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The philosopher Thomas Hobbes was employed as a tutor by the Cavendish family mainly for William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire; the two went on an early Grand Tour of Europe from 1610. William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire was a prominent Royalist who spent some years in exile during the English Civil War , having been impeached and ...
Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family.This (now the senior) branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the wealthiest British aristocratic families since the 16th century and has been rivalled in political influence perhaps only by the Cecil marquesses of Salisbury and the Stanley earls of Derby.
Richard Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness FRSA DL (born 2 November 1941), is a British Conservative politician and landowner. Lord Cavendish owns Holker Hall and its 17,000 acre estate overlooking Morecambe Bay in Cumbria. The property became part of this branch of the Cavendish family's inheritance via his grandfather, Lord Richard ...
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MC, PC, DL (2 January 1920 – 3 May 2004), styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British peer and politician.
Coat of arms of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of Great Britain. [1]
Lt.-Col. Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish, CB, CMG, DL, JP (31 January 1871 – 7 January 1946) was a British aristocrat, author, magistrate, and politician from the Cavendish family. [1] He took a prominent role in public life in Lancashire, particularly in agricultural development.
Cavendish impaling Lyttelton, funeral hatchment of Lucy Lyttelton, wife of Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish, St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales Statue in Barrow-in-Furness. Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish [1] PC (30 November 1836 – 6 May 1882) was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart ...
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (1640–1707) Charles Cavendish, died unmarried on 3 March 1671. Lady Anne Cavendish (c. 1650–1703 [2]), married Charles, Lord Rich, son of the Earl of Warwick; and then John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter on 2 May 1670 and had issue.