Pellew

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Pellew is a surname, and may refer to:

Caroline Pellew (b. 1882), geneticist
Charles Pellew, 7th Viscount Exmouth (1863-1945), chemistry professor and British peer
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757–1833), British naval officer and admiral
Edward Pellew, 3rd Viscount Exmouth (1811–1876), British peer
Edward Pellew, 4th Viscount Exmouth (1861–1899), British army officer and landowner
Edward Pellew, 5th Viscount Exmouth (1890-1922), British army officer and landowner
Fleetwood Pellew (1789–1861), British naval officer and admiral
Fleetwood John Pellew (1830–1866), son of the 2nd Viscount Pellew and father of the 4th Viscount Pellew
Henry Pellew, 6th Viscount Exmouth (1828–1923), philanthropist and British peer
Israel Pellew (1758–1832), British naval officer and admiral
Mark Pellew (born 1942), British diplomat
Nip Pellew (1893–1981), Australian cricketer
Pownoll Pellew, 2nd Viscount Exmouth (1786–1833), British naval officer and MP

Caroline Pellew was a British geneticist who made significant contributions to knowledge of the laws of inheritance in various organisms including peas.

Charles Ernest Pellew, 7th Viscount Exmouth was a British peer, chemistry professor and a naturalised United States citizen who inherited the title of Viscount Exmouth at the age of 60 from his father, and held the title for 22 years before his own death. Although born and educated in England, he moved to America in 1873 with his father and step-mother. After inheriting his father's title, he moved back to England, where he lived the rest of his life.

The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Acts of Union 1707 but before the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, until it was itself replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801.

As a middle name

Edward Quinan (1885–1960), full name Edward Pellew Quinan, British army officer
Edward and Fleetwood Pellew Wilson, founders of the shipping line Wilson, Sons
Edward Pellew Wilson, Jr. (1832–1899), British businessman
Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright (1864–1944), British musicologist
Henry Pering Pellew Crease (1823–1905), British lawyer, judge, and politician

General Sir Edward Pellew Quinan was a British Army commander during the Second World War. In the early part of his career, he was involved in Indian Army campaigns in Afghanistan and Waziristan on the North West Frontier of the Indian Empire, in the days of the British Raj. During the First World War he served with the Indian Army forces in France and Mesopotamia, and was wounded. During the Second World War, Quinan commanded the British and Indian Army forces in the Anglo-Iraqi War, the Syria-Lebanon campaign, and the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. He continued serving in the Middle East until 1943, when he returned to India to command the North West Army, but retired later the same year due to a downgrading of his fitness status.

Wilson, Sons is a Brazilian shipping company headquartered in Hamilton, Bermudas. The firm was set up in Salvador in 1837 by two Scottish brothers, Edward and Fleetwood Pellow Wilson. The firm is one of the oldest private enterprises in Brazil. It was later run by Edward's son, Edward Pellew Wilson, Jr.

Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright was a British musicologist.

Other

Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands, off Australia, named for Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
HMS Pellew, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy and one planned one

The Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands is situated in the south-west corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the northern coast of Australia.

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pellew, after Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, or his brother, Admiral Sir Israel Pellew. A fourth was planned but renamed before being launched:

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Pownoll Bastard Pellew, 2nd Viscount Exmouth was an English peer and officer of the Royal Navy. He was the eldest son of Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth and his wife Susan Pellew. Like his father, and his younger brother Fleetwood Pellew, he served in the Royal Navy and attained the rank of Post Captain in 1806. He did not achieve great success in the Navy despite the influence of his father.

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