Talk:Duke of Newcastle

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Lyme not Lyne

I made my typo change earlier today without checking and simply because I have until recently lived for 36 years in that 'Loyal and Ancient Borough' and I am fed up of correcting that particular error. Originally 'Novum opium sub lima', at no time from its first charter in 1173 has the town been 'under lyne' and the Dukedom of Newcastle has since 1757 been closely/remotely associated with that northern city and that Staffordhire town and nowhere else. If at some stage, the name was erroniously altered, perhaps a note to that effect would be more appropriate than a simple yet unhelpful reversal. NoelWalley 18:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Regardless of what the town is or was called, the title was "Newcastle-under-Lyne". If it was a mistake by the person drawing up the patent, then it would not be unique as such — Lord Annesley has been stuck for centuries with a Viscountcy called "Glerawly" when no such place exists, the "n" in "Glenawly" having being mistakenly replaced by an "r" in the patent of creation. Proteus (Talk) 19:35, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Hmm...even if there was a misspelling on the letter patent, I don't see how that condemns us to use the mistake (although we should certainly note it). For instance, I believe that the Duke of Atholl's principal subsidiary title is, for some reason "Marquess of Tillibardin". Nevertheless, the heir to the dukedom is known as the "Marquess of Tullibardine." john k 22:37, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

It's not as if "-under-Lyme" was commonly used, though: they were generally just called known as the Dukes of Newcastle. (And it probably wasn't a misspelling — "-under-Lyne" matches Ashton-under-Lyne, so it was probably just a variation on the name.) Proteus (Talk) 10:46, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

According to the Wiki article '-under-lyne' was a 19th century addition to Ashton to avoid confusion with some other towns. NoelWalley 12:42, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

And 1757 isn't all that long before the 19th century. Proteus (Talk) 13:22, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

For the record, from the London Gazette:

Whitehall, November 13.

The King has been pleased to grant unto his Grace Thomas Holles, Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, the Dignity of a Duke of the Kingdom of Great Britain, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Duke of Newcastle under Lyne, in the County of Stafford ; to hold and enjoy the said Dignity, to him, and his Heirs Male, and in Default of such Issue, to the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Lincoln, and his Heirs Male, by Catherine his present Wife.

Proteus (Talk) 16:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)