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William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (27 December 1552 – 3 March 1626) was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier. Early life. William Cavendish was the second son of Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick.
William Cavendish, 1st earl of Devonshire (born December 27, 1552—died March 3, 1626, Hardwick Hall, Devonshire, England) was the first of the long line of Devonshire peers. The son of Sir William Cavendish and his third wife, Elizabeth Hardwick (afterward the Countess of Shrewsbury), the young Cavendish was educated at Eton College and Gray ...
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William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire was 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 that later invited the invasion of William of Orange.
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William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1552 –1626), was the second and favourite son of Bess of Hardwick. William inherited a vast fortune and several important properties, including Hardwick Hall and the contents of Chatsworth.
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC, FRS (25 January 1640 – 18 August 1707) was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire and took his seat in the House of Lords.
Earl of Devonshire. The title of Earl of Devonshire has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1603 for the Blount family [1] and then recreated in 1618 for the Cavendish family, [2] in whose possession the earldom remains.
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 Hardwic...
