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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.
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Career. Death and legacy. Family. References. 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.
O ducado começou quando William Cavendish, o quarto Conde de Devonshire, foi titulado 1.° Duque de Devonshire em 1694 . Muitos dos duques foram políticos, e dentre eles, estão um primeiro-ministro, um líder do Partido Liberal e um Governador Geral do Canadá. Na família, está também o famoso físico Henry Cavendish .
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (born January 25, 1640—died August 18, 1707, London, England) 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.
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.
