Background
He was the eldest son of Sir William Pelham of Laughton, Sussex and half-brother of the judge Edmund Pelham.
He was the eldest son of Sir William Pelham of Laughton, Sussex and half-brother of the judge Edmund Pelham.
He sat on the Sussex bench as a Justice of the Peace from 1544 to his death and was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1549-1550. He was knighted on 17 November 1549.
He was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Arundel in 1547 and Sussex 1558.