Modern English biography

PELLY, SIR JOHN HENRY 1 Baronet (eld. son of Henry Hinde Pelly of Upton house, near Bow, Essex, captain H.E.I. co. 1744–1818). _b._ 31 March 1777; a director of Hudson’s Bay company 1806, deputy governor 1812–23, governor 1823 to death; sent exploring parties under Dease and Simpson for discovery of the north west passage and the coast line of North America, Cape Pelly marks on the map the eastern extremity of Dease and Simpson strait; elder brother of the Trinity house 1823, deputy master 1834–52; a director of the Bank of England 1839 to death, deputy governor 1839–41, governor 1841–2; created baronet 12 Aug. 1840; F.R.S. 2 April 1835. _d._ Upton house, Essex 13 Aug. 1852. _G.M. xxxviii_ 527–8 (1852); _I.L.N. xxi_ 130, 187 (1852). PELLY, SIR LEWIS (brother of Henry Joseph Pelly 1818–91). _b._ Hyde house, Minchinhampton, Stroud 14 Nov. 1825; educ. Rugby 1838–40; ensign 17 Bombay N.I. 12 Dec. 1841; assistant to the resident at the court of Baroda 1851–2; A.D.C. to general John Jacob in the Persian war 1857; secretary of legation at Teheran 1859, chargé d’affaires there 1860; sent on a special mission through Afghanistan and Baluchistan 1860; political agent and consul at Zanzibar 1861; political resident on the Persian gulf Nov. 1862 to Nov. 1872; lieut. col. Bombay staff corps 12 Dec. 1866; went with Bartle Frere on an anti-slavery mission to the east coast of Africa and Arabia 1872–3; chief comr. to the states of Rajputana 1873–5; special comr. to investigate the disordered condition of Baroda 30 Nov. 1874, he arrested the gaekwar of Baroda Jany. 1875 who was tried by a commission and deposed; sent to Pesháwar as envoy-extraordinary for Afghan affairs Dec. 1876, recalled March 1877; placed on unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1882; general 31 March 1892; M.P. North Hackney 25 Nov. 1885 to death; C.S.I. 8 Dec. 1868, K.C.S.I. 30 May 1874; K.C.B. 6 Aug. 1877; author of The views and opinions of brigadier-general John Jacob, C.B. 1858; Journal of a journey from Persia to India 1866; The miracle play of Hasan and Husain: collected from oral tradition, 2 vols.