Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne is a title which has been created three times in British history while the title of
Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne has been created once. The title was created for the first time in the
Peerage of England in 1665 when
William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne was made
Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was a prominent Royalist commander in the
Civil War. He had already been elevated as
Viscount Mansfield in 1620,
Baron Cavendish of Bolsover and
Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1621 and
Marquess of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1643, and was created
Earl of Ogle as a subsidiary title to the ; these titles were also in the Peerage of England.