Newcastle Estate Office, Clumber (Nottinghamshire)

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Henry Fiennes Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln (1720-1794) succeeded his uncle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (also 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne) in 1768. From this date he took the additional surname Pelham and made Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire his principal seat. Through Thomas Pelham-Holles (1693-1768) he also inherited property in Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire and Middlesex, while the bulk of the Pelham estates in Sussex and the 1st Duke's private papers were left to the direct male heir, Thomas Pelham of Stanmer, 1st Earl of Chichester (and 2nd Baron Pelham, 1728-1805).

Thomas Pelham-Holles had inherited the Pelham estates in Sussex and, through his uncle John Holles, 3rd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (and 4th Earl of Clare, 1662-1711), the Holles/Clare estates in Middlesex, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, together with the Cavendish properties of Nottingham Castle and Clumber Park. Holles had acquired these Cavendish properties by his marriage in 1690 to Lady Margaret Cavendish (1661-1716), daughter and co-heir of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne (1630-1691). The major Cavendish/Newcastle properties, however, passed through Lady Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755), daughter of the 3rd Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and wife of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741), to their daughter, Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley (1715-1785). On her marriage in 1734 to William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709-1762), they became part of the Portland of Welbeck estates and were inherited through the Cavendish-Bentinck family along with the records which form part of the Portland Collections.

By Henry Pelham-Clinton's marriage in 1744 to his cousin Catherine Pelham (1727-1760), the daughter of Henry Pelham (1696-1754), he inherited part of the Pelham estates in Sussex (sold in 1767 and 1772) and his father-in-law's private papers. In addition to these inheritances, Henry Pelham-Clinton also acquired estates in Lincolnshire, the Bedford Levels and Oatlands, near Weybridge in Surrey, from the Clinton Earl of Lincoln side of his family.

On the 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne's death in 1794 his son Thomas Pelham-Clinton (1752-1795) inherited but his early death left his son Henry, 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne (1785-1851) a minor and the estate to be administered by trustees. During the nineteenth century the Middlesex (Clare Market in London) estates were sold, while the Nottinghamshire estates were extended. Worksop Manor was purchased from the Duke of Norfolk in 1839 (sold again in 1890), the Yorkshire estates were sold in the 1830s and an estate in Cardiganshire, Hafod, bought in 1835 and sold in 1841. The 4th Duke's marriage in 1807 to Georgiana Mundy (1789-1822) brought further Nottinghamshire properties to the family, while his grandson, Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke (1834-1879), by his marriage in 1861 to Henrietta Adele Hope (1843-1913), added estates in Surrey, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and County Monaghan, Ireland - as well as the additional surname, Hope.

The house at Clumber, mostly dating from after 1879 when a serious fire had destroyed a large part of the original building, was demolished in 1938. The building materials and many of the contents, including the library and rare manuscripts, were then sold to raise money. A smaller replacement house was planned but never built and the grounds were eventually put up for sale and purchased by the National Trust in 1946. The Gloucestershire properties had already been sold in 1911 by Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 7th Duke (1864-1928) and in the 1950s the 9th Duke, Henry Edward Hugh Pelham-Clinton-Hope, (1907-1988) moved to Wiltshire making Boyton, the former Fane estate, the family's principal seat. The dukedom became extinct on his death in 1988.

The Newcastle (Clumber) Collection also includes some earlier papers relating to the Cavendish and Holles, Dukes of Newcastle upon Tyne families and their estates, inherited by the 2nd Duke through both Thomas Pelham-Holless and Henry Pelham. Papers relating to the Cavendish and Holles families, the Dukes of Newcastle upon Tyne, are also to found at The University of Nottingham in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection (Pw). (See also article by R.J. Olney 'The Portland Papers' in Archives, XIX, 82, October 1989).

From the guide to the Newcastle (Clumber) Collection, 1200-1942, (The University of Nottingham)

