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[[File:Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne circa 1919.jpg|thumb|Lord Henry Hope (not yet Duke of<br>Newcastle) in 1919]]
'''Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne''' (3 February 1866 – 20 April 1941) was an English nobleman.
[[File:The Hope Diamond - SIA.jpg|thumb|alt=Picture of a diamond.|The [[Hope Diamond]]]]
==Biography==
Born in 1866, Hope was son of [[Henry Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=CLNN884HF|name=Clinton <nowiki>[post Pelham-Clinton-Hope], Lord [Henry] Francis [Hope]</nowiki> Pelham}}</ref>
He inherited the estate of his grandmother, Anne Adele Hope (widow of [[Henry Thomas Hope]]) in 1884, upon condition that he assume the name and arms of Hope upon reaching his majority; he did so in 1887 and became known as '''Lord Francis Hope'''. This bequest included the well-known [[Hope Diamond]]. Lord Francis held a commission as [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] of the [[Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry]] until he resigned in April 1894.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26500 |date= 3 April 1894 |page=1885}}</ref> He was [[High Sheriff of County Monaghan|Sheriff of Monaghan]] for 1897 and 1917.
He married American actress [[May Yohé]] in November 1894. She had gained fame on the London stage in 1893 and 1894, especially in the [[Victorian burlesque|burlesque]] ''[[Little Christopher Columbus]]''. He led an extravagant lifestyle, which the two continued together, and was discharged in bankruptcy in 1896. One journal wrote: "Pecuniary troubles, however, embarrassed the two but slightly. A future Duke and Duchess can always beg or borrow, and they did. In 1900 they made a tour of the world, and on their way home fell in with Captain [Putnam] Bradlee Strong,<ref>Strong was the son of New York City Mayor [[William Lafayette Strong]] (1895–1897)</ref> at that time one of the handsomest and most popular men in the United States Army, and a special favourite with [[William McKinley|President McKinley]]. The actress fell head over ears in love with him. She refused to return to England with Lord Francis".<ref>[[Bystander (magazine)|''Bystander'']] magazine, 1 January 1908, p. 11</ref>  During the marriage, Yohé continued to perform on stage in London.<ref>Adams, William Davenport. ''A Dictionary of the Drama: a Guide to the Plays, Playwrights'', Vol. 1, pp. 374–75 and  624, Chatto & Windus, 1904</ref>
Hope divorced Yohé in 1902; at this time, he obtained court permission to sell off the [[Hope Diamond]] to pay some of his debts. After lengthy litigation in the [[Court of Chancery]], he was able to break the [[entail]] on most of his grandmother's trusts, and sold 'Deepdene', Dorking, [[Surrey]] and [[Castleblayney]] in [[County Monaghan]], Ireland.
Lord Francis married Olive Muriel Owen, née Thompson, in 1904. They had 3 children:
*[[Henry Edward Hugh Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne]] (1907&ndash;1988)
*Lady Doria Lois Pelham-Clinton-Hope (1908&ndash;1942)
*Lady Mary Pelham-Clinton-Hope (1910–1982)
He inherited the dukedom from his brother, [[Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle|Henry Pelham-Clinton]], in 1928 and died in 1941 aged 75 at [[Clumber Park]].
Papers relating to the 8th Duke's affairs are now held at [[Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham]].
==Coat of arms==
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|image = {{center|[[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|150px]] [[File:Arms of Pelham-Clinton-Hope, Duke of Newcastle.svg |180px]]}}
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|coronet = A [[coronet]] of an [[Duke]]
|crest =1st (central), a broken terrestrial globe charged with a laurel leaf slipped and surmounted by a rainbow in arch all proper, the whole debruised by a bendlet sinister wavy ermine (Hope); 2nd (dexter), out of a ducal coronet gules, a plume of five ostrich feathers argent, banded with a line laid chevronways azure (Clinton); 3rd (sinister), a peacock in pride proper (Pelham).
|escutcheon =  Quarterly: 1st and 4th azure, on a chevron or between three bezants as many laurel leaves slipped vert, all within a bordure wavy argent (Hope); 2nd argent, six cross- crosslets fitchee sable, three, two, and one, on a chief azure, two mullets or, pierced gules (Clinton); 3rd quarterly, 1st and 4th azure three pelicans argent, vulning them- selves proper; 2nd and 3rd gules, two demi- belts with buckles argent erect, the buckles in chief as an honorary augmentation (in memory of Sir John Pelham taking John, King of France, prisoner), (Pelham).
|supporters =Two greyhounds argent collared and lined gules.
|motto = Loyaulté n'a honte ''Loyalty knows not shame''<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage |date=1976|publisher=Kelly's Directories|location=|pages=847|url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeerageb0000na/page/846/mode/2up}}</ref>}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/family/newcastle/biographies/biographyofhenryfrancishopepelham-clinton-hope,8thduke(1866-1941).aspx Biography of the 8th Duke, with links to online catalogues, from Manuscripts and Special Collections at The University of Nottingham]
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44814332/henry-francis_hope-pelham_clinton_hope Find a grave]
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| title = [[Duke of Newcastle|Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne]]
| years = 1928&ndash;1941
| before = [[Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne|Henry Pelham-Clinton]]
| after = [[Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne|Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope]]
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