Thomas Pelham- Holles, first duke of Newcastle

(1693-1768)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 NRA: Holles Thomas Pelham- (1693-1768) 1st Duke of Newcastle statesman DNB: Holles, Thomas Pelham-, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and first duke of Newcastle under Lyme (1693–1768), prime minister LBT ID: DuNewca1 VIAF ID: 5017560 LOC ID: n50081484	B/BAP: 1693-07-01 DIED: 1768-11-17
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Whig statesman who rose under Sir Robert Walpole and was prime minister from 1754-56 and 1757-62.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Pelham- Holles, first duke of Newcastle: Sir James Mackintosh to John Whishaw, 13 August 1811 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 19 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XIII: 1806-40