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Newcastle Collection: family biographies

These biographies of prominent members of the Cavendish, Holles, Pelham, Clinton and Pelham-Clinton families associated with the Newcastle dukedom provide basic genealogical information, an outline of each person's life and career, details of archive sources available to researchers, and suggestions for further reading.

• William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1593-1676)
• Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne (c.1623-1673)
• Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1630-1691)
• John Holles, 3rd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 4th Earl of Clare (1662-1711)
• Thomas Pelham-Holles, 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1st Duke of 3rd creation) and 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (or Line) (1693-1768)
• Henry Pelham (c.1695-1754; Prime Minister)
• Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (1720-1794)
• Sir Henry Clinton (1730-1795; army general)
• Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (1752-1795)
• Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (1785-1851)
• Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (1811-1864)
• Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle (1834-1879)
• Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle (1864-1928)
• Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle (1866-1941)
• Henry Edward Hugh Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle (1907-1988)
• Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle (1920-1988)

Various portraits, prints, and engravings of the family memebrs have been digitised and are available in a Digital Gallery.