Sir William Pelham
- Died: 24 Nov 1587, Brocklesby, Lincoln, England
 Notes and Events:
• Note: from Burke's Peerage and Baronetage "Yarborough (Earldom)." "Sir William Pelham, settled at Brocklesby, co. Lincoln, one of the most eminent military commanders of the reign of Elizabeth I, commanded the pioneers in the Army under the Duke of Norfolk, sent to the assistance of the Scots against the French 1560, in 1562 he was at the taking of Caen, in Normandy, and in 1563 he was wounded in the defence of Newhaven, subsequently employed in Ireland, and received the honour of Knighthood for his services in that Kingdom 1579, in which year, the Lord Deputy, Sir William Drury dying, Sir William Pelham was appointed, in October, by the council, justiciar of Ireland, with the authority of Lord Deputy, until a Lord Deputy should be appointed, and he administered the government until Sept. 1580. Upon his return from Ireland, Sir William was sworn of the Privy Council, appointed Master of the Ordnance, and eventually constituted Field-Marshal."
William married Eleanor Neville, daughter of Henry Neville, Earl of Westmorland and Anne Manners.
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