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William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
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(6 December 1592 – 25 December 1676) was an English
polymath
and
aristocrat
, having been a poet,
equestrian
, playwright,
swordsman
,
politician
,
architect
,
diplomat
and
soldier
. Born into the very wealthy
Cavendish
family at
Handsworth
in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
, William's family had a good relationship with the ruling
Stuart monarchy
and began to gather prominence after he was invested as a
Knight of the Bath
and soon inherited his father's
Northern England
estates.
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