About Charles Pelly
Lived 1812 – 1886 (aged 73). Charles Pelly was a civil servant.
Charles Pelly (31 July 1812 – 30 December 1885) was a British civil servant of the Indian Civil Service who served as the revenue member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1862 to 1866. He was reappointed as an additional member in 1866.
Personal Pelly was the son of Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Emma Boulton. In 1839 at Toomcoor, Pelly married Julia Henrietta Dobbs, daughter of Rev. Richard Stewart Dobbs and his wife, Harriet Macauley. He and Harriet had nine children, one of whom was Rear Admiral Francis Raymond Pelly (1851–1907).
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Who was Charles Pelly?
British civil servant
When was Charles Pelly born?
Charles Pelly was born on 31 July 1812.
When did Charles Pelly die?
Charles Pelly died on 30 January 1886.
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Charles Pelly was a civil servant.
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