William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire an
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Chatsworth House, seat of the Dukes of Devonshire
Hardwick Hall, an Elizabethan country house of the Duke in Derbyshire
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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, 1st Duke of Devonshire
…August 1707) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire and took his seat in the House of Lords. Cavendish was part of the "Immortal Seven" which invited William of Orange to depose James II of England as…
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