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Devonshire, Duke of (E, 1694)

 

Created: let. pat. 12 May 1694

 

Family name: Cavendish

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Arms:

Sable three Bucks' heads cabossed Argent

Crest:

A Serpent nowed proper

Supporters:

On either side a Buck proper wreathed round the neck with a Chaplet of Roses alternately Argent and Azure

Motto:

Cavendo Tutus (Secure by caution)

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William [Cavendish], 4th Earl of Devonshire later 1st Duke of Devonshire, KG PC

1st son and hr of William [Cavendish], 3rd Earl of Devonshire, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Cecil, 2nd dau. of William [Cecil], 2nd Earl of Salisbury

born

25 Jan 1640/41

mar.

26 Oct 1662 Lady Mary Butler (b. 1646;  d. 31 Jul 1710), 2nd dau. of James [Butler], 1st Duke of Ormonde, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Preston, suo jure Baroness Dingwall, dau. and hrss. of Richard [Preston], 1st Earl of Desmond

children

1. Lord William Cavendish, later 2nd Duke of Devonshire

2. Lord Henry Cavendish MP (b. 1673;  d. 10 May 1700), mar. Rhoda Cartwright (d. 24 Jan 1729-30), sister of Thomas Cartwright MP, of Aynho, co. Northampton, and dau. of William Cartwright, of Aynho, co. Northampton, and had issue

3. Lord James Cavendish MP (d. 14 Dec 1751), mar. Anne Yale (d. 27 Jun 1734), dau. of Elihu Yale, Governor of Fort St George, and had issue

1. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (b. c. 1671; bur. 29 Aug 1741 at South Kirby, co. York), mar. c. 1710 as his second wife Sir John Wentworth, 1st Bt., of Brodsworth and North Elmsall, co. York, and had issue

died

18 Aug 1707

created

12 May 1694 Marquess of Hartington and Duke of Devonshire

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1661-81;  suc. his father 23 Nov 1684 as 4th Earl of Devonshire;  Privy Councillor 1679-80 and 1689;  Lord Steward of the Household 1689-1707;  Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1689-1707 and of Nottinghamshire 1692-94;  Knight of the Garter 1689;  Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II 1689 and for the Coronation of Queen Anne 1702;  Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 1690-1707;  a Lord Justice of the Realm 1695-1701

 

William [Cavendish], 2nd Duke of Devonshire, KG PC

born

c. 1673

mar.

21 Jun 1688 Lady Rachel Russell (d. 28 Dec 1725), 1st dau. of Hon William Russell, styled Lord Russell, by his wife Lady Rachel Vaughan, widow of Hon Francis Vaughan, styled Lord Vaughan, and 2nd dau. and cohrss. by his first wife of Thomas [Wriothesley], 4th Earl of Southampton

children

1. Lord William Cavendish, later 3rd Duke of Devonshire

2. Lord James Cavendish MP (d. 14 Dec 1741)

3. Lord Charles Cavendish MP, mar. 9 Jan 1727 Lady Ann Grey (d. 20 Sep 1733), 3rd dau. by his first wife of Henry [Grey], 1st Duke of Kent, and had issue

2. Lord John Cavendish (d. 10 May 1720)

1. Lady Mary Cavendish (d. 15 Jun 1719)

2. Lady Rachel Cavendish, mar. 14 May 1723 Sir William Morgan KB, of Tredegar

3. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (d. 7 Nov 1747; bur. at Chelsea, co. Middlesex), mar. 2 Jul 1723 Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Bt., MP, of Marske, co. York, and Holker, co. Lancaster, and had issue

died

4 Jun 1729

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Derbyshire 1695-1701, for Castle Rising 1702 and for Yorkshire 1702-07;  Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard 1702-07;  Privy Councillor 1707 and 1714;  Lord Steward of the Household 1707-10 and 1714-16;  Chief Justice in Eyre, North of Trent 1707-10;  Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1707-10 and 1714-29;  Knight of the Garter 1710;  a Lord Justice of the Realm 1714, 1720-25 and 1727;  Lord President of the Council 1716-17 and 1725-29

 

William [Cavendish], 3rd Duke of Devonshire, KG PC

born

1698

mar.

