Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne

Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne KG, PC (22 May 1811–18 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician. Newcastle was the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, by his wife Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Miller-Mundy. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. Newcastle was returned to Parliament for South Nottinghamshire in 1832, a seat he held until 1846, and the... more

Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne KG, PC (22 May 1811–18 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician. Newcastle was the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, by his wife Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Miller-Mundy. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. Newcastle was returned to Parliament for South Nottinghamshire in 1832, a seat he held until 1846, and then represented Falkirk Burghs until 1851, when he succeeded his father in the dukedom. Initially a Tory, he served under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Works from 1841 to 1846 and as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1846. He was admitted to the British Privy Council in 1841 and to the Irish Privy Council in 1846. Newcastle joined the Peelite's in 1846 and held office in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1852 and 1852 and as Secretary of State for War and Secretary at War between... less