Duke of Newcastle

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Duke of Newcastle was a hereditary British title of nobility that was awarded twice in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of Great Britain .

Awards and subordinate titles

First award

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle

On March 16, 1665 the title Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne in the County of Northumberland was created for William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Together with the Dukedom he was awarded the subordinate title Earl of Ogle in the County of Northumberland. As early as November 3, 1620 he was Viscount Mansfield in the County of Nottingham , on March 7, 1628 Earl of Newcastle on Tyne and Baron Cavendish of Bolsover in the County of Derby and on October 27, 1643 Marquess of Newcastle on Tyne been raised. He had also inherited the title of 9th Baron Ogle (created 1461) in 1629 . All of the titles mentioned belonged to the Peerage of England. With the death of his son, the 2nd Duke, in 1691, the Ogle Barony fell in Abeyance , the other titles became extinct.

Second award

On May 14, 1694, the title Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne was recreated for John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare . He was married to a daughter of the late 2nd Duke's first award. The award was made along with the subordinate title of Marquess of Clare . He had previously inherited the titles Baron Haughton , of Houghton in the County of Nottingham and Earl of Clare in the County of Suffolk , created in 1616 and 1624 by his father in 1689 . All named titles belonged to the Peerage of England and expired on his death in 1711.

Third and fourth awards

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

On August 11, 1715, the title Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne for Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Earl of Clare was recreated. He was a nephew of the late 1st Duke's second award. Together with the Dukedom he was awarded the subordinate title of Marquess of Clare . On October 19, 1714, he had been raised to Earl of Clare and Viscount Haughton . All three awards were made in the Peerage of Great Britain and with the special addition that in the absence of his own male descendants, the titles could also be inherited by his brother Henry Pelham (1696–1754) and his male descendants. In 1712 he had inherited the title 2nd Baron Pelham , of Laughton, created for his father in 1706 in the Peerage of England .

Because he himself remained childless and his brother Henry also died in 1854, leaving behind only daughters, it was foreseeable that the aforementioned titles would expire upon his death. Against this background, he was awarded the title Duke of Newcastle under Lyne on November 17, 1756 in the Peerage of Great Britain , this time with a special addition in favor of Henry Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln , the husband of his niece Catherine, the eldest daughter his late brother Henry Pelham, and his male descendants.

On May 4, 1762, he was also awarded the title Baron Pelham , of Stanmer in the County of Sussex, in the Peerage of Great Britain , this time with a special note in favor of his second uncle, Thomas Pelham .

At the eventual death of the 1st duke in 1768, the dukedom of 1756 fell to his niece's husband, the barony of Baron Pelham of Stanmer to his second uncle, and the dukedom of 1715 and the other titles lapsed.

The 2nd Duke had inherited the title 9th Earl of Lincoln , created in the Peerage of England in 1572, from his father in 1730 .

The Dukedom of 1756 expired on the death of the 10th Duke on December 25, 1988. The Earldom Lincoln then fell to his eleventh cousin Edward Fiennes-Clinton .

List of the Dukes of Newcastle

Dukes of Newcastle, first bestowal (1665)

Dukes of Newcastle, second bestowal (1694)

Dukes of Newcastle, third award (1715)

Dukes of Newcastle, fourth award (1756)

Coat of arms of Clinton, Earls of Lincoln, then Dukes of Newcastle

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