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CECIL, WILLIAM, 2ND EARL OF SALISBURY, eldest son of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury KG, Secretary of State to Elizabeth I and James I, and Hon. Elizabeth Brooke, dau. of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham KG; b. 28 Mar 1591; at school under Ireland (Dalton, Life and times of Viscount Wimbledon, 1885, i, 204, note); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, fellow commoner, matr. Mich. 1602; MA 1605 (also created MA Oxford, 30 Aug 1605); KB 6 Jan 1604/5; adm. Gray’s Inn, 2 Feb 1604/5; MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1610-1; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Salisbury 24 May 1612; Lord Lieut., Hertfordshire, 10 Jul 1612; KG 31 Dec 1624; carried Sceptre with the Cross at coronation of Charles I, 2 Feb 1626; Privy Councillor 22 Jul 1626; Captain, Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, 1635-42; one of the noblemen named by the King to treat with the Scots at Ripon, 1640; Lord Lieut., Dorset, 15 May 1641; took the Parliamentary side in the Civil War; one of the four Earls sent to treat with the King at Oxford Jan 1642/3; member, Assembly of Divines, 7 Jun 1643; a Commissioner at Conference of Uxbridge, 1645; voted a Marquisate by Parliament, 1 Dec 1645; MP King’s Lynn 1645, Hertfordshire 1654, 1656; a Commissioner of the Great Seal Jul - Oct 1646; a Commissioner at Conference at Newport, 1648; a Councillor of State, Feb 1649; High Steward of St. Alban’s 1663; m. 1 Dec 1608 Lady Catherine Howard, youngest dau. of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk KG; d. 3 Dec 1668.

CECIL, HON. ALGERNON, fifth son of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (qv); b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1641; among the Steward’s accounts at Hatfield for the year 1640-1 are payments “to Mr Busby for diet for the two gentlemen [William and Algernon Cecil] at the rate of £60 per ann., and their servant at £15 per ann. ”, for “potation money” at Easter 5s., and on “Mr Algernon’s admittance to be a King’s Scholar” £3. 15s. 9d.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 28 Apr 1645, MA 1644 (check); MP Old Sarum 1660, but his election was disputed and he did not take his seat; m. Dorothy, dau. of Sandford Nevile, Chevet, Yorks.; d. Nov. 1676.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK-SCOTT, WILLIAM HENRY, 4TH DUKE OF PORTLAND, eldest son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. 24 Jun 1768; styled Marquis of Titchfield to 1809; adm. 16 Jun 1783; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Jan 1785; DCL 1793; MP Petersfield 29 Dec 1790 - Apr 1791, Buckinghamshire 18 Apr 1791 - Oct 1809; Lord Lieut., Middlesex 6 Aug 1794 - 29 Dec 1841; assumed additional surname of Scott 5 Sep 1795 [check order of surnames]; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 31 Mar - Sep 1807; succ. father as 4th Duke of Portland 30 Oct 1809; he took no active part in politics between his father’s death in 1809 and 1827, when he was asked to join the administration being formed by his wife’s brother-in-law George Canning; Lord Privy Seal 30 Apr - Aug 1827, Lord President of the Council 17 Aug 1827 - 26 Jan 1828; Privy Councillor 30 Apr 1827 (an original member of Judicial Committee of Privy Council 14 Aug 1833); m. 4 Aug 1795 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Maj. -Gen. John Scott MP, Balcomie, Fife; d. 27 Mar 1854.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, WILLIAM HENRY, 3RD DUKE OF PORTLAND, elder son of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, and Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, only dau. of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 14 Apr 1738; styled Marquis of Titchfield to 1762; adm. May 1747 (Watts'); left Dec 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Mar 1755; MA 1 Feb 1757; DCL 7 Oct 1792; LLD Tinity Coll. Dublin 18 May 1782; assumed additional surname of Cavendish 1755; MP Weobley 1761 - 1 May 1762; succ. father as 3rd Duke of Portland 1 May 1762; Lord Chamberlain 15 Jul 1765 - 26 Nov 1766; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1765; Lord Lieut., Ireland, 10 Apr - 15 Sep 1782; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 21 Apr - 19 Dec 1783; although previously a committed Whig politician, he became alarmed by the French Revolution and joined William Pitt’s government in 1794; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 11 Jul 1794 - 30 Jul 1801, Lord President of the Council 30 Jul 1801 - 14 Jan 1805; KG 16 Jul 1801; Prime Ministry and First Lord of the Treasury 31 Mar 1807 - 28 Sep 1809, when he resigned through ill-health; Chancellor of Oxford University from 27 Sep 1792; Lord Lieut., Nottinghamshire, from 19 Jun 1795; FRS 5 Jun 1766; a Busby Trustee from 14 Mar 1765; m. 8 Nov 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish, only dau. of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire PC KG; d. 30 Oct 1809. DNB.