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Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) Henry Cavendish was the grandson of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire. He was a distinguished scientist who is particularly noted for the recognition of hydrogen as an element, and was also the first man to determine the density of the earth. Despite his aptitude with science, Cavendish was described by his ...
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (26 September 1698 – 5 December 1755) Lady Rachel Cavendish (4 October 1699 – 18 June 1780) [4] married Sir William Morgan on 14 May 1723. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (27 September 1700 – 7 November 1747) married Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet. Lord James Cavendish (23 November 1701 – 14 December ...
An occasional or amateur author during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, wrote in a number of genres: poetry, diaries, travel writings, letters, and possibly two novels. Much of her work remains unpublished and her canon, both in prose and poetry, is far from certain. Full profile.
Administrative / Biographical History. Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), was the eldest daughter of John Spencer, first Earl Spencer and his wife, Margaret Georgiana Spencer (née Poyntz). Of her four siblings, only two others survived to adulthood: George John Spencer, who became second Earl; and Henrietta.
When Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was born on 27 April 1723, in Hardwick, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Lord William Cavendish, was 24 and her mother, Lady Catherine Hoskins Duchess of Devonshire, was 24. She married Rt. Hon. John Ponsonby on 22 September 1743, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, DCVO (born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford and latterly Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite. She was the youngest and last-surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of ...
Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family.This (now the senior) branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the wealthiest British aristocratic families since the 16th century and has been rivalled in political influence perhaps only by the Marquesses of Salisbury and the Earls of Derby.
