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Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (18 August 1920 – 25 December 1988), was an English lepidopterist and military officer as well as Duke of Newcastle for less than two months at the end of his life, inheriting the titles from a third cousin.
Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1920–1988), great-grandson of Lord Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton, second son of the 4th Duke. On his death in 1988, the dukedom ceased to have patrilineal heirs and thus became extinct.
- 1691 (first creation), 1711 (second creation), 1768 (third creation)
The son of Captain Guy Edward Pelham-Clinton (d 1934), the 10th Duke was a great-grandson of the 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford and served as a captain in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War.
Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (18 August 1920 – 25 December 1988), was an English lepidopterist and military officer as well as duke for less than two months at the end of his life, inheriting the titles from a third cousin. Pelham-Clinton was the son of Guy...
Pelham-Clinton-Hope family, Dukes of Newcastle. This page summarises records created by this Family. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s)...
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-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle-Under-Lyne, 1752 – 1795. Thomas embarked on a military career serving in America during the War of Independence as ADC to his relative, General Sir Henry Clinton, and later to the King. He eventually reached the rank of Major General.
He was educated at Eton and Cambridge University and served in the RAF during the Second World War, achieving the rank of Squadron Leader, and ultimately retiring as a Wing Commander. By the 1930s the family no longer spent much time in Nottinghamshire and the house at Clumber, mostly dating from after the fire of 1879, was demolished in 1938.
