Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, PC (24 June 1630 – 26 July 1691), styled Viscount Mansfield until 1676, was the only son of the 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his first wife, Elizabeth Basset. His maternal grandparents were William Basset and Judith Austen, daughter of Thomas Austen.

In 1652, Henry married Frances Pierrepont and they had six children:

• Lady Margaret Cavendish, who married the 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 1 March 1690 and had issue.
• Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (1654–1734), known as the 'Mad Duchess', who married firstly the 2nd Duke of Albemarle; no issue. She married secondly the 1st Duke of Montagu; no issue.
• Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle (1659–1 November 1680), who married Lady Elizabeth Percy on 27 March 1679; no issue.
• Lady Frances Cavendish (25 June 1660–4 February 1690), who married the 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (19 November 1662-23 February 1752) before 1690; no issue.
• Lady Catherine Cavendish (14 January 1665–20 April 1712), who married the 6th Earl of Thanet on 14 August 1684 and had issue.
• Lady Arabella Cavendish (19 August 1673– 4 June 1698), who married the 3rd Earl of Sunderland on 12 January 1695 and had issue.

Before his accession to his father's dukedom, he served as MP for Derbyshire and Northumberland.

[edit] Styles from birth to death

• Viscount Mansfield (1630-1660)
• Viscount Mansfield, MP (1660-1676)
• His Grace The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1676-1677)
• His Grace The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG (1677-1679)
• His Grace The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, PC (1679-1691)

Parliament of England
Preceded by Unknown	Member of Parliament for Derbyshire with John Ferrers 1660–1661	Succeeded by Lord Cavendish John Frescheville
Preceded by Sir William Fenwick, Bt Ralph Delaval	Member of Parliament for Member for Northumberland with Sir William Fenwick, Bt 1661–1676	Succeeded by Sir Ralph Delaval, Bt Sir John Fenwick, Bt
Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Lord Widdrington	Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland 1675–1688	Succeeded by The Earl of Scarbrough
Preceded by The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1676–1688
	Custos Rotulorum of Derbyshire 1677–1689	Succeeded by The Earl of Devonshire
Preceded by The Earl of Mulgrave	Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1688–1689	Succeeded by The Earl of Kingston
Preceded by The Viscount Fauconberg	Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire 1688–1689	Succeeded by The Earl Fauconberg
Preceded by The Earl of Burlington	Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire 1688–1689	Succeeded by The Marquess of Carmarthen
Legal Offices
Preceded by The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Justice in Eyre north of the Trent 1677–1689	Succeeded by The Earl of Kingston
Peerage of England
Preceded by William Cavendish	Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1676–1691	Succeeded by (extinct)