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Duke of Newcastle

Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne was a title that was created three times, once in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first grant of the title was made in 1665 to William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne.[1] He was a prominent Royalist commander during the Civil War.

This article is about the peerage title. For the British prime minister, see Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.

Dukedom of Newcastle upon Tyne

  • 1665 (first creation)
  • 1694 (second creation)
  • 1715 (third creation)

the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Special remainder for the third creation

  • 1691 (first creation)
  • 1711 (second creation)
  • 1768 (third creation)

1756

1988

The related title of Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne [sic][2] was created once in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was conferred in 1756 on Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (of the third creation), to provide a slightly more remote special remainder. The title became extinct in 1988, a year that saw the deaths of the distantly related ninth and tenth Dukes of Newcastle-under-Lyne.

Creations[edit]

First creation (1665)[edit]

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, was a son of Charles Cavendish, himself the third son of Sir William Cavendish and his wife Bess of Hardwick. One of Charles Cavendish's elder brothers became the 1st Earl of Devonshire (see Duke of Devonshire for further history about this branch of the family).


The first duke, William Cavendish, was the son of Charles Cavendish and his second wife Catherine Ogle, 8th Baroness Ogle, daughter of Cuthbert Ogle, 7th Baron Ogle. William Cavendish became Viscount Mansfield in 1620, and in 1621, he was created Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne and Baron Cavendish of Bolsover. He succeeded his mother as ninth Baron Ogle in 1629, and he became Marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1643. He was elevated to the dukedom of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1665. He also was granted the title of Earl of Ogle as a subsidiary title for the dukedom, to be used as a courtesy title by his heir apparent. Upon his death in 1676, he was succeeded by his son, the second Duke, who was a politician. However, the second Duke's only son and heir apparent (Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle) predeceased him. Therefore, upon the second Duke's death in 1691, all of these many titles became extinct, except the barony of Ogle, which fell into abeyance between the second duke's four daughters (one of whom was Lady Elizabeth Cavendish).

Second creation (1694)[edit]

The second Duke's third daughter, Lady Margaret Cavendish (1661-1717), married John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare, who was incidentally her first cousin, her mother's sister's son. In 1694, the dukedom was revived when he was created Marquess of Clare and Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne. The Holles family descended from John Holles, who was created Baron Haughton, of Haughton in Nottinghamshire, in 1616 and Earl of Clare in 1624. His second son was a politician, Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles. Lord Clare was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. He represented East Retford, Nottinghamshire, in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. His son, the third Earl, was briefly MP for Nottinghamshire in 1660. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned fourth Earl of Clare, who married a daughter of the second Duke of Newcastle. In 1694, three years after the title became extinct, the Dukedom of Newcastle was revived and granted to the late Duke's son-in-law. The new duke of Newcastle and his wife, Lady Margaret, had only one daughter and no sons. Therefore, on his death in 1711, all his titles became extinct.

(1592–1676), was a Cavalier commander in the English Civil War

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle

Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle

(1564–1637), was Comptroller of the Household to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare

(1595–1666), eldest son of the 1st Earl

John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare

(1633–1689), second (eldest adult) son of the 2nd Earl

Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare

John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare

Lady Margaret Cavendish

(1662–1711), died without male issue and his titles became extinct

John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

(1693–1768), Prime Minister twice, a nephew of John Holles (above). He died without male issue. At this point, his father's baronetcy and barony of 1706, his own earldom and the dukedom of 1715 became extinct.

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne

(1693–1768), same as above, was granted this second Newcastle dukedom, with remainder to his nephew

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

Lord Clinton

(1752–1795), third son of the 2nd Duke

Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

(1785–1851), eldest son of the 3rd Duke

Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

(1811–1864), eldest son of the 4th Duke

Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

(1834–1879), eldest son of the 5th Duke

Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

(1864–1928), eldest son of the 6th Duke, died without issue

Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

(1866–1941), second and youngest son of the 6th Duke

Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

(1907–1988), only son of the 8th Duke, died without male issue

Henry Edward Hugh Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

(1920–1988), great-grandson of Lord Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton, second son of the 4th Duke. On his death in 1988, the dukedom ceased to have patrilineal heirs and thus became extinct.

Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

also known as Clumber Park Lodge, spanning Clumber and Worksop, Nottinghamshire, from 1709 until 1938, when the house was demolished.

Clumber Park

Wiltshire, bought in the 1950s and sold about 1980.

Boyton Manor

Newcastle House, , London, briefly in the 18th century.[3]

Lincoln's Inn Fields

Esher, north Surrey, from 1714 to 1768.

Claremont

A house on part of the site of the dismantled , which was on the rejection of "the Reform Bill" by the Lords set on fire by a mob, at which time it had for many years been divided into separate dwellings.[4]

Nottingham Castle

The 6th Duke inherited the Hope mansion of , Dorking, Surrey, which was sold by the 8th Duke.

Deepdene House

is a grand-daughter of Marjorie Pelham-Clinton (1910–2005), a first cousin of the 10th Duke and a great-granddaughter of the 4th Duke.[9]

Camilla Long

Duke of Devonshire

which inherited most of the dukedom's estates from 2nd Duke of Portland

Earl of Portland

Cavendish-Bentinck

Duchess of Newcastle (disambiguation)

Earl of Chichester

Earl of Lincoln

Earl of Newcastle

Baron Clinton

Baron Holles

Baron Ogle