27 Mar 1718 Catherine Hoskins (d. 8 May 1777), dau. and hr. of John Hoskins, of Oxted, co. Surrey, Steward to the Duke of Bedford, by his wife Catherine Hale, dau. of William Hale, of Kings Walden, co. Hertford

children

1. Lord William Cavendish, later 4th Duke of Devonshire

2. Lord George Augustus Cavendish (d. 2 May 1794), of Holker, co. Lancaster

3. Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish (b. 1729;  d. 21 Oct 1803)

4. Lord John Cavendish (b. 1734; d. 19 Dec 1796), Chancellor of the Exchequer 1782-83

1. Lady Caroline Cavendish (b. 22 May 1719;  d. 20 Jan 1760), mar. 5 Jul 1739 William [Ponsonby], 2nd Earl of Bessborough, and had issue

2. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (d. 1796), mar. 22 Sep 1743 Rt Hon James Ponsonby, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons (d. 16 Aug 1787), 2nd son by his first wife of Brabazon [Ponsonby], 1st Earl of Bessborough, and had issue

3. Lady Rachel Cavendish (b. 7 Jun 1727; d. 7 May 1805), mar. 12 May 1748 Horatio [Walpole], 1st Earl of Orford, and had issue

died

5 Dec 1755

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Loswithiel 1721-24, for Grampound 1724-27 and for Huntingdonshire 1727-29;  Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners 1726-31;  Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1729-55;  Privy Councillor 1731;  Lord Privy Seal 1731-33;  Knight of the Garter 1733;  Lord Steward of t he Household 1733-37 and 1745-49;  a Lord Justice of the Realm 1741, 1743, 1745 and 1748;  Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1737-45

 

William [Cavendish], 7th Baron Cavendish later 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG PC

born

1720

mar.

28 Mar 1748 Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford (b. 27 Oct 1731;  d. 8 Dec 1754), only surv. dau. and hrss. of Richard [Boyle], 4th Earl of Cork, by his wife Lady Dorothy Saville, 1st dau. and cohrss. of William [Saville], 2nd Marquess of Halifax

children

1. Lord William Cavendish, later 5th Duke of Devonshire

2. Lord Richard Cavendish (d. 1781)

3. Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish, Member of Parliament (Whig) for Knaresborough 1775-80, Derby 1780-96 and Derbyshire 1797-1831, cr. 10 Sep 1831 Baron Cavendish of Keighley, of Keighley in the County of York, and Earl of Burlington (b. 31 Mar 1754; d. 4 May 1834), mar. 27 Feb 1782 Lady Elizabeth Compton (b. 25 Jun 1760; d. 7 Apr 1835), only child of Charles [Compton], 7th Earl of Northampton, and had issue:

1a. William Cavendish MP (b. 10 Jan 1783; dvp. 14 Jan 1812), mar. 18 Jul 1807 his second cousin Hon Louisa O'Callaghan (d. 18 Apr 1863), 1st dau. of Cornelius [O'Callaghan], 1st Baron Lismore, by his wife Frances Ponsonby, sister of William Brabazon [Ponsonby], 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly, and 2nd dau. of Rt Hon John Ponsonby, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons (2nd son by his first wife of Brabazon [Ponsonby], 1st Earl of Bessborough), by his wife Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, 2nd dau. of William [Cavendish], 3rd Duke of Devonshire, and had issue:

