Henry Edward Pellew, 6th Viscount Exmouth (26 April 1828 – 4 February 1923) was a British peer and a naturalised United States citizen who inherited the title of Viscount Exmouth at the age of 94 from a cousin, and held the title for less than a year before his own death. Although born and educated in Britain, he moved to America in 1873 shortly after his second marriage and lived there for the rest of his life, carrying out charitable works.
He was one of the founders of Keble College, Oxford and served on the Council of the college from its foundation in 1870 until 1873.[5] He was also a magistrate for the county of Middlesex, serving on the boards of various charities, hospitals and schools in and around London.
Pellew carried on working for various good causes in America, as he had in Britain, even after his ninetieth birthday. He helped to organise the Bureau of Charities in New York, working with the future President Theodore Roosevelt.[2][5] He helped to set up coffee houses for poor people, a free lending library, and night shelters, as well as helping improve housing conditions. He was President of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and of the St George Society, a British-American group in New York; he also belonged to the Society for Sanitary Reform and the School Commission. He helped with the plans for Washington National Cathedral.[2]
PeerageEdit
In August 1922, Edward Pellew, 5th Viscount Exmouth, a distant cousin, died without descendants and his titles (Viscount Exmouth and two other titles earlier created for the 1st Viscount, namely Baron Exmouth and a baronetcy) passed to Pellew as the closest male relative. He attempted to renounce the peerage (the U.S. Constitution prohibits any "person holding any office of profit or trust under them" from "without the consent of the Congress, accept[ing] any . . . title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."[6]) in favour of his son Charles Pellew, but was told by the British Embassy in Washington that this was not possible. In any event, he preferred to remain known as "Mr Henry Edward Pellew" rather than use the title of Viscount.
Violet Lisa Mary Pellew (1869–1870), who died in infancy.
His first wife died in England in 1869 and, on 14 May 1873, he married her youngest sister, Augusta Jay, in Vienna. The marriage was not recognised as valid at that time in English law.[14] In the same year (possibly because of this, suggested his obituary in The Times)[2] he moved to New York City, and later to Washington, D.C. He became a naturalised citizen of the United States on 25 September 1877.[1][2][15] One daughter was born to this marriage:
He died in Washington on 4 February 1923,[2][5] funeral services were held at St. John's Church on 7 February 1923,[17] and he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[18] A memorial plaque was erected in St. James Church in Christow, Devon. It states in part, "Kind, wise, and generous, he never forgot his duty to his neighbour, and wherever he lived, he made the community happier and better for his presence and his influence."
Coat of arms of Henry Pellew, 6th Viscount Exmouth
Crest
Upon the waves of the sea the wreck of the Dutton East Indianman upon a rocky shore off Plymouth garrison all Proper.
Escutcheon
Gules a lion passant guardant in chief two chaplets of laurel Or on a chief of augmentation wavy a representation of Algiers with a British Man-of-War before it all Proper.
Supporters
Dexter a lion rampant guardant Or navally crowned Azure resting the dexter paw upon a decrescent Argent, sinister a male figure representing slavery trowsers Argent striped Azure the upper part of the body naked holding in the dexter hand broken chains Proper the sinister arm elevated and holding a cross Or.
Motto
Deo Adjuvante (over the crest), Algiers (under the shield) [20]
^Barber, Gertrude A. (1937). Marriages Taken From the New York Evening Post, From Feb. 5, 1856 to Apr. 6, 1859, Volume 16. New York. p. 89.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"JAY'S LIFE AND WRITINGS.; JOHN JAY. By GEORGE PELLEW. [American Statesmen Series.] Boston and New-York: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. 1890. THE CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS OF JOHN JAY. 1763-1781. Edited by HENRY P. JOHNSTON, A.M., Professor of History in the College of the City of New-York. Vol. I. New-York: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS. 1890". The New York Times. 27 July 1890. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^"DIED -- PELLEW". The New York Times. 19 February 1892. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^"VISCOUNT EXMOUTH, ONCE PROFESSOR HERE". The New York Times. 11 June 1945. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Times, the New York Times Company Special Cable To the New York (14 January 1928). "HON. ANNA PELLEW DEAD.; Was Daughter of Viscount Exmouth a Former New Yorker". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^"NEXT LADY EXMOUTH WILL BE AMERICAN; Miss Mabel Gray Confirms Re- port of Engagement to Prof. Charles E. Pellew". The New York Times. 11 February 1923. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^"VISCOUNTESS EXMOUTH". The New York Times. 31 March 1949. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Duplicate copy of the U.S. Naturalization Certificate of Henry Pellew, 1877.
