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Cavendish, William, first earl of Devonshire (1551–1626), nobleman, was born on 27 December 1551, the second son of Sir William Cavendish (1508–1557), administrator, of Chatsworth, Derbyshire, and his third wife, Elizabeth [see Talbot, Elizabeth, countess of Shrewsbury (1527–1608)], noblewoman, daughter and coheir of John Hardwick of Hardwick, Derbyshire, and his wife, Elizabeth.
modifier. William George Spencer Cavendish ( 21 mai 1790 – 18 janvier 1858 ), 6e duc de Devonshire, chevalier de la Jarretière, membre du Conseil privé 1 et pair du Royaume-Uni, est un homme politique whig. Surnommé le « duc célibataire », il fut Lord chambellan de 1827 à 1828, puis de 1830 à 1834.
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
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.
John Carr of York (1723-1807) was commissioned by the Duke to redesign the decoration and furnishings of the private drawing rooms of the first floor at Chatsworth, and to build Buxton Crescent. The Duke died in 1811 and was succeeded by his eldest son, William Spencer Cavendish. The 5th Duke of Devonshire served as Lord High Treasurer of ...
El Laboratorio Cavendish de la Universidad de Cambridge fue donado por uno de los parientes posteriores de Cavendish, William Cavendish, séptimo duque de Devonshire (canciller de la Universidad de 1861 a 1891). Personalidad. En el ámbito personal era muy retraído, solitario, misántropo, misógino y excéntrico.
Sir William Cavendish MP (c. 1505 - 25 de octubre de 1557) fue un político, caballero y cortesano inglés. Cavendish ocupó un cargo público y acumuló una fortuna considerable, y se convirtió en uno de los 'visitantes de los monasterios' de Thomas Cromwell. durante la disolución de los monasterios. Fue diputado por Thirsk en 1547.
