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William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC, FRS (25 January 1640 – 18 August 1707) was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire and took his seat in the House of Lords. Cavendish was part of the "Immortal Seven ...
William Cavendish, 4th duke of Devonshire was the prime minister of Great Britain from November 1756 to May 1757, at the start of the Seven Years’ War. Eldest son of William Cavendish, the 3rd Duke (1698–1755), he was elected to the House of Commons in 1741 and 1747, and in 1751 he moved to the
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William Cavendish was the second child and eldest son in a family of four boys and three girls. His father, the third Duke of Devonshire, was descended from a family which derived from the small town village of Cavendish Overhall in Suffolk — one of his ancestors, Sir John Cavendish, was Lord Chief Justice under Edward III, and was beheaded by a mob during the Peasants’ Revolt, in 1381.
Frances Cavendish (c. 1593–1613), married William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard. Gilbert, who has been credited with the authorship of Horae Subsecivae (see Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos ), died young. James, died in infancy. Cavendish's second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Boughton of Couston, Warwickshire, widow of Sir Richard ...
23 de may. de 2018 · Newcastle, William Cavendish, 1st duke of (1593–1676). Newcastle was one of the leading royalist commanders during the Civil War.A man of vast estates in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, he made spectacular progress up the peerage ladder, moving from viscount (1620), to earl (1628), marquis (1643), and finally duke in 1665.
When William's army landed in England in November 1688, Cavendish seized Derby and Nottingham on his behalf and raised a regiment of horse. As a reward for his service to the revolution, he was created Duke of Devonshire in 1694. Devonshire also received many other honours and was part of the collective regency six times between 1695 and 1701.
