194 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book X. 



inserted (with some additions) in Brindley's reprint, published 

 by him, in London (2 vols.), 1743. 



Passing for the present from the book to its author, we 

 learn from the " Life of the Duke," written by his duchess, 

 that his grace was second son of Sir Charles Cavendish ; that 

 the date of his birth does not transpire ; that he was bred by 

 his uncle Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury ; that he was educated 

 at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took more delight 

 in sports than learning ; that at the age of fifteen or sixteen 

 he was made a Knight of the Bath, and soon after went to 

 travel with Sir Henry Wooton, when the latter was appointed 

 Envoy Extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy, with whom he 

 was so great a favourite, that on his departure from the ducal 

 court, his highness presented him with some valuable presents, 

 amongst w^hich was " a Spanish horse." 



Shortly after his return to England, the duke, who was 

 about twenty-two years of age at that time, married the 

 daughter and heiress of William Basset of Blore, Esquire, " a 

 very honourable and ancient family in Staffordshire, by whom 

 he added a great part to his estate ; " wdien he chiefly lived in 

 the country, dispensing hospitality, and promoting rural 

 sports, " onely now and then he would go up to London for 

 some time to wait on the King," (James) by whom he Avas 

 created Viscount Mansfield and Baron of BalsGver. 



On the accession of Charles L, the duke was constituted 

 Lord Warden of Sherwood Eorest, and Lord Lieutenant of 

 Nottinghamshire ; a similar honour having been bestowed 

 upon him on the death of his cousin William, Earl of Devon- 

 shire, when the Lord Lieutenancy of Derbyshire became 

 vacant. His appointment as Groom of the Bedchamber to 

 the king, and the peculiar circumstances connected therewith, 

 are recorded elsewhere. However, no such scandal is attached 

 to Newcastle's appointment in 163S as governor to the Prince 

 of Wales (afterwards Charles H.), about which time he was 

 made a Privy Councillor, and for three years he was seldom 

 in the country, being constantly in attendance on the court, 

 " not without considerable charges, and vast expences of his 

 own." When the rebellion in Scotland broke out, the duke 



