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Detail of the monument to Holles in Westminster Abbey. The duke died in 1711 from injuries received in a fall from his horse while hunting near Welbeck. [6] He left his Cavendish estates to his son-in-law, Edward Harley (later 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer) and the remainder of his property to his nephew Thomas Pelham, subsequently 1st Duke of Newcastle (third creation) and prime ...
John Holles (1662–1711) Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4th Earl of Clare: Grace Holles (c. 1668–1700) Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham (1653–1712) Dukedom of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2nd creation) extinct, 1711 Earldom of Clare extinct, 1711: Earl of Clare (2nd creation, 1714) Marquess of Clare and Duke of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (3rd creation), 1715
The Duke of Newcastle is a title that has been created thrice in British history. The first Duke may refer to: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592–1676), English polymath and aristocrat; John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1662–1711), English peer; Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768), British Whig statesman
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Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, PC (24 June 1630 – 26 July 1691), styled Lord Henry Cavendish until 1659 and Viscount Mansfield from 1659 to 1676, was an English politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1660 until 1676, when he inherited the dukedom.
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1693–1768), Prime Minister twice, a nephew of John Holles (above). He died without male issue. 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.
John Holles may refer to: John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (9 January 1662 – 15 July 1711) John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare (May 1564 – 4 October 1637)
In 1711 one of the family, Thomas Pelham, inherited the title and vast estate of John Holles, the Duke of Newcastle who had been his mother's brother. [7] The heir's only obligation was to append 'Holles' to his name and so he became Thomas Pelham-Holles. [7] In 1712 he also inherited the Pelham estates in Sussex, from his father. [7]