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29 de jun. de 2024 · Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; /dʒɔːrˈdʒeɪnə/ jor-JAY-nə; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806) was an English socialite, style icon, author, and activist. Of noble birth from the House of Spencer, married into the House of Cavendish, she was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and ...
21 de jun. de 2024 · As William George Spencer Cavendish, the 6th Duke, was unmarried, the dukedom passed to his cousin William Cavendish, and he became the 7th Duke of Devonshire in 1858. William inherited Compton Place together with a considerable amount of land from his grandfather, Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish, and from his wife, Elizabeth ...
Hace 4 días · It descended to William Cavendish, duke of Devonshire (d. 1811), and to William George Spencer Cavendish, duke of Devonshire (d. 1858), who acquired much neighbouring property, including the Corney House and Heathfield House estates, and held 655 a., covering half of the parish, in 1847.
12 de jun. de 2024 · Description. Binding: nineteenth-century full brown morocco. Bookplate: Chatsworth. Byname: Devonshire Chaucer. Decoration: full illuminated border on first page of text, including large portrait initial of author; other illuminated initials with decorated borders and elaborate penwork initials.
30 de jun. de 2024 · William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, (1640 — 1707), a leader of the parliamentary movement that sought to exclude the Roman Catholic James, duke of York (afterward James II), from succession to the British throne, and later invited the invasion of William III, Prince of Orange.
23 de jun. de 2024 · The present mansion, often called “Palace of the Peak,” was designed by William Talman for William Cavendish, the 4th earl (created 1st duke of Devonshire, 1694), and was begun in 1687. The 6th duke made various additions, including the long north wing (1820–27).
Hace 5 días · A small room on the north side is hung almost entirely with specimens of Van Dyke, including a noble portrait of the great Lord Strafford; in the same room is Lord Richard Cavendish, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
