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Brief History
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The son of Thomas, First Baron Pelham of Laughton and Lady Grace Holles. He was the older brother of Henry Pelham. Newcastle was the most prominent of the Old Corps Whig who had stayed in office throughout the reigns of the first two King Georges. This would lead to difficulties with the far less political King George III. Thomas would find it difficult to hold together the loose coaltion of Whigs without the unflagging loyalty of the monarch.
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| Date of Birth
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| 21st July 1693
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| Parents
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| Thomas Pelham and Lady Grace Holles
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| Education
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Westminster
Clare College
Cambridge
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| Marital Status
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| Married Lady Henrietta 1717
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| Titles
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| 1712
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Lord Pelham
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| 1715
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Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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| Positions
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| 1717
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Privy Councillor
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| 1718
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Knight of the Garter
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| 1717 - 1724
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Lord Chamberlain of the Household
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| 1724 - 1748
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Secretary of the State for the Southern Department
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| 1748 - 1754
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Secretary of the State for the Northern Department
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| 1754 - 1756, 1757 - 1767
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First Lord of the Treasury
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| 1765 - 1766
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Lord Privy Seal
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| Death
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| 17th November 1768
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| Suggested Reading
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Pitt the Elder
Black, J.
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Horace Walpole: Memoirs of King George II
Brooke, J.
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The Devonshire Diary: William Cavendish
Brown, P. and Schweizer, K.
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The Duke of Newcastle
Browning, R.
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The Memoirs and Speeches of James, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
Clark, J.
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Newcastle: A Duke without Money
Kelch, R.
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The Life and Correspondence of Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke
Yorke, P.
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