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creatorOf Newcastle (Clumber) Collection, 1200-1942 The University of Nottingham
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associatedWith Albert, 1819-1861 person
associatedWith Bruce, James ., 1811-1863 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine person
associatedWith Clinton family. family Earls of Lincoln family
associatedWith Clinton, George ., c. 1685-1761 Admiral 2nd son of 6th Earl of Lincoln; governor of Newfoundland 1732-1741 and New York 1741-1751 person
associatedWith Clinton, Georgiana Elizabeth Pelham-., 1789-1822 Duchess of Newcastle under Lyne née Mundy; m 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne 1807 person
associatedWith Clinton, Henry F. C. Pelham-., 1720-1794 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne also styled 9th Earl of Lincoln from 1730; born Clinton, but assumed Pelham-Clinton in 1768 as 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Clinton, Henry P. F. Pelham-., 1785-1851 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Clinton, Henry P. F. Pelham-., 1811-1864 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne styled Earl of Lincoln until 1851 person
associatedWith Clinton, Lady Anna Maria Pelham-., 1808-1822 dau. of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Clinton, Lady Charlotte Pelham-., 1812-1886 2nd dau. of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Clinton, Lady Georgiana Pelham-., 1812-1874 dau. of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Clinton, Lord Charles Pelham-., 1813-1894 son of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; Captain of the Life Guards; M. P. for Sandwich person
associatedWith Clinton, Lord Edward Pelham-., 1816-1842 son of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; Lieutenant in Royal Navy person
associatedWith Clinton, Lord Robert R. Pelham-., 1820-1867 son of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; M. P. North Nottinghamshire person
associatedWith Clinton, Lord Thomas Charles Pelham-., 1813-1882 son of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; twin of Lord Charles person
associatedWith Clinton, Lord William Pelham-., 1815-1850 son of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Clinton, Sir Henry., 1738-1795 K. B. 1777; M. P. ; commander-in-chief in America 1776-78; governor of Gibraltar 1794-95; cousin of 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Clinton, ( Thomas Pelham-), 1752-1795 3rd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne succ. 1794; styled Earl of Lincoln 1779-1794 person
associatedWith Cotton, Stapleton ., 1773-1865 1st Viscount Combermere person
associatedWith D'Eyncourt, Lady Henrietta., 1819-1890 daughter of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; m Admiral E. C. D'Eyncourt 1859 person
associatedWith Edward VII, 1841-1910 person
associatedWith Fosbroke; (); . ;, Thomas D., 1770-1842 Rev. antiquary, vicar of Walford Herefordshire 1830-1842 person
associatedWith Gladstone, William E.. , 1809-1898 P. M. 1868-74 1880-85 1886 1892-94 person
associatedWith Herbert, Henry Howard Molyneux., 1831-1890 4th Earl of Carnarvon person
associatedWith Holles family. family Earls of Clare family
associatedWith Holles, John ., 1564-1637 1st Earl of Clare of Haughton Notts M. P. Nottinghamshire 1604-11 and 1614; Comptroller of Household to Prince of Wales 1610-1612 person
associatedWith Holles, John., 1595-1666 2nd Earl of Clare of Haughton Notts M. P. East Retford 1624-26; succ. 1637 person
associatedWith Holles, Thomas Pelham-., 1693-1768 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne also 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; cr. 1756 person
associatedWith Knight, John Gally-., c. 1741-1804 Mr M. P. Aldborough 1784-96; lawyer and guardian of the 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Newcastle Estate Office corporateBody
associatedWith Newcastle Estate Office; Warminster corporateBody
associatedWith North, Frederick ., 1732-1792 2nd Earl of Guilford better known as Lord North person
associatedWith Opdebeck, Lady Susan H.. , 1814-1889 née Hamilton-Douglas; m 1stly 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne 1832; styled Lady Lincoln 1832-1850; divorced 1850; m 2ndly M. Opdebeck 1860 person
associatedWith Pelham-Clinton family, Dukes of Newcastle under Lyne of Clumber person
associatedWith Pelham-Clinton family. family of Clumber, Nottinghamshire. Dukes of Newcastle under Lyne family
associatedWith Pelham, Henry ., 1696-1754 Mr Prime Minister 1743-1754 brother of T. Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne person
associatedWith Pitt, William ., 1708-1778 1st Earl of Chatham the elder; statesman person
associatedWith Pitt, William ., 1759-1806 person
associatedWith Ricketts, Lady Caroline A.. , 1818-1898 daughter of 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; m Sir Cornwallis Ricketts 1852 person
associatedWith Routh, Sir Randolph I.. , c. 1785-1858 person
associatedWith Russell, Lady Rachel., c. 1636-1723 née Wriothesley; 2nd dau. of 4th Earl of Southampton; m 1stly Lord Francis Vaughan, m 2ndly Lord William Russell 1669 person
associatedWith Russell, Lord William ., 1639-1683 M. P. for Tavistock and Bedfordshire; 3rd son of 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford; executed 1683 person
associatedWith Ruvigny, Henry Massue de., 1648-1720 1st Earl of Galway succ. as 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny 1689; cr. 4th Viscount Galway 1692; cr. 1st Earl of Galway 1697; commanded troops in Portugal and Spain 1704-1710 person
associatedWith Scott, Sir George G., 1811-1878 person
associatedWith Somerset, Fitzroy J. H.. , 1788-1855 1st Baron Raglan person
associatedWith Stuart, John ., 1713-1792 3rd Earl of Bute prime minister 1762-3 person
associatedWith Temple, Henry John., 1784-1865 3rd Viscount Palmerston succ. 1802; statesman; Prime Minster 1855-1858 and 1859-1865 person
associatedWith Trevelyan, Charles Edward., 1807-1886 1st Baronet Trevelyan of Wallington Knighted 1848; cr. baronet 1874; Governor of Madras 1859-1860 person
associatedWith Victoria, 1819-1901 person
associatedWith Wriothesley family. family Earls of Southampton family
associatedWith Wriothesley, Henry ., 1573-1624 3rd Earl of Southampton succ. 1581 person
associatedWith Wriothesley, Thomas ., 1608-1667 4th Earl of Southampton person
associatedWith Yorke, Philip ., 1690-1764 1st Earl of Hardwicke Lord Chancellor 1737-56 person
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