Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle
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His Grace The Duke of Newcastle KG PC |
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| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | |
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In office 28 December 1852 – 10 June 1854 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Preceded by | Sir John Pakington, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Secretary of State for War | |
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In office 12 June 1854 – 30 January 1855 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Panmure |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
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In office 18 June 1859 – 7 April 1864 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Lytton, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Edward Cardwell |
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| Born | 22 May 1811 |
| Died | 18 October 1864 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | British |
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Tory Peelite Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Susan Douglas-Hamilton (1814–1889) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne KG, PC (22 May 1811 – 18 October 1864), styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician.
Newcastle was the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, by his wife Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Miller-Mundy. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his B.A. degree in 1832, and was created a D.C.L. in 1863.
Newcastle was returned to Parliament for South Nottinghamshire in 1832, a seat he held until 1846, and then represented Falkirk Burghs until 1851, when he succeeded his father in the dukedom. Initially a Tory, he served under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Works from 1841 to 1846 and as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1846. He was admitted to the British Privy Council in 1841, and to the Irish Privy Council on 14 February 1846.
Newcastle joined the Peelites in 1846, and held office in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1852 and 1852, and as Secretary of State for War and Secretary at War between 12 June 1854 and 1 February 1855, when he resigned over the Crimean War.
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