Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester

Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester PC (1756–1826), known from 1801 until 1805 as Lord Pelham, son of the 1st earl, was surveyor-general of ordnance in Lord Rockingham's 2nd ministry (1782), and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the coalition ministry of 1783 (when he was also appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland). In 1795 he was sworn of the Privy Council and became Irish chief secretary under Pitt's government, retiring in 1798; he was Home Secretary from July 1801 to August 1803 under Addington, who made him Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1803. Pelham went out of office in 1804, and in the next year succeeded to the earldom. He was joint-Postmaster-General from 1807 to 1823, and for the remaining three years of his life Postmaster-General.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by: Lord George Henry Lennox Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson	Member for Sussex with Lord George Henry Lennox 1780–1790, Charles Lennox 1790–1801 1780–1801	Succeeded by: Charles Lennox John Fuller
Military Offices
Preceded by: Charles Frederick	Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1782–1783	Succeeded by: John Courtenay
Political offices
Preceded by: William Windham	Chief Secretary for Ireland 1783–1784	Succeeded by: Thomas Orde
Preceded by: Viscount Milton	Chief Secretary for Ireland 1795–1798	Succeeded by: Viscount Castlereagh
Preceded by: The Duke of Portland	Home Secretary 1801–1803	Succeeded by: Charles Philip Yorke
Preceded by: The Earl of Liverpool	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1803–1804	Succeeded by: The Lord Mulgrave
Preceded by: The Earl of Aylesford	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1804	Succeeded by: The Earl of Macclesfield
Preceded by: Unknown	Postmaster-General 1807–1826	Succeeded by: The Lord Frederick Montagu
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by: Thomas Pelham	Earl of Chichester 1805–1826	Succeeded by: Henry Pelham