1b. William Cavendish, later 2nd Earl of Burlington later 7th Duke of Devonshire

2b. Lord George Henry Cavendish, Member of Parliament for North Derbyshire, granted the rank and style of a younger son of a Duke by Royal Warrant 1858 (b. 19 Aug 1810; d. 23 Sep 1880), mar. 4 Jul 1835 Lady Louisa Lascelles (d. 10 Mar 1886), 4th dau. of Henry [Lascelles], 2nd Earl of Harewood, and had issue

3b. Lord Richard Cavendish, granted the rank and style of a younger son of a Duke by Royal Warrant 1858 (b. 3 Jul 1812; d. 19 Nov 1873)

1b. Lady Fanny Cavendish, granted the rank and style of a daughter of a Duke by Royal Warrant 1858 (d. 30 Dec 1885), mar. 1 Jul 1837 Frederick John Howard, Member of Parliament for Youghal 1837-41 (b. 1 Mar 1814; d. 28 Feb 1897), 1st son and hr of Maj Hon Frederick Howard (by his wife Frances Susan Lambton, only dau. of William Henry Lambton, of Lambton Hall, co. Durham), 3rd son of Frederick [Howard], 5th Earl of Carlisle, and had issue

2a. George Henry Compton Cavendish (b. 14 Oct 1784; dvp. 22 Jan 1809)

3a. Gen Hon Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish MP (b. 5 Nov 1789; d. 5 Apr 1873), mar. (1) 24 Oct 1811 Sarah Fawkener (d. Nov 1817), dau. of William Augustus Fawkener, (2) 16 Jun 1819 Frances Susan Howard (widow of Col Hon Frederick Howard; d. 28 Nov 1840), sister of John George [Lambton], 1st Earl of Durham, and only dau. of William Henry Lambton MP, of Lambton Castle, co. Durham, and (3) 28 Jan 1873 Susan Emma Byerlie (d. 1910), dau. of William Byerlie, and had issue by his first and second wives

4a. Hon Charles Compton Cavendish, later 1st Baron Chesham

1a. Lady Anne Cavendish (d. 27 May 1871), mar. 25 Oct 1825 Lt Col Rt Hon Lord Charles FitzRoy MP, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (d. 17 Jun 1865), 2nd son of George Henry [FitzRoy], 4th Duke of Grafton, and had issue

2a. Lady Caroline Cavendish (d. 9 Jan 1867)

1. Lady Dorothy Cavendish (b. 17 Aug 1750;  d. 3 Jun 1794), mar. 8 Nov 1766 William Henry Cavendish [Bentinck later Cavendish-Bentinck], 3rd Duke of Portland, and had issue

died

2 Oct 1764

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Whig) for Derbyshire 1741-51;  sum. to Parliament v.p. 13 Jun 1751 in his father's Barony of Cavendish;  Privy Councillor 1751-62;  Master of the Horse 1751-55;  Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Governor of County Cork 1754-64;  Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1755-56;  a Lord Justice of the Realm 1755;  Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1756-64;  First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister) 1756-57;  Knight of the Garter 1756;  Lord Chamberlain of the Household 1757-62

 

William [Cavendish], 7th Baron Clifford later 5th Duke of Devonshire, KG

born

14 Dec 1748

mar. (1)

5 Jun 1774 Lady Georgiana Spencer (b. 7 Jun 1757;  d. 30 Mar 1806), 1st dau. of John [Spencer], 1st Earl Spencer, by his wife Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, 1st dau. of Rt Hon Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham House, co. Berkshire

children by first wife

1. Lord William Spencer Cavendish, later 6th Duke of Devonshire

1. Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish (b. 12 Jul 1783;  (d. 8 Aug 1858), mar. 21 Mar 1801 George [Howard], 6th Earl of Carlisle, and had issue

2. Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish (b. 29 Aug 1785;  d. 25 Nov 1862), mar. 24 Dec 1809 Granville [Leveson-Gower], 1st Earl Granville, and had issue

mar. (2)

