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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle. [1]
5th Duke of Newcastle (1811–1864) 18 June 1859 7 April 1864 Liberal: ... Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Between 1757 and 1762, [1] at the height of the Seven Years' War, the Pitt–Newcastle ministry governed the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was headed by Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, serving in his second stint as prime minister. The most influential and famous minister, however, was William Pitt the Elder, Secretary of State.
5th Duke of Newcastle: 28 December 1852 10 June 1854 Peelite: Aberdeen ... Secretaries — Ministers — Undersecretaries: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968–2020
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, with whom in 1755 Fox formed a political alliance, but their government soon fell. Newcastle later made an agreement with Fox's enemy William Pitt, forming the Pitt-Newcastle Ministry. Forced into the move by circumstances beyond his control Newcastle agreed the terms of the partnership with Fox.
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, KG, PC (22 May 1811 – 18 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician and aristocrat. He sat in Parliament for South Nottinghamshire (1832–46) and for Falkirk Burghs (1846–51) until inheriting the dukedom.
The Duke of Newcastle: 6 February 1748 23 March 1754 Robert Darcy The Earl of Holdernesse: April 1757 June 1757 as sole Secretary John Stuart The Earl of Bute: 25 March 1761 27 May 1762 George Grenville MP for Buckingham: 5 June 1762 9 October 1762 George Montagu-Dunk The Earl of Halifax: 14 October 1762 9 September 1763 John Montagu The Earl ...
And so it did precipitating in Newcastle's words, "such a clamour arising against the Ministry". [19] [a] At a meeting at Newcastle House, London, on 11 November the duke pressed Barrington to end his support, knowing the ministry would fall, which it did in April 1763. Yet while in office, the Viscount never visited Claremont, upheld ...