Tag Archives: Thomas Pelham-Holles

what’s cookin’

…One of the chief concerns of a fashionable lord was to keep a good table, and the key to a good table was a French cook. The cartoon shows the Duke of Newcastle remonstrating with his famous chef, Cloue: “Oh … Continue reading

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noble houses: home economics

The noble houses of eighteenth century England… …In themselves, or rather in their titles, these men symbolized great accretions of social and political power as well as wealth. They were heads of great clans of families who had served them … Continue reading

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titles and territory

In 1711, young Thomas Pelham-Holles, aged eighteen, succeeded his relative the Duke of Newcastle in estates ( although not in title) and became the possessor of thousands of acres in a dozen counties in England, enjoying a rent-roll of more … Continue reading

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