19 Oct 1809 Lady Elizabeth Foster (b. c. 1760; d. 20 Mar 1824), widow of John Thomas Foster and 2nd dau. of Frederick Augustus [Hervey], 4th Earl of Bristol, by his wife Elizabeth Davers, 2nd dau. of Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Bt. MP, of Rougham, co. Suffolk

died

29 Jul 1811

suc. by

son by his first wife

note

suc. his mother 8 Dec 1754 as 7th Baron Clifford;  Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Governor of County Cork 1766-93;  Knight of the Garter 1782;  Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1782-1811

 

William Spencer [Cavendish], 6th Duke of Devonshire, KG PC

born

21 May 1790

died

17 Jan 1858

suc. by

cousin

note

Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1811-58;  Privy Councillor 1827;  Knight of the Garter 1827;  Lord Chamberlain of the Household 1827-28 and 1830-34;  on his death the Barony of Clifford (created by writ 17 Feb 1627/8) fell into abeyance between his two sisters, Lady Georgiana Dorothy Howard, Dowager Countess of Carlisle, and Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Granville, Dowager Countess Granville

 

William [Cavendish], 2nd Earl of Burlington later 7th Duke of Devonshire, KG PC

1st son of Col William Cavendish MP (by his wife and second cousin Hon Louisa O'Callaghan, 1st dau. of Cornelius [O'Callaghan], 1st Baron Lismore), 1st son and heir ap. of George Augustus Henry [Cavendish], 1st Earl of Burlington (by his wife Lady Elizabeth Compton, only dau. of Charles [Compton], 7th Earl of Northampton), 3rd son of William [Cavendish], 4th Duke of Devonshire

born

27 Apr 1808

mar.

6 Aug 1829 his second cousin Lady Blanche Georgiana Howard (b. 11 Jan 1812;  d. 27 Apr 1840), 4th dau. of George [Howard], 6th Earl of Carlisle, by his wife Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish, 1st dau. of William [Cavendish], 5th Duke of Devonshire

children

1. Hon William Cavendish, styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley (b. 8 Oct 1831;  d. 15 May 1834)

2. Lord Spencer Compton Cavendish, later 8th Duke of Devonshire

3. Rt Hon Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish MP, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 30 Nov 1836;  d. 6 May 1882), mar. 7 Jun 1864 Hon Lucy Caroline Lyttelton (d. 22 Apr 1925), 2nd dau. by his first wife of George William [Lyttelton], 4th Baron Lyttelton

4. Lt Col Lord Edward Cavendish MP (b. 28 Jan 1838;  d. 18 May 1891), mar. 3 Aug 1865 his third cousin Emma Elizabeth Lascelles (d. 24 Sep 1920), 4th dau. of Rt Hon William Saunders Sebright Lascelles MP (by his wife Lady Caroline Georgiana Howard, 1st dau. of George [Howard], 6th Earl of Carlisle), 3rd son of Henry [Lascelles], 2nd Earl of Harewood, and had issue:

1a. Victor Christian Cavendish, later 9th Duke of Devonshire

2a. Rt Hon Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish CB CMG MP, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a Duke by Royal Warrant 1908 (b. 31 Jan 1871;  d. 7 Jan 1946), mar. 31 Jul 1895 Lady Moyra de Vere Beauclerk (b. 20 Jan 1876;  d. 7 Feb 1942), 1st dau. by his second wife of William Amelius Aubrey de Vere [Beauclerk], 10th Duke of St Albans, and had issue

3a. Maj Lord John Spencer Cavendish DSO, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of a Duke by Royal Warrant 1908 (b. 25 Mar 1875;  d. 20 Oct 1914)

