William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle – The foremost Royalist General?
About this episode
The episode discusses William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and his role as a leading Royalist general during the First Civil War.
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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