Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle

Battles of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle

English polymath and aristocrat (1592-1676)

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1642 and 1644: 5 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 365 km apart end to end, 73 km between engagements on average. Most belong to English Civil War (3), First English Civil War (1).

Battle of Boldon HillBattle of PiercebridgeBattle of TadcasterBattle of Adwalton MoorSiege of YorkBattle of Marston MoorBattle of PiercebridgeBattle of TadcasterBattle of Adwalton MoorSiege of YorkBattle of Marston MoorManchesterNewcastleLiverpoolNottinghamStokeKingston upon HullBlackpoolScarboroughDouglasDumfries100 km54.349N, 1.380W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1642: 2 engagements1643: 1 engagements1644: 3 engagements3 in 164416421644
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Piercebridge, 1642Battle of Tadcaster, 1642Battle of Adwalton Moor, 1643Battle of Boldon Hill, 1644Siege of York, 1644Battle of Marston Moor, 164416421644
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 December 1642Battle of PiercebridgeUnited KingdomRoyalist victory
7 December 1642Battle of TadcasterTadcaster, United Kingdom77 km SRoyalist victory
30 June 1643Battle of Adwalton MoorAdwalton, United Kingdom30 km SWRoyalist Victory
March 1644Battle of Boldon HillNorthumberland, United Kingdom134 km NIndecisive
22 April 1644Siege of YorkYork, United Kingdom113 km SParliamentarian-Covenanter victory
2 July 1644Battle of Marston MoorLong Marston, United Kingdom11 km WParliamentarian-Scottish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.