THE LIFE OF 



WILLIAM CAVENDISH 



DUKE OF NEWCASTLE 



TO WHICH IS ADDED THE TRUE RELATION OF MY 

 BIRTH BREEDING AND LIFE 



By 

 MARGARET, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE 



Edited by C. H. FIRTH, M.A 



Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford 

 SECOND EDITION, REVISED, WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES 



With Twelve Appendices and an Index 



LONDON 



GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS LIMITED 



NEW YORK : E. P. DUTTON & CO 



