his Sussex estate at Crowhurst a few years previously and moved closer to London to allow him to keep regular attendance in Parliament. Pelham did not stand again at the 1761 election but retained his secretaryship to the Lord Chamberlain and his secret service pension. He died on 27 December 1761, his estate much impaired by his years of electoral service to Newcastle; Horace Walpole recorded that "Jemmy Pelham is dead and has left his servants what little his servants had left him." He never married and left no children. References 1730s births 1761 deaths 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 Grenadier Guards officers Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies James