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'Pelham' is a surname, from the lordship of Pelham, in Hertfordshire, England, from either peele (tower, castle) or pool (small lake) and ham, a village (see last-names.net):

★ Henry Pelham, Whig Prime Minister of Great Britain, brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles

★ Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Whig Prime Minister of Great Britain

★ John Pelham (officer), Confederate artillery officer during the American Civil War

★ John Thomas Pelham, British Anglican Bishop of Norfolk
'Pelham' is also a rare first name meaning "Town of Fur Skin" (see Baby-names-and-stuff.com)
Alternatively it could be the anglicanised form of an old Gaelic name meaning "Ever Good". Derived from the legend of the three kings of Munster (Fiedhelm(gaelic) -> Phelim(english) -> Pelham(modern) (see babynamesofireland.com):

★ Pelham Humfrey, English Baroque composer

★ Sir Pelham Grenville (P.G.) Wodehouse, English comic writer (Jeeves)

Places

Several places in North America and Europe:

★ Pelham, Alabama

★ Pelham, Georgia

★ Pelham, Massachusetts

★ Pelham, New Hampshire

★ Pelham (town), New York

★ Pelham (village), New York, within the town of Pelham

★ Pelham Bay, Bronx, in New York City

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★ hence ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'', a novel

★ Pelham, North Carolina

★ Pelham, Ontario

★ Pelham, Birmingham, a suburb within Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Also

'Pelham' may also refer to:

★ Pelham bit, a type of bit used while riding

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