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Viscount Newhaven was a title in the
Peerage of Scotland. It was created 17 May 1681 for
Charles Cheyne (or Cheyney), a
Member of Parliament
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and
Clerk of the Pipe. He was made Lord Cheyne at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. He married Lady
Jane Cavendish
Lady Jane Cavendish (1621–1669) was a noted poet and playwright, the daughter of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle and later the wife of Charles Cheyne, Viscount Newhaven. Along with her literary achievements, Jane helped manage her father ...
, a daughter of
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC (25 December 1676) was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, and the intellectual gr ...
by whom he was the father of
William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven
William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven (14 July 1657 – 26 May 1728) was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1681 until 1707 when as a viscount in the Peerage of Scotland he was required to sit in the House of Lords.
L ...
. Charles purchased the estate of
Chelsea
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,
Middlesex
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(now in Central London), and was buried at
Chelsea Old Church
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. After him are named
Cheyne Row
Cheyne Row is a residential street in Chelsea, London.
It runs roughly north to south from the crossroads with Upper Cheyne Row, where it becomes Glebe Place, leading down to a t-junction with Cheyne Walk which forms an embankment of the Rive ...
,
Upper Cheyne Row and
Cheyne Walk
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, in Chelsea. Upon the death of the 2nd Viscount on 26 May 1728 without issue, both titles became extinct.
Viscount Newhaven (1681)
*
Charles Cheyne, 1st Viscount Newhaven (c. 1624–1698)
*
William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven
William Cheyne, 2nd Viscount Newhaven (14 July 1657 – 26 May 1728) was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1681 until 1707 when as a viscount in the Peerage of Scotland he was required to sit in the House of Lords.
L ...
(1657–1728)
See also
*
Baron Newhaven
*
Baron Cheyne
References
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Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Scotland
Noble titles created in 1681
Clan Cheyne