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Acting Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

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Pendlebury came to St John's in 1866 and graduated BA, as Senior Wrangler, in 1870. He was a Fellow of St John's from 1870 until his death in 1902, and was University Lecturer in Mathematics from 1888 to 1901. A famous Alpine climber, Pendlebury made the first ascent of Monte Rosa from Macunaga in 1872. His collection of early printed mathematical books was presented to St John's College Library after his death. A collector of musical works, Pendlebury gave some 2000 volumes to the Fitzwilliam Museum to form the Pendlebury Collection. In 1925 the collection was moved to the University Library, and four years later it was entrusted to the Music Faculty to form the Pendlebury Library of Music.

BA 1877

Henry Mathison Pelling was born in the Wirral in 1920, the son of a stockbroker. He was educated at Birkenhead School and was elected to an open exhibition in classics at St John's College, which he entered in 1939. Pelling's studies were interrupted by war service, during which he was commissioned in the Royal Engineers, serving in Normandy and at the Battle for Berlin. Already awarded a BA in 1942 under war conditions, Pelling took his MA on his return to Cambridge in 1947 and was awarded a PhD in 1950. From 1949 to 1965 he was Fellow and Praelector of Queen's College, Oxford, and in 1966 returned to Cambridge, becoming a Fellow of St John's and director of research at the University history faculty. He was promoted to a readership in 1976.

Pelling's scholarly achievements centred on modern history and he became an authority on the labour movement. His best known works are 'The Origins of the Labour Party' (1954), 'Short History of the Labour Party' (1961), 'The History of British Trade Unionism' (1963), 'The Social Geography of British Elections' (1967) and 'Politics and Society in Late Victorian Britain' (1968). Pelling also wrote a biography of Winston Churchill (1974). His achievements were recognized in 1992 by his election to a Fellowship of the British Academy. Pelling died in 1997.

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Peirson was admitted to St John's College in 1841, and graduated BA, as 3rd Wrangler, in 1845. He was a Fellow of the College from 1849 to 1855. After leaving Cambridge to reside at Barnsbury, where he remained until his death, Peirson 'determined to devote himself to the study of astronomy and optics and those studies formed the occupation of his life'. The manuscripts which he left are the result of his study. It was Peirson's wish that his manuscripts be published after his death, but the College could not meet the cost of printing them.