^"AUNT GETS ESTATE OF ANNA C. PELLEW; Daughter of Viscount Exmouth Left All to Relative Except $10,000 to a Friend". The New York Times. 8 February 1928. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^"Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. (Amphitheater) - Lot 48 East" (PDF). oakhillcemeterydc.org. (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^"H. E. PELLEW DEAD; VISCOUNT EXMOUTH; Philanthropist Who Was Raised to Peerage Last August Dies in Washington at 94-". The New York Times. 5 February 1923. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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Henry Edward Pellew 6th Viscount Exmouth 26 April 1828 4 February 1923 was a British peer and a naturalised United States citizen who inherited the title of Viscount Exmouth at the age of 94 from a cousin and held the title for less than a year before his own death Although born and educated in Britain he moved to America in 1873 shortly after his second marriage and lived there for the rest of his life carrying out charitable works The Right HonourableThe Viscount ExmouthHenry Edward Pellew 1922Personal detailsBornHenry Edward Pellew 1828 04 26 26 April 1828Canterbury Kent United KingdomDied4 February 1923 1923 02 04 aged 94 Washington D C U S Resting placeOak Hill CemeteryWashington D C U S SpousesEliza Constable Jay 1858 1869 wbr Augusta Jay after 1873 wbr RelationsEdward Pellew 1st Viscount Exmouth grandfather Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth grandfather Children4 including CharlesParent s George PellewFrances AddingtonEducationEton CollegeAlma materTrinity College Cambridge Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Peerage 3 Personal life 4 Arms 5 ReferencesEarly life EditPellew was born on 26 April 1828 in Canterbury Kent 1 His father George Pellew who was Dean of Norwich was the third son of Edward Pellew 1st Viscount Exmouth a British admiral who saw action in the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars 2 3 Henry was his only son His mother was Frances Addington a daughter of Viscount Sidmouth 4 Pellew was educated at Eton College before studying at Trinity College Cambridge obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1850 Whilst at Cambridge University he won his Blue by rowing for the University Boat Club against Oxford in the Boat Race in 1849 5 Career EditHe was one of the founders of Keble College Oxford and served on the Council of the college from its foundation in 1870 until 1873 5 He was also a magistrate for the county of Middlesex serving on the boards of various charities hospitals and schools in and around London Pellew carried on working for various good causes in America as he had in Britain even after his ninetieth birthday He helped to organise the Bureau of Charities in New York working with the future President Theodore Roosevelt 2 5 He helped to set up coffee houses for poor people a free lending library and night shelters as well as helping improve housing conditions He was President of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor and of the St George Society a British American group in New York he also belonged to the Society for Sanitary Reform and the School Commission He helped with the plans for Washington National Cathedral 2 Peerage Edit In August 1922 Edward Pellew 5th Viscount Exmouth a distant cousin died without descendants and his titles Viscount Exmouth and two other titles earlier created for the 1st Viscount namely Baron Exmouth and a baronetcy passed to Pellew as the closest male relative He attempted to renounce the peerage the U S Constitution prohibits any person holding any office of profit or trust under them from without the consent of the Congress accept ing any title of any kind whatever from any king prince or foreign state 6 in favour of his son Charles Pellew but was told by the British Embassy in Washington that this was not possible In any event he preferred to remain known as Mr Henry Edward Pellew rather than use the title of Viscount Personal life EditOn 5 October 1858 Pellew married Eliza Constable Jay in Bedford New York 7 Eliza was the daughter of Judge William Jay and Hannah Augusta nee McVickar Jay from New York and a granddaughter of John Jay She was a descendant of the Van Cortlandt Livingston and Schuyler families 8 They had three children William Henry Edward George Pellew 1859 1892 who died suddenly from an accident unmarried in New York City 9 Charles Pellew 7th Viscount Exmouth 1863 1945 10 a professor of chemistry at Columbia University he married