EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 35 MIN
William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle – The foremost Royalist General?
from The World Turned Upside Down - The British Civil Wars 1638-1651 · host The World Turned Upside Down
William Cavendish, Earl and later Duke of Newcastle, was the foremost of the King’s aristocratic Generals. By 1643 he’d raised the largest Royalist army of the First Civil War. He was granted greater powers than any other regional royalist commander, and was able to raise his own taxes and coin money. He also dubbed 12 ... Read more
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