Margaret Holles, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (''née'' Cavendish; 22 October 1661 – 24 December 1715/16, London) was an English noblewoman.
Margaret was born the third daughter and fourth of six children of
Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his wife, Frances Pierrepoint.
On 1 March 1690, she married
John Holles, Earl of Clare. Her husband was created Duke of Newcastle in 1694, the first creation having become extinct in 1691 when her father died without a male heir (her only brother,
Henry Cavendish, Earl of Ogle, died in 1680). They had one child,
Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles
Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer (''née'' Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles; 11 February 1694 – 9 December 1755) was an English noblewoman, the only child and heiress of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his wife, t ...
(1694–1755), who married the
2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and was mother to
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland.
She died in 1715/16 and was buried at
Bolsover Castle.
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