{"slug": "thomas-pelham-holles-1st-duke-of-newcastle", "label": "Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles%2C_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273809", "qid": "Q273809", "description": "Prime Minister of Great Britain (1693-1768)", "entries": 12, "years": 8, "span": [1693, 1768], "span_label": ["1693 CE", "1768 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne"], "related": [{"slug": "prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "scottish-people", "label": "Scottish people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "whigs-british-political-party", "label": "Whigs (British political party)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-ii-of-great-britain", "label": "George II of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-i-of-great-britain", "label": "George I of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "french-and-indian-war", "label": "French and Indian War", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1693, "year_label": "1693 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1768)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343170745#July–September", "title": "1693", "revid": 1343170745, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 (November 29, O.S.) - King George I of Great Britain banishes his son and daughter-in-law, George, Prince of Wales and Caroline of Ansbach, from the royal household after the Prince threatens the King's personal assistant, the Duke of Newcastle, the royal Lord Chamberlain. The altercation takes place at the baptismal ceremony for the Prince's newborn son, George William.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366802832#October–December", "title": "1717", "revid": 1366802832, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1724, "year_label": "1724 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 6", "text": "6 April – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne becomes Secretary of State for the Southern Department; Henry Pelham becomes Secretary at War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320245370#Events", "title": "1724 in Great Britain", "revid": 1320245370, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 6", "text": "6 March – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne becomes Prime Minister following the death of his brother Henry Pelham.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835191#Events", "title": "1754 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835191, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Ten days after the death of British Prime Minister Henry Pelham, his brother Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, forms a government as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360193273#January–March", "title": "1754", "revid": 1360193273, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1756, "year_label": "1756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, the Duke of Newcastle, is forced to resign as Prime Minister of Great Britain after the British lose the Battle of Minorca to the French. The office of Prime Minister remains vacant for eight months with William Pitt and the Duke of Devonshire leading the cabinet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349937992#October–December", "title": "1756", "revid": 1349937992, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1756, "year_label": "1756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 16", "text": "16 November – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, resigns as Prime Minister after British failure in the Battle of Minorca. He is succeeded by the Pitt–Devonshire ministry formed by William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and William Pitt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196052#Events", "title": "1756 in Great Britain", "revid": 1360196052, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – The Duke of Newcastle is asked to form a new government of Great Britain and fills the office of Prime Minister of Great Britain, after his forced resignation eight months earlier. Pitt is recalled to conduct Britain's foreign and military affairs and given greater control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370632620#July–September", "title": "1757", "revid": 1370632620, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 2", "text": "2 July – the Duke of Newcastle is asked to form a new government of Great Britain and fills the office of Prime Minister, after his forced resignation eight months earlier. Pitt is recalled in a coalition to conduct Britain's foreign and military affairs and given greater control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363061643#Events", "title": "1757 in Great Britain", "revid": 1363061643, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne resigns and is succeeded as Prime Minister by John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, the first Scottish Prime Minister of Great Britain; a large number of Newcastle's 'Old Corps Whig' followers are dismissed from public office in the following months in what is known facetiously as the \"Massacre of the Pelhamite Innocents\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1276244439#Events", "title": "1762 in Great Britain", "revid": 1276244439, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – Dissatisfied with the progress of the French and Indian War, King George III dismisses his Prime Minister, the Duke of Newcastle, and replaces him with his former tutor, Tory politician John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. The Bute ministry lasts less than a year before Stuart's resignation in 1763.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#April–June", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1768, "year_label": "1768 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369390957#Deaths", "title": "1768", "revid": 1369390957, "section": "Deaths"}}]}