Charles Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough

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Charles John Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough (born 5 November 1963), styled Lord Worsley between 1966 and 1991, is a British peer and landowner. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1991 to 1999.

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Background and career

Yarborough is the son of John Pelham, 7th Earl of Yarborough and Florence Anne Petronel Upton. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Bristol. [1]

In 1991 he succeeded his father as Earl of Yarborough (1837), Baron Worsley, of Appuldurcombe (1837) and Baron Yarborough (1794), becoming a member of the House of Lords. [1]

He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 2014–15, [2] when it was reported that he had converted to Islam and was also known by the name Abdul Mateen. [3]

Marriage and family

Yarborough married Anna-Karin Zecevic, daughter of George Zecevic, on 26 January 1990. They have five children: [1]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Charles Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough
Coronet of a British Earl.svg Arms of Pelham (with augmentation).svg
Coronet
A coronet of an Earl
Crest
A peacock in pride argent.
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th azure, three pelicans vulning themselves argent; 2nd and 3rd gules, two pieces of belts with buckles, erect in pale, the buckles upwards argent.
Supporters
Dexter: a bay-horse, regardant, charged on the body with three antique buckles, in bend sinister or; sinister, a water-spaniel dog, regardant, or, charged on the body with three crosses-flory in bend sable.
Motto
Vincit amor patriae (The love of my country will prevail). [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Burke's Peerage , volume 3, 2003, page 4262
  2. "Lincolnshire 2014/2015". High Sheriffs Association. Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. Eden, Richard (17 November 2013). "The Queen is to appoint aristocrat who converted to Islam as her High Sheriff". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 15 May 2016. The Earl of Yarborough, who took the name Abdul Mateen after he became a Muslim
  4. Debrett's peerage & baronetage 2003. London: Macmillan. 2003. p. 1706.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Yarborough
1991–present
Incumbent