which, under Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson (1808–1840), two of the company`s agents, did so much for the discovery of the north-west passage and of the coastline of North America. His share in this work is commemorated by Cape Pelly which marks the eastern extremity of Dease and Simpson Strait. In August 1838 he and Simpson traveled to St Petersburg to negotiate with Baron von Wrangel of the Russian American Company. These talks led in 1839 to the Hudson`s Bay Company`s leasing the Alaskan peninsula from the Russians. On 6 July 1840 Pelly was created a baronet, on the recommendation of Lord Melbourne. The duke of Wellington was on friendly terms with him. He died at Upton House on 13 August 1852. J. K. Laughton, rev. Elizabeth Baigent Pelly, Sir John Henry, first baronet (1777–1852), merchant, born on 31 March 1777, was the eldest son of Henry Hinde Pelly (1744/5–1818) of Upton House, Essex, a captain in the service of the East India Company, and Sally Hitchen, the daughter of John Blake. His grandfather John Pelly was also a captain in the company's service, and his grandmother was Elizabeth, the daughter and heir of Henry Hinde of Upton. John is said to have been in his youth in the navy. If so, he quitted it without obtaining a commission. It is more probable that he was with his father in the company's service; that he had nautical experience of some sort appears certain. Having settled in business in London, he became in 1806 a director of the Hudson's Bay Company, of which he was afterwards successively deputy governor and governor. On 13 July 1807 he married Emma (d. 1856), the sixth daughter of Henry Boulton of Thorncroft, Surrey, the governor of the Corporation of Working Mines and Metals in Scotland and a director of the Sun Fire Office. They had eight sons and two daughters who survived infancy. In 1823 Pelly was elected elder brother of Trinity House, and, some years later, deputy master. In 1840 he was a director of the Bank of England, and in 1841 governor. As governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1835 Pelly is remembered for having sent out the exploring parties which, under Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson (1808–1840), two of the company's agents, did so much for the discovery of the north-west passage and of the coastline of North America. His share in this work is commemorated by Cape Pelly which marks the eastern extremity of Dease and Simpson Strait. In August 1838 he and Simpson traveled to St Petersburg to negotiate with Baron von Wrangel of the Russian American Company. These talks led in 1839 to the Hudson's Bay Company's leasing the Alaskan peninsula from the Russians. On 6 July 1840 Pelly was created a baronet, on the recommendation of Lord Melbourne. The duke of Wellington was on friendly terms with him. He died at Upton House on 13 August 1852. J. K. Laughton, rev. Elizabeth Baigent http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21815?docPos=2

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Vidal Web Site, Sally Morris, John Henry Pelly, Bt (Reliability: 3), 15 May 2009. Added by confirming a Smart Match [S51] Vidal Web Site, Sally Morris, John Henry Pelly, Bt (Reliability: 3), 19 Dec 2011. Added by confirming a Smart Match