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After missing nation-leading and internationally definitive largesse and empire-building in Charles II's five-peer acronym of the Cabal ministry, William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire, was the first of the name to rise to duke.
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire briefly Prime Minister between 1756 and 1757. The Cavendish family descends from Sir John Cavendish, who took his name from the village of Cavendish, Suffolk, where he held an estate in the 14th century.
William Cavendish was born at Handsworth, South Yorkshire, the eldest surviving son of Sir Charles Cavendish and Catherine Ogle, descended from the Barons Ogle. He was a grandson of Bess of Hardwick and courtier William Cavendish .
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire was a leader of the parliamentary movement that sought to exclude the Roman Catholic James, duke of York (afterward James II), from succession to the British throne and that later invited the invasion of William of Orange. Cavendish was the eldest son of
28 de mar. de 2024 · William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a Royalist commander during the English Civil Wars and a noted patron of poets, dramatists, and other writers. The son of Sir Charles Cavendish, he attended St. John’s College, Cambridge, and through inheritances and royal favour became.
Family. William married twice: 1. Elizabeth Basset of Blore (d 1643) in 1618 by whom he had 10 children. Only 5 survived infancy, 2 sons and 3 daughters. Charles Cavendish, Viscount Mansfield (d 1659). He went into exile with his father, returning to England shortly before him. He died in 1659 at the age of 32.
La familia de William tenía una buena relación con la Casa de Estuardo, la monarquía reinante y comenzó a amasar fortuna después de ser investido como caballero de la antigua Orden del Baño y pronto heredó de su padre fincas en el norte de Inglaterra .