1. Lady Louisa Caroline Cavendish (d. 21 Sep 1907), mar. 26 Sep 1865 Adm Hon Francis Egerton (b. 15 Sep 1824;  d. 15 Dec 1895), 2nd son of Francis [Leveson-Gower later Egerton], 1st Earl of Ellesmere, and had issue

died

21 Dec 1891

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for the University of Cambridge 1829-31, for Malton 1831, for Derbyshire 1831-32 and for North Derbyshire 1832-34;  suc. his paternal grandfather 4 May 1834 as 2nd Earl of Burlington;  Chancellor of the University of London 1836-56 and of the University of Cambridge 1861-91; Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire 1857-58 and of Derbyshire 1858-91;  Knight of the Garter 1858;  High Steward of Cambridge 1860;  Privy Councillor 1878

 

Spencer Compton [Cavendish], 8th Duke of Devonshire, KG GCVO PC

born

23 Jul 1833

mar.

16 Aug 1892 Countess Louisa Fredericka Augusta Montagu, Mistress of the Robes 1858-59 (widow of William [Montagu], 7th Duke of Manchester;  b. 15 Jan 1832;  d. 15 Jul 1911), 2nd dau. of Count Charles Francis Victor von Alten, of Hanover, by his wife Hermine de Schminke

died

s.p. 24 Mar 1908

suc. by

nephew

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for North Lancashire 1857-68, for New Radnor 1869-80, for North East Lancashire 1880-85, and for Rossendale 1885-91;  a Lord of the Admiralty 1863;  Under Secretary of State for War 1863-66;  Privy Councillor [UK] 1866; Secretary of State for War 1866 and 18 82-85;  Postmaster-General 1868-71;  Privy Councillor [I] 1871;  Chief Secretary for Ireland 1871-74;  Secretary of State for India 1880-82;  Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh 1877-80;  Knight of the Garter 1892;  Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1892-1908 and of the University of Manchester 1907-08;  Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1892-1908, and of Co. Waterford 1895-1908;  Lord President of the Council 1895-1903;  President of the Board of Education 1900-02;  GCVO 1907

 

Victor Christian [Cavendish], 9th Duke of Devonshire, KG GCMG GCVO PC

1st son and heir of Lt Col Lord Edward Cavendish MP (by his wife and third cousin Emma Elizabeth Lascelles, 4th dau. of Rt Hon William Saunders Sebright Lascelles MP), 3rd son of William [Cavendish], 7th Duke of Devonshire

born

31 May 1868

mar.

30 Jul 1892 Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice GCVO, Mistress of the Robes 1910-53 (b. 27 Aug 1870;  d. 2 Apr 1960), 1st dau. of Henry Charles Keith [Petty-Fitzmaurice], 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, by his wife Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, 7th dau. of James [Hamilton], 1st Duke of Abercorn

children

1. Lord Edward William Spencer Cavendish, later 10th Duke of Devonshire

2. Lieut Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (b. 29 Aug 1905;  d. 23 Mar 1944), mar. 9 May 1932 Adele Astaire (mar. (2) 29 Apr 1947 Kingman Douglas, of New York, USA), dau. of Frederick Astaire, of USA, and had issue

1. Lady Maud Louisa Emma Cavendish CBE (b. 20 Apr 1896;  d. 30 Mar 1975), mar. (1) 3 Nov 1917 Capt Angus Alexander Mackintosh (d. 14 Oct 1918), and (2) 15 Nov 1923 Brig Hon George Evan Michael Baillie MC (dvm. 6 Jun 1941), 1st son of Col James Evan Bruce Baillie MVO MP, of Dochfour, co. Inverness, by his wife Hon Nellie Lisa Bass, suo jure Baroness Burton, and had issue by both her husbands

2. Lady Blanche Katherine Cavendish OStJ (b. 2 Feb 1898;  d. 1987), mar. 30 Apr 1919 Lt-Col John Murray Cobbold JP DL, of Glemham Hall, co. Suffollk, High Sheriff of Suffolk 1934 (b. 28 Jan 1897;  d. 18 Jun 1944), only son of John Dupuis Cobbold JP DL, of Glemham Hall, co. Suffolk, High Sheriff of Suffolk 1901, by his wife Lady Evelyn Murray, 1st dau. of Charles Adolphus [Murray], 7th Earl of Dunmore, and had issue

