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19-600: The 27,000 acre (113 square kilometre) Brocklesby Park estate has been in the possession of the Pelham family since the 16th century. A cadet branch of the Sussex Pelhams, Charles Pelham (c. 1679 – 1763) inherited the Brocklesby Estate from his father, and further land from his uncle. Between 1708 and 1730, he extensively remodelled an earlier house on the site. His great-nephew, Charles Anderson-Pelham (1749 – 1823), one of

38-464: A higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics . The ranks of the peerage are Duke , Marquess , Earl , Viscount , and Baron . Marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons are all addressed as 'Lord X', where 'X' represents either their territory or surname pertaining to their title. Marchionesses, countesses, viscountesses and baronesses are all addressed as 'Lady X'. Dukes and duchesses are addressed just as 'Duke' or 'Duchess' or, in

57-422: A picture gallery designed by Tatham, remains to the side. Phillimore created a new entrance in the angle of the main block and this gallery. Antram considers it, "the least successful part of [his] work" at Brocklesby. The stable block has a turret clock by John Harrison , an early example of a wooden clock dating from c.1722. Brocklesby Hall is a Grade I listed building . Its park is listed, also at Grade I, on

76-539: Is also remembered for giving his name to the bridge term the " Yarborough hand ". His son, the third Earl, was Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby. On his early death the titles passed to his son, the fourth Earl. He held office in the second Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1890 to 1892 and was also Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. In 1905 he assumed by Royal licence for himself and issue

95-635: The House of Lords . Some peerages of Great Britain were created for peers in the Peerage of Scotland and Peerage of Ireland as they did not have an automatic seat in the House of Lords until the Peerage Act 1963 which gave Scottish Peers an automatic right to sit in the Lords. In the following table of peers of Great Britain, holders of higher or equal titles in the other peerages are listed. Those peers who are known by

114-812: The Isle of Wight , which had previously been in the Worsley family, came into the Anderson-Pelham family (however, it was sold in 1855). In 1837 Yarborough was created Baron Worsley , of Appuldurcombe on the Isle of Wight , and Earl of Yarborough , in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He represented Newport, Isle of Wight , Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire in Parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire . Lord Yarborough

133-520: The Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800 . It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland , but was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801. The ranks of the Peerage of Great Britain are Duke , Marquess , Earl , Viscount and Baron . Until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 , all peers of Great Britain could sit in

152-758: The Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England . The estate contains a large number of listed structures, over 30 in total, including seven at the highest Grade I listing. Those buildings listed at Grades I or at II* are listed below. Earl of Yarborough Earl of Yarborough is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1837 for Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Baron Yarborough . The Anderson-Pelham family descends from Francis Anderson of Manby , Lincolnshire . He married Mary, daughter of Charles Pelham of Brocklesby , Lincolnshire. Their grandson Charles Anderson assumed

171-587: The Royal Yacht Squadron commemorates his life and is both a sea mark and the highest monument on the Isle of Wight at 75 ft. The family seat is Brocklesby Hall , near Immingham , Lincolnshire . The heir apparent is the present holder's son, George John Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley (b. 1990). Peerage of Great Britain The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in

190-562: The Yarborough title, particularly in Grimsby, where the family were particularly prominent political figures. One of the most well known sites is the Yarborough Hotel, built in 1851 and now a pub owned by J. D. Wetherspoon. There was also an area in Grimsby called Yarborough, until it was absorbed into the conurbation of Grimsby & Cleethorpes and there continues to be a Yarborough Estate in

209-713: The additional surname of Pelham and represented Beverley and Lincolnshire in the House of Commons . In 1794 he was created Baron Yarborough , of Yarborough in the County of Lincoln , in the Peerage of Great Britain . He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby and for Lincolnshire. Lord Yarborough married Henrietta Anne Maria Charlotte Bridgeman Simpson (d. 1813), daughter of John Simpson and Henrietta Francis Worsley, daughter of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet, of Appuldurcombe (a title which became extinct in 1825; see Worsley baronets ). Through this marriage Appuldurcombe House on

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228-480: The ancient barony of Fauconberg , which had been in abeyance since 1463, was also called out in her favour and she became the seventh Baroness Fauconberg as well. Both Lord and Lady Yarborough were succeeded in their respective titles by their second but eldest surviving son, the fifth Earl. He had no sons and on his death in 1948 the baronies of Conyers and Fauconberg fell into abeyance between his two daughters Lady Diana Mary and Lady June Wendy; they remained so until

247-663: The death of Lady June Wendy in 2012. He was succeeded in the other titles by his younger brother, the sixth Earl. As of 2009 the peerages are held by the latter's grandson, the eighth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1991. Caistor Yarborough School in Caistor, Lincolnshire was named in memorial to John Edward Pelham, 7th Earl of Yarborough and is located less than a mile away from the Brocklesby House estate. A number of public places, roads and buildings in Lincolnshire are named after

266-569: The house by Claude Phillimore in 1957-1958. The hall remains the private home of the Earls of Yarborough and is not open to the public. Nicholas Antram, in his Lincolnshire volume of the Pevsner Buildings of England series, revised and reissued in 2002, notes that the architectural history of the hall is complex. The combined efforts of Charles Tatham, Jeffry Wyatville and James Wyatt are hard to disentangle. William Burn also made contributions in

285-488: The kennels and the mausoleum to Sophia Aufrere, Charles' wife, who died in 1786. Charles Anderson-Pelham also employed Capability Brown to remodel the grounds, and Brown's work included the Newsham Bridge , to the north of the estate. In 1898, following a disastrous fire at the house, Reginald Blomfield undertook a major reconstruction, but most of his external work was removed in a drastic remodelling and reduction of

304-403: The later 19th century, but much was destroyed, externally and internally, in the fire of 1898. Sir Reginald Blomfield undertook a "meticulous" reconstruction, but most of this work was later removed by Claude Phillimore. The present house is a large rectangular block in red brick, with a nine bay , three-storey façade. This is a remodelling of the west wing of the original house. A one-storey wing,

323-411: The richest commoners in England, was elevated to the peerage as first Baron Yarborough. His heir, also Charles (1781 – 1846), was created Earl of Yarborough in 1837. The father engaged Charles Heathcote Tatham to make extensions to the house, and Jeffry Wyatville drew up plans for a grandiose expansion. These were not carried forward but James Wyatt did undertake some work on the estate, including

342-426: The surname and arms of Pelham only in 1905. Lord Yarborough married Marcia Lane-Fox , daughter of Sackville George Lane-Fox, 15th Baron Darcy de Knayth and 12th Baron Conyers. The baronies of Darcy de Knayth and Conyers fell into abeyance on the latter's death in 1888. However, in 1892 the barony of Conyers was called out of abeyance in favour of Marcia, who became the thirteenth Baron Conyers in her own right. In 1903

361-539: The town, which is currently undergoing extensive re-development. Another member of this family was Sir Stephen Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Eyworth. He was the brother of Francis Anderson, grandfather of the first Baron Yarborough. Dudley Pelham , younger son of the first Earl, was a naval commander and politician. The family crest has been adopted by HMS Brocklesby , which is named after the Brocklesby Hunt. The Yarborough Monument on Bembridge Down commissioned by

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