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Evelyn Cavendish. Evelyn Cavendish, duquesa de Devonshire GCVO, JP, LLD (27 de agosto de 1870 -2 de abril de 1960), nacida Lady Evelyn Emily Mary FitzMaurice, hija de Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice quinto marqués de Lansdowne y su esposa, Maud.
Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, DStJ, GCVO, JP (née Fitzmaurice; 27 August 1870 – 2 April 1960), was the wife of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire. She was the elder daughter of politician and diplomat Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and grew up amidst public life.
The Cavendish (or de Cavendish) family (/ ˈ k æ v ən d ɪ ʃ / KAV-ən-dish) is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins (though with an Anglo-Saxon name, originally from a place-name in Suffolk). They rose to their highest prominence as Duke of Devonshire and Duke of Newcastle.
Duchess Evelyn spent her youth in Canada and India before settling at Chatsworth with the 9th Duke of Devonshire. She was Mistress of the Robes for Queen Mary. Keen on conservation, she carefully catalogued and preserved items not in use for future generations.
Extended family. Bess of Hardwick c.1527–1608. Sir William Cavendish (1508–1557) William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1551–1626) Spanning 17 generations and 500 years, the Devonshire family have each made their mark on the world, and on Chatsworth, the family estate in Derbyshire.
27 de mar. de 2019 · Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, vice-regal consort of Canada (1916–21) and Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary (1910–16 and 1921–53) (born 27 August 1870 in Wiltshire, United Kingdom; died 2 April 1960 in London, United Kingdom).
Evelyn ocupó el cargo de Señora de las túnicas de la reina María desde 1910 hasta 1916, cuando acompañó a su esposo en su nombramiento como gobernador general de Canadá . La duquesa ocupó el cargo de consorte virreinal hasta que finalizó el mandato del duque en 1921.