Margaret Walton Chandler the only daughter of Dr Charles T Chandler in 1896 11 After her death in 1922 he married Mabel Gray a daughter of Richard Gray of San Francisco and Queen s County Ireland in 1923 12 13 Violet Lisa Mary Pellew 1869 1870 who died in infancy His first wife died in England in 1869 and on 14 May 1873 he married her youngest sister Augusta Jay in Vienna The marriage was not recognised as valid at that time in English law 14 In the same year possibly because of this suggested his obituary in The Times 2 he moved to New York City and later to Washington D C He became a naturalised citizen of the United States on 25 September 1877 1 2 15 One daughter was born to this marriage Marion Jay Pellew 1878 1954 16 He died in Washington on 4 February 1923 2 5 funeral services were held at St John s Church on 7 February 1923 17 and he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington D C 18 A memorial plaque was erected in St James Church in Christow Devon It states in part Kind wise and generous he never forgot his duty to his neighbour and wherever he lived he made the community happier and better for his presence and his influence He was succeeded in his titles by his son Charles Pellew 19 Arms EditCoat of arms of Henry Pellew 6th Viscount Exmouth nbsp nbsp Crest Upon the waves of the sea the wreck of the Dutton East Indianman upon a rocky shore off Plymouth garrison all Proper Escutcheon Gules a lion passant guardant in chief two chaplets of laurel Or on a chief of augmentation wavy a representation of Algiers with a British Man of War before it all Proper Supporters Dexter a lion rampant guardant Or navally crowned Azure resting the dexter paw upon a decrescent Argent sinister a male figure representing slavery trowsers Argent striped Azure the upper part of the body naked holding in the dexter hand broken chains Proper the sinister arm elevated and holding a cross Or Motto Deo Adjuvante over the crest Algiers under the shield 20 References Edit a b U S Passport application 1891 a b c d e f Death of Lord Exmouth American Citizen And Social Worker The Times 6 February 1923 p 12 Hall Christopher D May 2009 Pellew Edward first Viscount Exmouth 1757 1833 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press Retrieved 23 November 2009 New Yorker Is Heir To British Peerage The New York Herald 18 August 1922 p 1 a b c d Pellew Henry PLW846HE A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge U S Constitution Article I Section 9 Barber Gertrude A 1937 Marriages Taken From the New York Evening Post From Feb 5 1856 to Apr 6 1859 Volume 16 New York p 89 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link JAY S LIFE AND WRITINGS JOHN JAY By GEORGE PELLEW American Statesmen Series Boston and New York HOUGHTON MIFFLIN amp CO 1890 THE CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS OF JOHN JAY 1763 1781 Edited by HENRY P JOHNSTON A M Professor of History in the College of the City of New York Vol I New York G P PUTNAM S SONS 1890 The New York Times 27 July 1890 Retrieved 13 July 2022 DIED PELLEW The New York Times 19 February 1892 Retrieved 13 July 2022 VISCOUNT EXMOUTH ONCE PROFESSOR HERE The New York Times 11 June 1945 Retrieved 13 July 2022 Times the New York Times Company Special Cable To the New York 14 January 1928 HON ANNA PELLEW DEAD Was Daughter of Viscount Exmouth a Former New Yorker The New York Times Retrieved 13 July 2022 NEXT LADY EXMOUTH WILL BE AMERICAN Miss Mabel Gray Confirms Re port of Engagement to Prof Charles E Pellew The New York Times 11 February 1923 Retrieved 13 July 2022 VISCOUNTESS EXMOUTH The New York Times 31 March 1949 Retrieved 13 July 2022 Married The New York Times 5 June 1873 p 5 Duplicate copy of the U S Naturalization Certificate of Henry Pellew 1877 AUNT GETS ESTATE OF ANNA C PELLEW Daughter of Viscount Exmouth Left All to Relative Except 10 000 to a Friend The New York Times 8 February 1928 Retrieved 13 July 2022 Died The New York Times 6 February 1923 p 19 Oak Hill Cemetery Georgetown D C Amphitheater Lot 48 East PDF oakhillcemeterydc org Archived PDF from the original on 2 March 2022 Retrieved 16 August 2022 H E PELLEW DEAD VISCOUNT EXMOUTH Philanthropist Who Was Raised to Peerage Last August Dies in Washington at 94 The New York Times 5 February 1923 Retrieved 13 July 2022 Burke s Peerage 1838 Peerage of the United KingdomPreceded byEdward Pellew Viscount Exmouth1922 1923 Succeeded byCharles Pellew Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Pellew 6th Viscount Exmouth amp oldid 1125384465, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
