HENRY PELrfam-CLINTON, fifth duke of NEWCASTLE, and twelfth earl of Lincoln, was b. 11;11, and educated at Christ-church, Oxford. He represented South Notts in parlia ment from 1832 to 1846, when he was ousted by the influence of his father, the fourth duke, for supporting sir R. Peel in his measures. He adopted politics as a profession; was a lord of the treasury in the brief conservative administration of 1834 –35; and first commissioner of woods and forests in the Peel administration, fr, m 1841 to 1846. He was then made chief secretary to the lord-lieut. of Ireland, but went out of office with his chief a few months afterwards. He succeeded to the dukedom in 1851, and returned to office in 1852, filling the post of secretary of state for the colonies (which formerly included the department of war) in the Aberdeen government. The war with Russia broke out, and in June, 1S54. it was found necessary tc create a secretary of state for war. and the new office was assigned to Newcastle. The "horrible and heart-rend
ing" sufferings of the British army before Sebastopol in the winter months of 1854 raised a storm of popular discontent, and when the house of commons determined to inquire into the conduct of the war, the duke resigned. Yet, as is now acknowledged, no blame was attributable either to the minister for war or his subordinate, Mr. Sidney Herbert. They were called upon to administer a vicious system of military organization which broke down under the strain brought to bear upon it. Newcastle was reap pointed colonial secretary in the second administration of lord Palmerston, and held the seals with general approval from 1859 to the year of his death, 1864. In 1860, as secre tary of state for the colonies, he accompanied the youthful prince of Wales during a tour in Canada and a portion of the United States, and on his return received the order of the garter from the queen. He died Oct., 1864.