Biography
William Cavendish, 7th Baron Cavendish, 4th Marquess of Hartington, 4th Duke of Devonshire, was born
8 May 1720 in
Hardwick Hall,
Derbyshire,
England,
United Kingdom to
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698-1755) and
Catherine Hoskins (c1700-1777) and died
2 October 1764 in
Spa,
Liège,
Belgium of unspecified causes. He married
Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford (1731-1754) 27 March 1748 in
St James,
Westminster,
Greater London,
England,
United Kingdom. Notable ancestors include
Charlemagne (747-814),
William I of England (1027-1087),
Hugh Capet (c940-996),
Alfred the Great (849-899),
Henry II of England (1133-1189). Ancestors are from the
United Kingdom,
France,
Germany,
England,
Russia,
Ukraine,
Spain,
Portugal,
Belgium,
Ireland,
Israel,
Hungary, the
Netherlands,
Italy,
Turkey, the
Byzantine Empire,
Sweden,
Belarus,
Switzerland,
Canaan.
Children
| Offspring of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford (1731-1754)
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| Name
| Birth
| Death
| Joined with
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| William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811)
| 14 December 1748
| 29 July 1811 Piccadilly, London, England, United Kingdom
| Georgiana Spencer (1757-1806)
Elizabeth Christiana Hervey (1757-1824)
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| Dorothy Cavendish (1750-1794)
| 27 August 1750
| 3 June 1794 Burlington House, Piccadilly, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
| William Henry Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809)
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| Richard Cavendish (1751-1781)
| 19 June 1751 Hardwick, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
| 12 September 1781 Naples, Campania, Italy
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| George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834)
| 21 March 1754
| 4 May 1834 Burlington House, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
| Elizabeth Compton (1760-1835)
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Namesakes of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720-1764)
| | Birth place | Death place | Father | Mother | Joined with | | William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire (c1590-1628) | | | William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1552-1626) | Anne Keighley (1566-1598) | Christian Bruce (1595-1674) |
| William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811) | | Piccadilly, London, England, United Kingdom | William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720-1764) | Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford (1731-1754) | Georgiana Spencer (1757-1806)+Elizabeth Christiana Hervey (1757-1824) |
| William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698-1755) | Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (1672-1729) | Rachel Russell (1674-1725) | Catherine Hoskins (c1700-1777) |
| William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1552-1626) | | Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | William Cavendish (c1505-1557) | Elizabeth Hardwick (1527-1608) | Anne Keighley (1566-1598)+Elizabeth Boughton (c1555-) |
| William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720-1764) | Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | Spa, Liège, Belgium | William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698-1755) | Catherine Hoskins (c1700-1777) | Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford (1731-1754) |
| William Cavendish (1969) | | | Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (1944) | Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale (1944) | Laura Anne Roundell (1972) |
| William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-1891) | | Holker Hall, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom | William Cavendish (1783-1812) | Louisa O'Callaghan (1779-1863) | Blanche Georgiana Howard (1812-1840) |
| William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (1672-1729) | | London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (1640-1707) | Mary Butler (1646-1710) | Rachel Russell (1674-1725) |
| William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1593-1676) | | Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom | Charles Cavendish (1553-1617) | Catherine Ogle, 8th Baroness Ogle (c1570-1629) | Elizabeth Basset (1592-1643)+Margaret Lucas (c1625-1673) |
| William Cavendish (1783-1812) | | | George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834) | Elizabeth Compton (1760-1835) | Louisa O'Callaghan (1779-1863) |
| William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (1640-1707) | | Devonshire House, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (1617-1684) | Elizabeth Cecil (1619-1689) | Mary Butler (1646-1710) |
| William Cavendish (c1505-1557) | | Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | Thomas Cavendish (-1523) | Alice Smith (-1515) | Margaret Bostock (-1540)+Elizabeth Conyngsby (-1546)+Elizabeth Hardwick (1527-1608) |
| William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (1617-1684) | Hardwicke, Derby, England, United Kingdom | Roehampton House, Putney, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire (c1590-1628) | Christian Bruce (1595-1674) | Elizabeth Cecil (1619-1689) |
| William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham (1815-1882) | | Latimers, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom | Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham (1793-1863) | Catherine Susan Gordon (1792-1866) | Henrietta Frances Lascelles (1830-1884) |
| William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858) | Paris, France | Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811) | Georgiana Spencer (1757-1806) | |
| William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (1917-1944) | | Heppen, Belgium | Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895-1950) | Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil (1895-1988) | Kathleen Agnes Kennedy (1920-1948) |
Contributors
Robin Patterson
