Biography of Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme 1693-1768
Paternal Family Tree: Pelham
Maternal Family Tree: Eleanor Gifford 1575
On 26 Nov 1679 [his father] Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (age 26) and Elizabeth Jones were married.
On 21 May 1688 [his father] Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (age 35) and [his mother] Grace Holles Baroness Pelham were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare (age 55) and [his grandmother] Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare (age 55).
On 21 Jul 1693 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme was born to Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (age 40) and Grace Holles Baroness Pelham.
On 23 Jan 1712 [his father] Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (age 59) died. His son Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Pelham of Laughton, 5th Baronet Pelham of Laughton.
On 19 Oct 1714 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 21) was created 1st Earl Clare and 1st Viscount Haughton with a special remainder to his brother [his brother] Henry Pelham (age 20).
On 11 Aug 1715 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 22) was created 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Marquess Clare with a special remainder to his brother [his brother] Henry Pelham (age 20).
On 02 Apr 1717 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 23) and Henrietta Godolphin Duchess Newcastle under Lyne (age 16) were married. She by marriage Duchess Newcastle under Lyme. She the daughter of Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 38) and Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (age 35).
In 1718 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 24) was appointed 533rd Knight of the Garter by King George I of Great Britain and Ireland (age 57).
Around 1720 Charles Jervas (age 45). Portrait of Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 26) in his Garter Robes.
On 25 Jan 1727 Thomas Spencer Wilson 6th Baronet was born to Thomas Wilson 4th Baronet (age 45). His forenames Thomas and Spencer from his godfathers Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 33) and Spencer Compton 1st Earl Wilmington (age 54).
On 26 Jun 1740 Thomas Osborne 4th Duke Leeds (age 26) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds were married. She by marriage Duchess Leeds. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl Godolphin (age 61) and [his mother-in-law] Henrietta Churchill 2nd Duchess of Marlborough. He the son of Peregrine Osborne 3rd Duke Leeds.
On 02 Oct 1750 Cecil Bisshopp 6th Baronet (age 49) wrote to Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 57): "The last time I had the honour to be with your Grace ... you gave me leave to trouble you with a letter, in case an employment should become vacant ... I then mentioned ... superintendent of the royal brass foundries at Woolwich ... Tis a sinecure, and the salary £500 a year, and no more.".
On 17 Nov 1756 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 63) was created 1st Duke Newcastle under Lyme with a special remainder to his nephew by marriage Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton 2nd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 36) husband of his niece Catherine Pelham Duchess Newcastle under Lyne (age 29).
On 04 May 1762 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) created a number of new peerages ...
Edward Noel 1st Viscount Wentworth (age 46) was created 1st Viscount Wentworth.
William Courtenay 7th Earl Devon (age 53) was created 1st Viscount Courtenay.
Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 68) was created 1st Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex with default to his cousin Thomas Pelham (age 34).
Caroline Lennox 1st Baroness Holland (age 39) was created 1st Baroness Holland in Lincolnshire. Henry Fox 1st Baron Holland (age 56) by marriage Baron Holland in Lincolnshire.
John Perceval 2nd Earl Egmont (age 51) was created 1st Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore in Somerset.
John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 27) was created 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire.
Joseph Damer 1st Earl Dorchester (age 44) was created 1st Baron Milton of Milton Abbey in Dorset.
Edward Hussey-Montagu 1st Earl Beaulieu (age 41) was created 1st Baron Beaulieu of Beaulieu in Hampshire with a special remainder to his heirs male with his current wife Isabella Montagu Duchess Manchester (age 56).
On 12 May 1762 George Venables-Vernon 1st Baron Vernon (age 53) was created 1st Baron Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire. Martha Harcourt Baroness Vernon of Kinderton (age 46) by marriage Baroness Vernon of Kinderton in Cheshire.
George Fox Lane 1st Baron Bingley (age 65) was created 1st Baron Bingley. Harriet Benson Baroness Bingley (age 57) by marriage Baroness Bingley.
In 1764 [his sister-in-law] Mary Godolphin Duchess Leeds died.
On 17 Nov 1768 Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 75) died without issue. He was buried in the Pelham family vault at All Saint's Church, Laughton.
Duke Newcastle upon Tyne, Marquess Clare, Earl Clare, Viscount Haughton and Baron Pelham of Laughton extinct.
Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton 2nd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 48) succeeded 2nd Duke Newcastle under Lyme. Catherine Pelham Duchess Newcastle under Lyne by marriage Duchess Newcastle under Lyme.
Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester (age 40) succeeded 2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer in Sussex and 6th Baronet Pelham of Laughton.
On 17 Jul 1776 [his former wife] Henrietta Godolphin Duchess Newcastle under Lyne (age 75) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pelham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Pelham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Carew 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sackville 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Sackville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boleyn 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Pelham 2nd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Walsingham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Walsingham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Gouter
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Guildford 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Guildford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara West 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: John Pelham 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: Thomas Pelham 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sidney 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sidney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pakenham
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Sidney 1st Earl of Leicester 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Dudley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Sidney 2nd Earl of Leicester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Gamage of Coity Castle 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Gamage of Coity Castle 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara Gamage Countess Leicester 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
GrandMother: Lucy Sidney Baroness Pelham Laughton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Percy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Harbottle 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Wizard Earl" Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Percy Countess Leicester 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Knollys 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Thomas Pelham Holles 1st Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Holles
Great x 3 Grandfather: Denzil Holles
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Denzell
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Sheffield 1st Baron Sheffield 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Sheffield 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Vere Baroness Sheffield 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Holles 2nd Earl de Clare 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rawson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Port
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Port
GrandFather: Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Vere 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Horace de Vere 1st Baron Vere 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hardkyn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vere Countess Clare 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Tracy
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tracy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Tracy Baroness Spencer Tilbury
Mother: Grace Holles Baroness Pelham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Manners Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rayner
GrandMother: Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Harries of Cruckton in Shropshire
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Prowde of Sutton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Prowde
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Gifford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford