John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
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Order of the Garter
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(9 January 1662 – 15 July 1711) was the son of the 3rd Earl of Clare
Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare
Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare was an English nobleman, styled Lord Haughton from 1637 until his accession in 1666....
and his wife Grace Pierrepont. Grace was daughter of The Hon. William Pierrepont
William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
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and granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull
Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull was an English nobleman-Family:He was the second son of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, and Frances Cavendish, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick...
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The Duke was born in Edwinstowe
Edwinstowe
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, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
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. On 1 March 1690, he married Lady Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish (1661-1717)
Margaret Cavendish was the second child of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his wife Frances Pierrepoint....
, a daughter of the 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. They had one child, Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles
Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer
Henrietta Harley , Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer was an English noblewoman, the only child and heiress of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Cavendish, daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Her hand was sought in marriage...
(1694–1755), who married the 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
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and was mother to Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland , styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Portland from 1761 until her own death in 1785...
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Correspondence and estate records of John Holles, including letters to his wife, are held at the department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham
Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham
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, principally in the Holles Papers (Pw 2), part of the Portland (Welbeck) Collection.
A rivalry was formed between John and his sister, Elizabeth, when she married Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard
Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard
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Newcastle died in 1711 from injuries received in a fall from his horse while hunting near Welbeck
Welbeck
Welbeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, slightly to the south-west of Worksop.Welbeck became a coal-mining centre in 1912 and has a famous stately home, Welbeck Abbey, home of the Dukes of Portland, and which was founded in the twelfth century as a monastery.Among the famous people from...
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Titles from birth to death
- The Hon. John Holles (1662–1666)
- Lord Haughton (1666–1689)
- Lord Haughton, MP (1689–1689)
- The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Clare (1689–1694)
- His Grace The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1694–1698)
- His Grace The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG (1698–1705)
- His Grace The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, PC (1705–1711)