Henry Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle

Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton 6th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Member of Parliament for Newark
In office 1857–1859 Serving with John Handley
Preceded by	John Manners-Sutton Granville Edward Harcourt-Vernon
Succeeded by	John Handley Grosvenor Hodgkinson
Born	(1834-01-25)25 January 1834
Died	22 February 1879(1879-02-22) (aged 45)
Other names	Lord Clinton Earl of Lincoln
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Political party	Peelite
Spouse	Henrietta Adela Hope ​ ​ (m. 1861)​
Children	5
Parents	Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle (father) Lady Susan Hamilton (mother)
Relatives	Alexander Hamilton (maternal grandfather) Henry Thomas Hope (father-in-law) Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle (son) Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle (son)

Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (25 January 1834 – 22 February 1879) was an English nobleman, styled Lord Clinton until 1851 and Earl of Lincoln until he inherited the dukedom in 1864.

Pelham-Clinton was the son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle and his wife Lady Susan Hamilton. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

His political career was limited to sitting as Member of Parliament for Newark between 1857 and 1859. He did not hold any significant political offices in Nottinghamshire, although he was Provincial Grand Master of the Nottinghamshire Freemasons from 1865 to 1877.

Lincoln's taste for gambling resulted in his fleeing the country in 1860 to escape his debts, which had then reached £230,000 (in excess of £26 million in 2017 terms). In 1861, he married Henrietta Hope, heiress of the wealthy Henry Thomas Hope, in Paris. As part of the marriage settlement, his debts were paid and an income of £50,000 a year was settled on the couple. Extensive lands in England and Ireland were also added to his family's holdings by inheritance from his father-in-law, although Pelham-Clinton himself never controlled them due to the terms of that testament.

He succeeded his father as Duke of Newcastle in 1864 and had five children with Henrietta:

• Lady Beatrice Adeline Pelham-Clinton (1862–1935) who married Sir Cecil Lister-Kaye, 4th Baronet in 1880
• Lady Emily Augusta Mary Pelham-Clinton (1863–1919) who married Prince Alphonso Doria Pamphilj, Duc d'Avigliano in 1882
• Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1864–1928)
• Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1866–1941)
• Lady Florence Josephine Pelham-Clinton (1868–1935)

External links

• Biography of the 6th Duke, from Manuscripts and Special Collections at The University of Nottingham
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by The Earl of Lincoln
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Newcastle