Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England, held by the senior branch of the Cavendish family. It was created by William III in 1694 for the 4th Earl of Devonshire in recognition of his s
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire briefly Prime Minister between 1756 and 1757.
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, in uniform as Governor General of Canada (c.1916–1921)
Chatsworth House, the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Devonshire
St Peter's Church, Edensor, Cavendish family plot with the graves of the Dukes of Devonshire
Bolton Abbey Estate in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England, takes its name from a 12th-century Augustinian monastery of canons regular, technically a priory, which was closed in the 1539 Dissolution
Duke of Devonshire
…son of the eldest son may use the title Earl of Burlington, and his eldest son may use the title Lord Cavendish. The family seats are Chatsworth House, Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, and Lismore Castle in County Waterford, in the Republic of Ireland. Compton Place in Eastbourne belongs to the family (which developed…
The graveyard by the Priory
Kite aerial photo of Bolton Priory