3. Lady Dorothy Eveleyn Cavendish (b. 28 Jul 1900;  d. 21 May 1966), mar. 21 Apr 1920 Harold [Macmillan], 1st Earl of Stockton, and had issue

4. Lady Rachel Cavendish OBE (b. 22 Jan 1902;  d. 1977), mar. 4 Aug 1923 James Gray [Stuart], 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, and had issue

5. Lady Anne Cavendish MBE (b. 30 Aug 1909;  d. 19 May 1995), mar. (1) 28 Nov 1929 (div. 1945) as his first wife Lt Col Henry Hunloke MP, St Catherine's Lodge, Wokingham, co. Berkshire (d. 1978), (2) 27 Jul 1949 Christopher John Holland-Martin MP, and (3) 7 Jun 1962 (div. 1995) as his second wife Alexander Victor Edward Paulet [Montagu], 10th Earl of Sandwich, and had issue by her first and third husbands

died

6 May 1938

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire 1891-1908;  Treasurer of the Household 1900-03;  Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1903-05;  Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire;  High Steward of Derby, and of the University and Borough of Cambridge;  Chancellor of the University of Leeds 1909;  Mayor of Eastbourne 1909-10 and of Chesterfield 1911-12;  Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1915-16;  Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of Canada 1916-21;  Secretary of State for the Colonies 1922-24

 

Edward William Spencer [Cavendish], 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG MBE

born

6 May 1895

mar.

21 Apr 1917 Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil GCVO CBE, Mistress of the Robes 1953-80 (b. 29 Jul 1895;  d. 24 Dec 1988), 2nd dau. of James Edward Herbert [Gascoyne-Cecil], 4th Marquess of Salisbury, by his wife Lady Cecily Alice Gore, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox [Gore], 5th Earl of Arran

children

1. Maj Lord William John Robert Cavendish, styled Marquess of Hartington (b. 10 Dec 1917;  d. 9 Sep 1944), mar. 6 May 1944 Kathleen Kennedy (d. 13 May 1948), 2nd dau. of Hon Joseph P Kennedy, formerly US Ambassador to the Court of St James's

2. Lord Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, later 11th Duke of Devonshire

1. Lady Mary Cavendish (b. 6 Nov 1922; d. 17 Nov 1922)

2. Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Alice Cavendish LVO (b. 24 Apr 1926; d. 2018), an Extra Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 1954-

3. Lady Anne Eveleyn Beatrice Cavendish (b. 6 Nov 1927), mar. 3 Nov 1949 Michael Lambert Tree (b. 5 Dec 1921;  d. 24 Aug 1999), of 29 Radnor Walk, London SW3, son of Ronald Tree by his wife Nancy Perkins

died

26 Nov 1950

suc. by

son

note

Mayor of Buxton 1919 and 1920;  Member of Parliament (Unionist) for Derbyshire West 1923-38;  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs 1936-40, for India and Burma 1940-42, and for the Colonies 1942-45;  Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire;  High Steward of the University and Borough of Cambridge;  Chancellor of Leeds University 1938;  Grand Master English Lodge of Freemasons 1947

 

Andrew Robert Buxton [Cavendish], 11th Duke of Devonshire, KG PC MC

born

2 Jan 1920

mar.

