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Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, KG, GCVO, PC, PC (Ire), FRS (23 July 1833 – 24 March 1908), styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1834 and 1858 and Marquess of Hartington between 1858 and 1891, was a British statesman.
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th duke of Devonshire was a British statesman whose opposition to the Irish Home Rule policy of his own Liberal Party caused him to assume (1886) the leadership of the Liberal Unionist Party and to become increasingly identified with the Conservatives.
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) The 8th Duke of Devonshire was a statesmen who served an active role in Parliament for more than 50 years. Queen Victoria asked him to be Prime Minister three times, but each time he refused.
He became 8th duke of Devonshire (1891) and in 1893 moved the rejection of the second home rule bill in the lords. In 1895 he became lord lieutenant of Co. Waterford, and was lord president of the council (1895–1903) in the conservative-led government.
Devonshire, Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th duke of, marquis of Hartington (1833–1908). Heir to the Cavendish family's dukedom and a Palmerstonian Whig, Hartington was an MP at 24 and a cabinet minister at 34.
This collection of political and personal correspondence largely comprises letters to and from Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (SCC), 1833-1908, and fellow politicians,...
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington and 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908), was born on 23 July 1833 at Holker Hall, Lancashire, the eldest son of William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington and afterwards 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891), and his wife, Lady Blanche Georgiana (b. 1812).