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, LORD WILLIAM, second son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. 14 Sep 1774; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1798, 1809); Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 21 Jan 1791; Capt., 2nd Light Dragoons, 1 Aug 1792; 11th Light Dragoons, 20 Feb 1793; Maj., 28th Foot, 21 Feb 1794; Lieut. -Col., 24th Light Dragoons, 20 Mar 1794; ADC to King George III and Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1798; Major-Gen., 1 Jan 1805; Col., 20th Light Dragoons, 4 Jan 1810 – Jan 1813 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1811; Col., 11th Light Dragoons, from 27 Jan 1813; Gen., 27 May 1825; served on Duke of York’s staff in the Netherlands 1794, with Marshal Suvorov’s army in Northern Italy 1799, and subsequently with Austrian forces until 1801; MP Camelford 19 Mar 1796-96, Nottinghamshire 1796 - Apr 1803; Governor of Madras, 17 Nov 1802, arriving in India 30 Aug 1803 and holding post until 11 Sep 1807; recalled by Directors of East India Co. following mutiny at Vellore, for which he was held mainly responsible; on staff of Sir Henry Burrard in Portugal, Aug 1808; commanded a brigade at battle of Corunna; Envoy Extraordinary to Court of Sicily, and Commander-in-Chief of British Forces there, 1811-4, conducting expeditions against enemy forces on east coast of Spain and at Genoa; MP Nottinghamshire 1812 - 12 Mar 1814, 8 Jul 1816-26, King’s Lynn 1826 - Jan 1828; KB 1 Feb 1813; GCB 2 Jan 1815; GCH 1817; Governor-General of Bengal 4 Jul 1827 - Nov 1834, also Commander-in-Chief 16 May 1833; Privy Councillor 17 Aug 1827; Governor-General of India 14 Nov 1834 - 20 Mar 1835; the first British statesman who adopted the policy of governing India in the interests of the people of that country; MP (Whig) Glasgow from 17 Feb 1836; Clerk of the Pipe in the Exchequer Oct 1783 - Oct 1833 (office abolished); m. 19 Feb 1803 Lady Mary Acheson, second dau. of Arthur Acheson, 1st Earl of Gosford (I); d. at Paris 17 Jun 1839. DNB.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, LORD (WILLIAM) FREDERICK, fourth son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. 2 Nov 1781; in school list 1797; Ensign, 32nd Foot, 1 Feb 1798; Lieut., 24th Light Dragoons, 1 May 1798; Capt., 19 Oct 1799; 52nd Foot, 25 May 1803; Maj., 45th Foot, 27 Mar 1804; Lieut. -Col., 7th Foot, 21 Apr 1804; 45th Foot, 5 May 1804; Col. in the Army, 4 Jun 1813; Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards, 25 Jul 1814 - Jul 1821; Maj. -Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Col., 58th Foot, from 6 Sep 1826; served with Russian and Austrian armies in Italy 1799, present as a volunteer in a regiment of Austrian Light Dragoons at battles of Novi and Marengo; took part in Walcheren expedition 1809; MP Weobley 20 Feb 1816 - Feb 1824, Queenborough 22 Mar 1824 - 1826; m. 16 Sep 1820 Lady Mary Lowther, third dau. of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (qv); d. at Rome 11 Feb 1828.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, LORD (WILLIAM) CHARLES (AUGUSTUS), third son of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); b. May 1780; adm. 29 Jun 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 20 Jan 1796; Lieut., 44th Foot, 28 Feb 1798; Capt., 29th Foot, 10 May 1798; Maj., 3rd West India Regt., 17 Jul 1802; Lieut. -Col., 38th Foot, 24 Jul 1802; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards, 17 Sep 1802, retd. 3 Apr 1811; MP Ashburton 1807-12; Treasurer of the Household from 29 Jul 1812; Privy Councillor 13 Aug 1812; m. 1st, 21 Sep 1808 Georgiana Augusta Frederica Seymour, illegitimate dau. of Mrs Grace Dalrymple Elliott (her father may have been the Prince of Wales (George IV)); m. 2nd, 23 Jul 1816 Anne, divorced wife of Sir William Abdy, Bart., MP, and illegitimate dau. of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley KG KP PC; d. 28 Apr 1826.

CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, only son of Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (qv); b. 8 Jul 1821; adm. 26 May 1834 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Mar 1839; MA 1844; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards, 28 Jul 1840; retd. 21 May 1841; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Apr 1842, called to bar 29 Jan 1846; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; MP (Cons) Taunton 1859-65, Whitehaven from 1865; Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade, 1874-5; Judge Advocate-General, 1875-80; Privy Councillor 27 Nov 1875; a well-known connoisseur; Trustee of the British Museum from 1871; Hon ARIBA 1878; his pictures and objets d’art were sold at Christies in 1891 (9 day sale); JP Cumberland, Dorset; author, Fact against Sensation : Speeches on Merchant Shipping Legislation, 1875; m. 14 Aug 1850 Prudence Penelope, fourth dau. of Charles Powell Leslie MP, Glasslough, co. Monaghan, Col. Monaghan Militia; d. 9 Apr 1891.

CAVENDISH, WILLIAM, 2ND DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, elder son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire KG PC, Lord Steward of the Household, and Lady Mary Butler, second dau. of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde KG, Lord Lieut. Ireland; b.; at school under Busby, where he was a great friend of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (qv) (HMC 12th Report, App. V, 190); served as volunteer with army in Flanders 1692; MP Derbyshire Oct 1695 - Nov 1701, Castle Rising Feb - Jul 1702, Yorkshire Jul 1702 - Aug 1707; Capt., Yeomen of the Guard, 18 Jan 1702- Sep 1707; LLD Cambridge 16 Apr 1705; a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland, 10 Apr 1706; succ. father as 2nd Duke of Devonshire 18 Aug 1707; Lord Steward of the Household, 6 Sep 1707 - 21 Sep 1710, 24 Sep 1714 - 6 Jul 1716; Privy Councillor 8 Sep 1707; Lord Lieut., Derbyshire 6 Nov 1707 - 5 Sep 1711, and from 15 Oct 1714; KG 22 Mar 1710; Lord President of the Council 6 Jul 1716 - 16 Apr 1717, and from 27 Mar 1726; acted five times as one of the Lord Justices; m. 21 Jun 1688 Rachel, eldest dau. of William Russell, Lord Russell MP; d. 4 Jun 1729.

CAULFIELD, HON. THOMAS, seventh son of William Caulfield, 2nd Baron Charlemont (I), Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (I), and Mary, dau. of Sir John King, Kt. , Boyle Abbey, co. Roscommon; b. ; at school under Busby (Adm. Reg. , Magd. Coll. Camb. ); a letter from his aunt Dorothy, widow of Arthur Moore, Dunmoghan, co. Louth, apparently written in 1644, asks for Hartlib’s help on behalf of her nephew at “an ellection of some scollers at Westminster” (Hartlib MSS in possession of Lord Delamere, as quoted H. G. Turnbull, Hartlib, Dury and Comenius, 1947, 247, note); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1645, aged 14, matr. 1645; a Master in Chancery (I), 29 Mar 1655, continued in office 26 Feb 1660; MP (I) Charlemont 1661-5; attainted and estate sequestered 1689; m. 1657 Hon. Anne Moore, dau. of Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore (I); d. 1690.