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  William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592 December 25, 1676) was an English soldier, politician and writer.
He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Charles Cavendish and his wife Catherine (daughter of Cuthbert, Lord Ogle), and the grandson of Sir William Cavendish and "Bess of Hardwick".
Newcastle left in 1648 for Rotterdam with the intention of joining the Prince of Wales in command of the rebellious navy, and finally took up his abode at Antwerp, where he remained till the Restoration.
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 Duke of Newcastle
The Dukes of Newcastle are an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom, related to the Dukes of Devonshire with whom they share the surname of Cavendish, both families being descended from William Cavendish (pictured at right) and his wife, Bess of Hardwick.
William Cavendish, the 1st Duke of Newcastle (December 6, 1592 - December 25, 1676) was a nephew of the first Earl of Devonshire.
A famous family member was Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, (1623-1673), an Elizabethan poet, philosopher, playwright and essayist.
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 William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Charles Cavendish and his wife Catherine (daughter of Cuthbert, Lord Ogle), and thegrandson of Sir William Cavendish and " Bess of Hardwick ".
In 1641 Newcastle became implicated in the Army Plot, and in consequence withdrew for atime from the court.
Newcastle left in 1648 for Rotterdam with the intention of joining the Princeof Wales in command of the rebellious navy, and finally took up his abode at Antwerp, where he remained till the Restoration.
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 Duke of Newcastle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duke of Newcastle is a title which has been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain.
The title was again created for William Cavendish, who was raised to the rank of Marquess and finally Duke, and also created Earl of Ogle at the same time.
That title also became extinct in 1988 upon the death of the tenth Duke, as no male heirs to the title remained.
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 WILLIAM CAVENDISH, 1ST DUKE OF NEWCASTLE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592 – December_25, 1676) was an English soldier, politician and writer.
He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Charles Cavendish and his wife Catherine (daughter of Cuthbert, Lord Ogle), and the grandson of Sir William Cavendish and "Bess_of_Hardwick".
On the occasion of the creation of Prince Henry as Prince_of_Wales in 1610 he was made a Knight_of_the_Bath, subsequently travelled with Sir Henry_Wotton, then ambassador to the Duke of Savoy, and on his return married his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William Basset of Blore, Staffordshire, and widow of Henry Howard, third son of Thomas_Howard,_1st_Earl_of_Suffolk.
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 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William Pitt was educated at Eton CollegeEton, and in January 1727 was entered as a gentleman commoner at Trinity College, Oxford.
With the king unfriendly, and Newcastle, whose corrupt influence was still dominant in the Commons, estranged, it was impossible to carry on a government by the aid of public opinion alone, however emphatically that might have declared itself on his side.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham The dissolution of the ministry
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 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle - with commentary by Thomas Ritter | ClassicalDressage.com
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle - with commentary by Thomas Ritter
William Cavendish, the 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676), is one of the most important authors in the history of classical dressage.
He was recompensated by Charles II who made him a duke in 1665, governor of the town of Newcastle, and chief justice of the counties north of Trent.
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 Devonshire, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of, Marquess Of Hartington, Earl Of Devonshire, Baron Cavendish Of Hardwick ...
Devonshire, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of, Marquess Of Hartington, Earl Of Devonshire, Baron Cavendish Of Hardwick --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Cavendish was the eldest son of the 3rd earl of Devonshire (and succeeded to the title in 1684).
Devonshire, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of, Marquess Of Hartington, Earl Of Devonshire, Baron Cavendish Of Hardwick...
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 1592 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
December 6 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676)
Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (born 1545)
William IV of Hesse, son and successor of the landgrave Philip the Magnanimous
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 Yong Mao - History of St John's
Cecil, Robert, (1563-1612), son to William, 1st Earl of Salisbury, succeeded his father as the chief secretary in 1598 and skillfully directed the government during the first nine years of the reign of King James I, gave continuity to the change from Tudor to Stuart rule in England.
Cavendish, William, 1st Duke of Newcastle(-upon-Tyne), Royalist commander during the English Civil Wars and the patron of the likes of Ben Jonson, John Dryden and René Descartes.
Wilberforce, William, (1759-1833), politician and philanthropist, fought for the abolition of slavery.
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 Encyclopedia: Duke of Newcastle
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Events January 30 _ The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant.
Dukes of Newcastle_upon_Tyne, Third Creation (Events September 1 _ King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving the throne of his exhausted and indebted country to his great_grandson Louis XV.
Thomas Pelham_Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle_upon_Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle_under_Lyme (July 21, 1693 _ November 17, 1768) was a Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century.
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 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle (1592 - December 25, 1676) was an English soldier, politician and writer.
On November 3 1620 Cavendish became Viscount Mansfield and on March 7 1628 Earl of Newcastle.
When the Scottish war (1639 - 1640) broke out he assisted King Charles I with a loan of £10,000 and a troop of volunteer horse, consisting of 120 knights and gentlemen.
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 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Wi'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chattingham
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 Newcastle Collections overview Manuscripts & Special Collections - The University of Nottingham
There are some records relating to property inherited through the Cavendish and Holles families, ancestors of both the Dukes of Portland and the Dukes of Newcastle, transferred from their London solicitors, Baileys, Shaw and Gillett and known as the Portland (London) Collection.
