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The family members whose political and personal papers form the bulk of the Newcastle Correspondence collections include Henry Pelham (1696-1754), brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne and father-in-law of the 2nd; Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (1720-1794); his grandson Henry, the 4th Duke (1785-1851 and his son Henry, 5th Duke (1811-1864).
13. c1728-1787: Dorset (Dorchester, etc) estate rental of the Duke of Newcastle 1732-45 and papers rel to the estates of the Hon Henry Pelham c1728-87. Northamptonshire Archives Service. WR 1223, etc. NRA 25867 Watson. 14. 1748-1841: Gloucs (Hawling, etc) estate terriers and maps (Hope family) Gloucestershire Archives. D363.
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Nottingham University Library, Department ...Ne2British Library, Manuscript CollectionsAdd Ch 28655-6, 29259-32739, etc; Add MSS ...3Nottingham University Library, Department ...NS4Nottingham University Library, Department ...NWThomas Pelham (who also inherited the personal and political papers of the Duke of Newcastle, kept during his lifetime at Claremont (Surrey)) was the grandson of Henry Pelham of Lewes...
The collection contains the Duke's correspondence including that with his uncles, Henry Pelham and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne, discussing private and official business; statesmen and politicians such as Lord Bute, Lord North, Lord Hardwicke, William Pitt the elder and the younger; his agents about local politics and estate business.
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In 1832 he married Lady Susan Hamilton Douglas (1814-1889), only daughter of the 10th Duke of Hamilton and they had five children: 1. Henry Pelham Alexander, later 6th Duke (1834-1879) 2. Edward William (1836-1907) 3. Arthur (1840-1870) officer in Royal Navy and M.P. for Newark 4. Albert Sidney (1845-1884) 5. Susan Charlotte Catherine (d 1875) marr...
The 5th Duke's papers are part of the Newcastle (Clumber) Collection held in Manuscripts and Special Collections at The University of Nottingham and include extensive political, estate and personal...Details of collections held elsewhere are available through the National Register of ArchivesMartineau, John, The Life of Henry Pelham, Fifth Duke of Newcastle 1811-1864(London, 1908)Munsell, F. Darrell, The Unfortunate Duke: Henry Pelham, 5th Duke of Newcastle(Columbia, Mo., 1985)Surtees, V., A Beckford Inheritance, The Lady Lincoln Scandal(Salisbury, 1977)Eldridge, Colin C., The Colonial Policy of the 5th Duke of Newcastle 1859-1864 Nottingham University Thesis, 1966)
Jan 16, 2014 · Much has been done on phases of the career of Newcastle, but no complete biography has been attempted. It has been suggested that the enormous mass of material in the Newcastle and Hardwicke papers available in the Manuscript Room of the British Museum has scared off possible biographers.
Sep 23, 1997 · Designed to facilitate research on the Pelhams, this is the first bibliography devoted to material on these two ministers. The work covers their personal papers and other manuscript collections as well as contemporary memoirs, diaries, and correspondence.
