Peter Pelham

## The HonourableEarl of Brancaster

 Lord Brancaster
 Master Peter
 Peter
 Darling Boy (by his mother)
 Little Earl (by Robert and Cora Crawley)
 Little Duckling (by Alexander Crawley)

 Mrs. Mirada Pelham (paternal grandmother)
 Mr. Pelham (paternal grandfather)
 Lady Mary Crawley (maternal aunt)
 Lady Sybil Branson (maternal aunt) †
 Alexander Crawley, 8th Earl of Grantham (maternal uncle)
 Josephine Crawley, Countess of Grantham (maternal aunt)
 Mr. Matthew Crawley † (maternal marital uncle/fourth cousin once-removed)
 Mr. Tom Branson (maternal marital uncle)
Mr. Henry Talbot (former maternal marital uncle)
 Miss Sybbie Branson (maternal first cousin)
 Mr. George Crawley (maternal first cousin)
 Miss Caroline Talbot (maternal first cousin)
 Arthur Crawley, Viscount Downton (maternal first cousin)
Lord Benedict Crawley (maternal first cousin)
 Lord Christopher Crawley (maternal first cousin)
 Lady Diana Crawley (maternal first cousin)
 Lord Edmund Crawley (maternal first cousin)
 Lady Rosamund Painswick (grandaunt)
 Mr. Marmaduke Painswick † (marital granduncle)
 Miss Delilah Mellark (martial grandaunt)
 Mr. Harold Levinson (granduncle)
 Mrs. Martha Levinson † (great-grandmother)
 Mr. Isidore Levinson † (great-grandfather)
 Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham † (great-grandmother)
Patrick Crawley, 6th Earl of Grantham † (great-grandfather)
 Hon. Victoria Rachel Cora Aldridge (maternal third cousin)
 Hon. Hugh Daniel Atticus Aldridge (maternal third cousin)
 Hon. Robert Alexander David Aldridge (maternal third cousin)
 Mr. Reginald Crawley † (maternal third cousin twice removed)
 Isobel Grey, Lady Merton (third cousin-in-law twice removed)
 Maud, Lady Bagshaw (distant cousin)

Peter Pelham (1940)

## Coat of Arms

Arms of Peter, Earl of Brancaster (1928-)

**Peter Pelham, Earl of Brancaster** (b. 5 March, 1928) is the eldest child and son of Edith and Herbert Pelham, the Marquess and Marchioness of Hexham, and the sibling of Marigold and Theodore. He is the second grandson of Robert and Cora Crawley, and therefore the great-grandson of Isidore & Martha Levinson, and Patrick & Violet Crawley.

He is a member of both the Crawley and Pelham families by birth.

Peter has three aunts: Lady Mary Crawley, the late Lady Sybil Branson, and Lady Josephine Crawley; and four uncles: Alexander Crawley, the late Matthew Crawley, Tom Branson, and the late Peter Pelham, 6th Marquess of Hexham.

## Biography

Peter was born on the 5 March, 1928 at Brancaster Castle in Northumberland, England. His father was present at the time of his birth.

Upon the arrival of the news to the rest of the Crawley family, all of them arrived to Brancaster immediately to get glimpse of the child for the first time. His father delightedly announced the news to them, before they are allowed to enter the bedroom—where they saw Edith and her daughter Marigold admiring the baby up-close.

He is the heir apparent to his father's titles and is entitled to use his father's most senior subsidiary title—**Earl of Brancaster**. He also had a younger brother, Theodore, who was born in 1931.

## Appearance and Personality

Peter is a carbon copy of his own father—with both of them having brown hair and blue eyes. He grew up to be quite a handsome young man as well.

Like his cousins, he was also intelligent and excelled in school, and was quite shy as well—like his older sister Marigold and cousin Caroline. He was also very doted by his maternal grandfather Robert, as they were both Earls of rank and is quite determined to teach him his ways and means in running the estate alongside his uncle Alex.

## Name Etymology

* **Peter** is male name of Greek origin, meaning *"rock"*.
	+ He was named after the late Peter Pelham, pervious Marquess of Hexham and his father's second cousin.

* **Alexander** is a male name of Greek origin meaning *"defending men"*.
	+ He was named after Alexander Crawley, current Earl of Grantham and his maternal uncle.