Parliamentary Papers of the Dukes of Newcastle under Lyne concerning elections involving the dukes, in particular the 4th Duke in the 1830s and 1840s.
While the 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne never held a national office, he was extensively involved in electoral affairs and in particular in opposition to the reforms of the 1830s.
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 1592   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
August 28 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
December 6 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle.
December - Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, great grandson of Pope Paul III and nephew of Philip II of Spain.
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 Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes was sent to Magdalen College Oxford, and on his graduation in 1608 became tutor to the son of William Cavendish (1552-1626) 1st Earl of Devonshire.
William Cavendish was the second son of Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick; in Hobbes' words "There was not any who more really and less for glory's sake favoured those that studied the liberal arts liberally, than My Lord
William Cavendish (1592-1676) Earl - and later (1665) Duke of Newcastle - was a close advisor of Charles I. He became an important Royalist military Commander during the English Civil Wars.
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 Edward Lasker Exhibit, Huntington Library, history of the horse, history of thoroughbred, early printed books, Alan ...
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, A General System of Horsemanship in all its Branches.
The haute école of formal riding, whose careful training and precise movements are called dressage, became fashionable in the European courts of the 17th and 18th centuries.
William Woodward, owner of Belair Stud in Maryland and Chairman of the Jockey Club in the United States, bred and raced one of the sensational Thoroughbreds of the 20th-century-Gallant Fox.
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 Guillermo Cavendish, 1r duque de Newcastle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Margaret Cavendish, duquesa de Newcastle, era un dramatist, y había sido criada del honor a la reina Henrietta Maria.
Newcastle se fue en 1648 para Rotterdam con la intención de ensamblar al príncipe de País de Gales en el comando de la marina rebellious, y finalmente tomó su domicilio en Amberes, en donde él permanecía hasta la restauración.
En la restauración Newcastle vuelta a Inglaterra, y tenida éxito en la recuperación de la parte más mayor de sus estados, aunque cargada con deudas, su esposa que estima sus pérdidas totales en la guerra en la suma enorme de £941.303.
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 I17457: William Cavendish 1st Earl Of Newcastle ( - 25 DEC 1676)
Spouses of William Cavendish 1st Earl Of Newcastle
Descendants of William Cavendish 1st Earl Of Newcastle and Elizabeth Bassett
1 Scroope Egerton 1st Duke Of Bridgewater = Rachel Russell
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 ninemsn Encarta - Cromwell, Oliver
The fortunes of the Cromwell family were made with the dissolution of the monasteries by Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's minister and their kinsman.
Oliver, however, was the only son of a younger son of the family, who had also to provide for seven daughters; his inheritance was slender.
They made a big contribution to the victory over the king's commanders, Prince Rupert and William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, at the Battle of Marston Moor in July 1644.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10539
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-on-Tyne was the son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Elizabeth Basset.
She married Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-on-Tyne, son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Elizabeth Basset, circa 1652.
Sir John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough was the son of Sir Winston Churchill and Elizabeth Drake.
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 Ben Jonson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although he was born in Westminster, Jonson claimed his family was of Border descent, and this may be confirmed by the fact that his coat of arms bears three spindles or rhombi, a device shared by a Border family, the Johnstones of Annandale.
He spent over a year there, and the best-remembered hospitality which he enjoyed was that of the Scottish poet, William Drummond of Hawthornden.
In his last years he relied heavily for an income on his great friend and patron, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle.
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 Duke of Newcastle - Question.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William Cavendish, the 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676), is one of the most important authors in...
Newcastle, William Cavendish, duke of, 1593?-1676, English soldier and politician.
the 1st earl of Devonshire, was raised to the dignity of duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1665...
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 Hoof Prints Studio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Although widely read in all equestrian literature, Newcastle carefully formulated his own rules for training horses, which were based on the then unusual concept of endeavoring to understand the mind of the horse and to achieve the discipline required for show riding not by brute force but by "...mixing gentleness with help and corrections".
It had been introduced into the country by Henry VIII and was favored by subsequent Tudor monarchs and Charles I. Charles II was not an enthusiast, preferring the more conventional equestrian pursuits of hunting and racing and, without the support of the monarch, haute ecole floundered.
William Cavendish, who was probably Charles II's govenor as a boy, was a passionate advocate of the technique.
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 a miscellany of wertperch - Nottingham Castle
Originally built as a motte-and-bailey wooden structure in 1068 at the behest of William the Conqueror, it stands on a 130-foot tall cliff, overlooking the Trent water meadows.
Plans for a refurbishment of the castle were drawn up for Sir William Cavendish by the architect John Smythson in 1617.
William Cavendish, the 1st Duke of Newcastle began building a residence on the rock summit in 1617, and by 1678, his son saw the mansion completed.
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 I17465: Frances Pierrepont ( - 23 SEP 1695)
William Cavendish 1st Earl Of Newcastle (- 25 DEC 1676)
Descendants of Frances Pierrepont and Henry Cavendish Duke Of Newcastle
2 Elizabeth Cavendish = Ralph 1st Duke Of Montague
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 Duke of Newcastle : Dukes of Newcastle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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He was created Knight of the Bath by James I and Earl of Newcastle by King Charles I of England who also made him governor of his son, the future II of England">Charles II.
This would certainly arouse suspicion, and might ultimately preserve their freedom.
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