William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal Prime
Portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1750s
The Duke of Devonshire by Thomas Hudson, c. 1750s
The Duke of Devonshire
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and whose official life extended th
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
…king's maternal great-grandmother, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. In October 1762, George III suspected that Devonshire and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, were plotting against him. He had mistaken a visit by Devonshire as a tender of resignation, but George refused to see him in person. Four days later…
Portrait by William Hoare, c. 1750
Newcastle House which he inherited from his uncle in 1711, and used as his primary London residence, often throwing lavish parties there.
From 1720 Newcastle allied himself with Robert Walpole. They would be political partners for the next 20 years, and Newcastle would remain a loyalist until Walpole's fall in 1742.
Newcastle (left) and Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln as painted by Godfrey Kneller, c. 1721.