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| − | Born at [[place of birth::Handsworth Manor, Yorkshire]]. Son of [[family::Sir Charles Cavendish]] ([[date of birth::1553]]-[[date of death::1617]]) and husband of [[family::Margaret Cavendish]], [[personal title::Duchess of Newcastle]] ([[date of birth::1623]]?-[[date of death::1673|73]]). Educated as a fellow-commoner at [[education::St John's College, Cambridge]]in 1608. Made [[personal title::Knight of the Bath]] in 1610; served as [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::East Retford]] 1614. He was made [[occupation::governor]] of [[associates::Charles II|Charles, Prince of Wales]] in 1638 and [[occupation::Privy Councillor]] the following year. Appointed a [[occupation::Captain-General]] in the Civil War on the royalist side. Following the parliamentary victory, he went into exile in Europe and returned to [[location::England]] after the Restoration. He was made [[personal title::Duke of Newcastle]] in 1665. He was a patron of [[crossreference::Ben Jonson]], and the intellectual circle of his exile included the likes of [[associates::Thomas Hobbes]], [[associates::René Descartes]] and [[associates::Pierre Gassandi]]. | + | Born at [[place of birth::Handsworth Manor, Yorkshire]]. Son of [[family::Sir Charles Cavendish]] ([[date of birth::1553]]-[[date of death::1617]]) and husband of [[family::Margaret Cavendish]], [[personal title::Duchess of Newcastle]] ([[date of birth::1623]]?-[[date of death::1673|73]]). Educated as a fellow-commoner at [[education::St John's College, Cambridge]] in 1608. Made [[personal title::Knight of the Bath]] in 1610; served as [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::East Retford]] 1614. He was made [[occupation::governor]] of [[associates::Charles II|Charles, Prince of Wales]] in 1638 and [[occupation::Privy Councillor]] the following year. Appointed a [[occupation::Captain-General]] in the Civil War on the royalist side. Following the parliamentary victory, he went into exile in Europe and returned to [[location::England]] after the Restoration. He was made [[personal title::Duke of Newcastle]] in 1665. He was a patron of [[crossreference::Ben Jonson]], and the intellectual circle of his exile included the likes of [[associates::Thomas Hobbes]], [[associates::René Descartes]] and [[associates::Pierre Gassandi]]. |
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William CAVENDISH, 1st Duke of Newcastle 1592-1676
Biographical Note
Born at Handsworth Manor, Yorkshire. Son of Sir Charles Cavendish (1553-1617) and husband of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623?-73). Educated as a fellow-commoner at St John's College, Cambridge in 1608. Made Knight of the Bath in 1610; served as MP for East Retford 1614. He was made governor of Charles, Prince of Wales in 1638 and Privy Councillor the following year. Appointed a Captain-General in the Civil War on the royalist side. Following the parliamentary victory, he went into exile in Europe and returned to England after the Restoration. He was made Duke of Newcastle in 1665. He was a patron of Ben Jonson, and the intellectual circle of his exile included the likes of Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes and Pierre Gassandi.
Books
The libraries of Cavendish, Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke (1630-91) and John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1662-1711) were sold at fixed price in London, 2.3.1719 (3244 lots). Margaret Cavendish is best remembered for her writings; no particular personal library of hers has been identified but some of her reading has been deduced from the contents of the sale catalogue.
Sources
- Bibliotheca nobilissimi principis Johannis Ducis de Novo-Castro, [London, 1719], ESTC t21602.
- Crawford, J. Margaret Cavendish’s books, in L. Knight (ed), Women’s bookscapes in early modern Britain, Ann Arbor, 2018, 94-114.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
- Hulse, Lynn. "Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (bap. 1593, d. 1676), writer, patron, and royalist army officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.