'Thomas Holles Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, K.G.', c1884. Thomas Pelham-Holles (1693-1768), British Whig, educated at Westminster School and Clare College, Cambridge. Statesman, First Lord of the Treasury, protege of Sir Robert Walpole and Prime Minister during reigns of George II and George III. From "Leaders of the Senate: A Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution, Vol. I.", by Alexander Charles Ewald, F.S.A. [William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Berlin]