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Cavendish, William, d. 1729
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d. 1729
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.