19 Apr 1941 Hon Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford (b. 21 Mar 1920; d. 24 Sep 2014; bur. at Chatsworth, co. Derby), 6th dau. and cohrss. of David Bertram Ogilvy [Freeman-Mitford], 2nd Baron Redesdale, by his wife Sydney Bowles, elder dau. of Thomas Gibson Bowles MP

children

1. Lord ..... Cavendish (b. and dvp. 14 Nov 1941)

2. Lord Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, later 12th Duke of Devonshire

3. Lord Victor Cavendish (b. and dvp. 22 May 1947)

1. Lady Emma Cavendish (b. 26 Mar 1943), mar. 1963 Hon Tobias William Tennant (b. 1 Jun 1941), of Shaws, Newcastleton, co. Roxburgh, 1st son by his second wife of Christopher Grey [Tennant], 2nd Baron Glenconner, and has issue

2. Lady Mary Cavendish (b. and dvp. 5 Apr 1953)

3. Lady Sophia Louise Sydney Cavendish (b. 18 Mar 1957), mar. (1) 20 Oct 1979 (div. 1987) Anthony William Lindsay Murphy, (2) 1988 (div. 19..) Alastair John [Morrison], 3rd Baron Margadale, and (3) 25 Nov 1999 William Topley, of The Quadrangle, Tisbury, co. Wiltshire, and has issue by her second husband

died

3 May 2004

note

Mayor of Buxton 1952-54;  Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire 1953-57 and Vice-Lieutenant 1957-87;  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 1960-62;  Minister of State, Commonwealth Relations Office 1962-64;  Privy Councillor 1964;  Chancellor of the University of Manchester 1965-86;  Knight of the Garter 1996

 

Peregrine Andrew Morny [Cavendish], 12th Duke of Devonshire, KCVO CBE

born

27 Apr 1944

married

28 Jun 1967 Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale (b. 18 Apr 1944), only dau. of Cdr Edward Gavin Heywood-Lonsdale RN (by his wife June Shakespeare, dau. of William Shakespeare, of Weybridge, co. Surrey), 3rd son of Lt Col Henry Heywood Heywood-Lonsdale DSO, of Shavington and Cloverley, co. Salop, by his wife Hon Helena Mabel Hamilton, 3rd dau. of John Glencairn Carter [Hamilton], 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell

children

1. Lord William Cavendish, styled Earl of Burlington (b. 6 Jun 1969), mar. 31 Mar 2007 Laura Ann Montagu (b. 1972; former wife of Hon Orlando William Montagu, 2nd son of John Edward Hollister [Montagu], 11th Earl of Sandwich), only dau. of Richard Charles Roundell, of Dorfold Hall, Nantwich, co. Chester, by his wife Anthea Frances Legge, 1st dau. of Col David Alexander Keppel Legge CBE, of Sandwell, Marston Magna, Yeovil, co. Somerset, and (2) 3 Jul 2004 Lady Honor Victoria Wellesley (b. 25 Oct 1979), 1st dau. of Lord Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, styled Marquess Douro (by his wife HRH Princess Antonia Brigid Elizabeth Louise of Prussia, 2nd dau. of HRH Prince Frederick George William Christopher of Prussia, of Patmore Hall, Little Hadham, co. Hertford), 1st son and heir ap. of Arthur Valerian [Wellesley], 8th Duke of Wellington, and has issue:

1a. Hon ..... Cavendish, styled Lord Cavendish (b. Dec 2010)

1a. Lady Maude Cavendish (b. Mar 2009)

1. Lady Celina Imogen Cavendish (b. 4 Oct 1971), mar. 3 Jun 1995 Alexander Corfield Kay Carter, only son of W G K Carter CBE, of The Old Rectory, Elmley Lovett, co. Worcester, and has issue

2. Lady Jasmine Nancy Cavendish (b. 4 May 1973)

note

Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot; KCVO 2008

 

 Last updated 3 Jul 2019

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Titles:

12th Duke of Devonshire

(England, let. pat. 12 May 1694)

12th Marquess of Hartington

(England, let. pat. 12 May 1694)

15th Earl of Devonshire

(England, let. pat. 7 Aug 1618)

7th Earl of Burlington

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 10 Sep 1831)

15th Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke

(England, let. pat. 4 May 1605)

7th Baron Cavendish of Keighley, of Keighley in the County of York

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 10 Sep 1831)

 

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