Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles , 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister
Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles , 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister, wax portrait, 1766, by Isaac Gosset, bust of Pelham Holles profile right, wearing sash, rev. inscribed by the artist on the reverse, Thomas hollis Pelham/ Duke of Newcastle/ 1766, 176 x 148 mm. Unrecordred by Pyke. Minor damage to the nose, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare. £Sold
Thomas Pelham Holles, (1693 - 1768), commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle, Whig politician and Prime Minister. A protoge of Walpole's serving under him for many years, mainly as Secretary of state and dominating foreign policy. One of his acts as Prime Minister was to precipitate the Seven Years War. After his second term he briefly served in Rockingham's administration.
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