William Cavendish KG PC
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William Cavendish KG PC (1720 - 1764)

William "4th Duke of Devonshire, Marquis of Hartington" Cavendish KG PC
Born in Hardick, Suffolk, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 28 Mar 1748 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 44 in Spa, Germanymap
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Preceded by
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Devonshire
1755-1764
Succeeded by
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
Preceded by
Thomas Pelham-Holles
(1754-1756)
1st Term
5th Prime Minister of Great Britain
November 1756-1757
Succeeded by
Thomas Pelham-Holles
(1757-1762)
2nd Term

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Biography

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William Cavendish KG PC was born in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
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William Cavendish was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
This profile is part of the Cavendish Name Study.

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Knight of the Garter, sat for Derbyshire in 1741. In June 1751, William took a seat in the Lords as Baron Cavendish and was soon after appointed to the Privy Council.[1] He acceded to the dukedom in December 1755.[1]

Family

William was baptised on 1 June 1720, at St Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster.[1] He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, third Duke of Devonshire (d. Dec 1755), and Catherine Hoskins.[1]

In March 1748 William married Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford (1731–54). She was the only surviving daughter, and heir of Richard Boyle, third Earl of Burlington.[1]They had four children:

  1. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748–1811);
  2. Dorothy Cavendish (27 Aug 1750 – 3 Jun 1794) m. PM William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, through her, the 4th Duke of Devonshire is the great-great-great-great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II;
  3. Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781);
  4. George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd creation (1754–1834). Lord Burlington's grandson, the 2nd Earl of Burlington, would later inherit the Devonshire dukedom as 7th Duke of Devonshire.

Events

At Chatsworth Chatsworth House he hired 'Capability' Brown to improve the landscape and James Paine to build the bridge and stables.

Death

William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire died on 2 October 1764, at Spa, the Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium).[1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Andrew Thompson, "William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire (Whig, 1756-1757)", History of government, GOV.UK, Crown copyright, 2015,https://history.blog.gov.uk/2015/01/14/william-cavendish-duke-of-devonshire-whig-1756-1757/, accessed 27 March 2015
  • Clifford Pedigree: Table Showing the Descent of the Barony of Clifford

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Hi John, is it ok if I add him to the UK project as well?