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1st duke of Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles

(1693—1768) prime minister


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(1693–1768)

British Whig statesman, Prime Minister (1754–56; 1757–62). Newcastle succeeded his brother Henry Pelham as Prime Minister on the latter's death in 1754. During his second term in office, he headed a coalition with William Pitt the Elder, until Pitt's resignation in 1761.

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Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of (1693–1768)
in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev) Length: 513 words
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of (1693–1768)
in A Dictionary of World History (2) Length: 53 words

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