Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle

Major-General Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1 July 1752 – 17 May 1795), known as Lord Thomas Pelham-Clinton until 1779 and as Earl of Lincoln from 1779 to 1794, was a British soldier and politician.

Pelham-Clinton was the third but eldest surviving son of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, and his wife Lady Catherine Pelham, daughter of Henry Pelham. His two elder brothers and his younger brother all predeceased their father. After his education he embarked on a military career. In April 1774, he accompanied General Henry Lloyd, General Henry Clinton and Major Thomas Carleton as "English observers" of the Second Russo-Turkish War on the Danube (Speelman, 2002). He served in America during the American War of Independence as Aide-de-Camp to his relative, General Sir Henry Clinton, and was later Aide-de-Camp to the King. He achieved the rank of Major-General in 1787.

Pelham-Clinton also sat as Member of Parliament for Westminster from 1774 to 1780 and for East Retford from 1781 to 1794 and was Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire from 1794 to 1795. In February 1794 he succeeded his father in the dukedom.

Pelham-Clinton married Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, daughter of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington, in 1782. They had two sons and two daughters. He died, at his country seat at Sunninghill in Berkshire, in May 1795, aged 42, from the effects of an emetic which he had taken for whooping cough, having held the dukedom for only a year. He was succeeded by his eldest son Henry. The Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne later married General Sir Charles Gregan Craufurd and died in 1834.

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    Parliament of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    Lord Warkworth
    Sir Robert Bernard, Bt
    Member of Parliament for Westminster
    with Lord Warkworth 1774–1776
    Viscount Petersham 1776–1779
    Viscount Malden 1779–1780

    1774–1780
    Succeeded by
    Sir George Brydges Rodney
    Charles James Fox
    Preceded by
    Lord John Pelham-Clinton
    Wharton Amcotts
    Member of Parliament for East Retford
    with Wharton Amcotts 1781–1790
    Sir John Ingilby, Bt 1781–1794

    1781–1784
    Succeeded by
    Sir John Ingilby, Bt
    William Henry Clinton
    Military offices
    Preceded by
    George Morrison
    Colonel of the 75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment)
    1782–1783
    Succeeded by
    Regiment disbanded
    Preceded by
    Thomas Gage
    Colonel of the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
    1785–1795
    Succeeded by
    Oliver de Lancey
    Honorary titles
    Preceded by
    The Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
    Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire
    1794–1795
    Succeeded by
    The Duke of Portland
    Peerage of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    Henry Pelham-Clinton
    Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
    1794–1795
    Succeeded by
    Henry Pelham-Clinton
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