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Victor Cavendish. The Duke of Devonshire. Victor Cavendish was a Liberal-Unionist who drifted closer to the Conservative party in his lifetime but never fully losing his Whiggish proclivities. In a varied career the one common theme seemed to be his revolving around imperial affairs. For example, from 1908, he became president of the British ...
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire KG GCMG GCVO TD PC JP FRS (31 May 1868 – 6 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 11th since Canadian Confederation. Cavendish was born the eldest son of a noble family in London, and educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge. After the ...
Born Victor Christian William Cavendish, the oldest son in the old noble family of Cavendish, he was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1891 the same year as his father's death. His father was William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire.
Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888–1980), great-grandson of Maj.-Gen. Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck, fourth son of the 3rd Duke, died without issue; Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland (1897–1990), younger brother of the 8th Duke, dukedom became extinct upon his death
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9. książę Devonshire KG, GCVO, GCMG – brytyjski polityk, w latach 1916–1921 gubernator generalny Kanady, a od 1922 r. do 1924 r. brytyjski minister ds. kolonii.
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Canada History. When appointed to Canada, the eleventh Governor General, Victor Christian William Cavendish, was the 9th Duke of Devonshire, having succeeded to the title in 1908 on he death of his uncle. He was born on May 31st, 1868, the son of Lord Edward Cavendish, he became known as England's richest peer and largest landowner.
