| 词条 | John Pelly |
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|name = Sir John Henry Pelly |honorific-suffix = Bt DL |image = Pelly Achievement.png |imagesize = |smallimage = |caption = |office = 17th Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company |term_start = 1822 |term_end = 1852 |succeeding = |order2 = |office2 = Governor of the Bank of England |term_start2 = 1841 |term_end2 = 1842 |predecessor2 = Sir John Rae Reid |successor2 = William Cotton |birth_name = John Henry Pelly |birth_date = {{Birth date|1777|03|31|df=y}} |birth_place = England |death_date = {{Death date and age|1852|08|13|1777|03|31|df=y}} |death_place = West Ham, Essex, England |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = British |citizenship = British |known_for = Governor, Hudson's Bay Company; Governor of the Bank of England |alma_mater = |employer = Hudson's Bay Company |occupation = |years_active = 40+ |title = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |opponents = |religion = |spouse = Emma (nee Boulton) |partner = |children = 10 |parents = Henry Hinde Pelly, Esq. and Sally-Hitchen Blake |relations = |awards = |signature = |box_width = }} Sir John Henry Pelly, 1st Baronet, DL (31 March 1777 – 13 August 1852) was an English businessman. During most of his career, he was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), serving as Governor of the HBC for three decades. He held other noteworthy offices, including Governor of the Bank of England.[1] The title of Baronet Pelly was created for him. Early yearsPelly was born on 31 March 1777. His father was Captain Henry Hinde Pelly (1744–1818), Esq., of Upton who worked for the East India Company, as did his father. Sally-Hitchen Blake (died 1824) was his mother. Pelly was a fourth generation sailor, and possibly served in the Royal Navy at a young age.[2] CareerPelly became an Elder Brother of Trinity House in 1823, and Deputy Master some years later. He was a Commissioner of the Lord Lieutenant of the City of London,[3] and of the Loan Office of Public Works and Fisheries. He served as magistrate and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex on 16 October 1810.[4] In 1835 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[5] From 1841-1842, he was Governor of the Bank of England.[1] He was appointed a vice-president of the Marine Society in 1847.[6] Pelly was also a businessman. He owned timber plantations in Norway.[7] With Charles Boulton, and his father-in-law, Henry Boulton, Pelly was a partner in the company, Norway Merchants.[8][9] With Jukes Coulson and Paul Malin, Pelly was a partner in the ironmonger and iron merchants company, Jukes Coulson & Co.[10][11] Hudson's Bay CompanyPelly was a Director of the HBC before becoming its 17th Governor, serving in that capacity for three decades, from 1822 through 1852. Pelly was responsible for organizing several exploration parties, including some for Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson which assisted in the discovery of the Northwest Passage. He was responsible for the 1849 colonization of Vancouver Island.[12] Pelly developed a business relationship with Sir George Simpson, Governor-in-Chief of Rupert’s Land, and an HBC employee. They were partners in the London firm, Pelly, Simpson & Co., and the Norwegian firm, Pelly & Co.[13] Personal lifeHe married Emma Boulton (1786–1856) of Leatherhead, Surrey in 1807. She was the daughter of Henry Boulton of Thorncroft, governor of the Corporation of Working Mines and Metals in Scotland. They had ten children.[7] HIs eight sons were: Sir John Henry (who succeeded as baronet), Raymond, Charles, Albert, Richard-Wilson, Edmund, Octavius, and Percy-Leonard. His two daughters were Juliana-Sally and Emma-Eugenia.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Sir Lewis Pelly, Conservative Member of Parliament and an East India Company officer, was his nephew.[14] Upon the recommendation of Lord Melbourne, he was created Baronet Pelly, of Upton in the county of Essex in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 July 1840.[12][15] He had residences at Warnham Court near Horsham, Sussex, and Upton House, West Ham, Essex.[16] Pelly died at his home, Upton House, in 1852.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} HonoursSeveral landforms were named in his honour. In the Northwest Territories, these included Pelly Island and Pelly Lake. In Nunavut, there is Mount Pelly, Pelly Bay, and Pelly Point. In Saskatchewan, the HBC post, Fort Pelly bears his name, as well as the unincorporated town of Pelly. In the Yukon, Pelly Banks, Pelly Crossing, Pelly Formation, Pelly Lakes, Pelly Mountains, and the Pelly River bear his name.[1] {{Infobox COA wide|escutcheon = Or on a bend engrailed Azure between two trefoils three martlets. |crest = Out of a crown vallary an elephant's head. |motto = Deo Ducente Nil Nocet (God Guiding, Nothing Hurts) [17]}} References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.hbc.com/hbcheritage/history/people/governors/article.asp?article=37|title=Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., 17th Governor of Hudson’s Bay Company 1822–1852|publisher=hbc.com|accessdate=2009-09-03}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21815|title=Pelly, Sir John Henry, first baronet (1777–1852)|author=J. K. Laughton|author2=rev. Elizabeth Baigent |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|accessdate=4 September 2009|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21815|subscription=yes}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=20789|page=3933|date= 5 November 1847}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=16416|page=1663|date=20 October 1810}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27pelly%27%29|title=Fellow details|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate= 24 January 2017}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=20722|page=1339|date=9 April 1847}} 7. ^1 {{cite journal|year=1852|title=Obituary|journal=The Gentleman's Magazine|publisher=F. Jefferies|volume=193|issue=Digitized Aug 16, 2005|pages=527|url=https://books.google.com/?id=QxiFtI8I5dgC&pg=PA527&dq=%22John+Henry+Pelly%22&q=%22John%20Henry%20Pelly%22}} 8. ^{{London Gazette|issue=17713|page=1213|date=5 June 1821}} 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=18554|page=382|date=27 February 1829}} 10. ^{{London Gazette|issue=15935|page=864|date=8 July 1806}} 11. ^{{London Gazette|issue=16628|page=1470|date=28 July 1812}} 12. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/bios.htm|title=Pelly, Sir John Henry (1777-1852)|work=Colonial Despatches The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871|publisher=uvic.ca|accessdate=3 September 2009}} 13. ^{{London Gazette|issue=19957|page=574|date=2 March 1841}} 14. ^{{cite DNB|wstitle=Pelly, Lewis}} 15. ^{{London Gazette|issue=19872|page=1599|date=7 July 1840}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iln.org.uk/iln_years/year/1865.htm|title=The Illustrated London News|year=1865|publisher=iln.org.uk|accessdate=2009-09-03}} 17. ^{{cite book|title=Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage |date=1864}} External links
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