'Cavendish02'
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Families covered: Cavendish of Burlington, Cavendish of Devonshire
| Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth, 1st Earl of Devonshire (d 03.03.1625-6) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (Anne Keighley (dau of Henry Keighley of Keighley) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire (b 1590, d 20.06.1628) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.04.1608) Christian Bruce (b 28.12.1595, d 16.06.1674, dau of Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (b 10.10.1617, 23.11.1684) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c04.03.1638-9) Elizabeth Cecil (d 19.11.1689, dau of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (b 25.01.1640-1, d 18.08.1707) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.10.1662) Mary Butler (d 31.07.1710, dau of James Butler, Duke of Ormonde) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (b 1672, d 04.06.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.06.1688) Rachel Russell (d 28.12.1725, dau of William, Lord Russell) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b 1698, d 05.12.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.03.1718) Catherine Hoskins (d 08.05.1777, dau of John Hoskins of Oxted family by Catherine Hale) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister (b 1720, d 02.10.1764)§E |
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| m. (28.03.1748) Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, Baroness Clifford (d 24.12.1754, dau of Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Corl, 3rd Earl of Burlington) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (b 14.12.1748, d 29.07.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.06.1774) Georgiana Spencer (b 1757, d 30.03.1806, dau of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (b 21.05.1790, d unm 17.01.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish (d 08.08.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.03.1801) George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (b 17.09.1773, d 07.10.1848) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish (d 25.11.1862) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.12.1809) Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (b 12.10.1773, d 08.01.1846) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (19.10.1809) Elizabeth Foster Hervey (d 20.03.1824, dau of Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Richard Cavendish (d unm 1781) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (b 31.03.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.02.1782) Elizabeth Compton (d 07.04.1835, dau of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Cavendish (b 10.01.1783, dvp 14.01.1812) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.07.1807) Louisa O'Callaghan (d 18.04.1863, dau of Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Lord Lismore) | |||||||||||||||
| Their eldest son became 2nd Earl of Burlington and 7th Duke of Devonshire. | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | George Henry Compton Cavendish (b 14.10.1784, d 22.01.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish (b 05.11.1789, d 05.04.1873, General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (24.10.1811) Sarah Fawkener (d 11.1817, dau of William Augustus Fawkener) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.06.1819) Frances Susan Lambton (d 23.11.1840, dau of William Henry Lambton of Lambton) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (28.01.1873, sp) Susanna Emma Byerlie (d 1910, dau of William Byerlie) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Lord Chesham (b 28.08.1793, d 10.11.1863) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.06.1814) Catherine Susan Gordon (d 14.12.1866, dau of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Anne Cavendish (d 27.05.1871) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.10.1825) Charles FitzRoy (b 28.02.1791, d 17.06.1865, Lt. Col.) | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Caroline Cavendish (d 09.01.1867) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Dorothy Cavendish (d 03.06.1794) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.11.1766) William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (d 30.10.1809, Prime Minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | George Augustus Cavendish of Holker (d unm 02.05.1794) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Frederick Cavendish (b 1729, d unm 21.10.1803, Field Marshal) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | John Cavendish, Chancellor (b 1734, a 1783) | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Caroline Cavendish (d 20.01.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.07.1739) William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (d 11.03.1793) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Cavendish (d 1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.09.1743) John Ponsonby (b 29.03.1713, d 16.08.1787) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Rachel Cavendish (d 08.05.1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.05.1748) Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (b 12.06.1723, d 24.02.1809) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Charles Cavendish (a 1734, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.01.1727) Ann Grey (d 20.09.1733, dau of Henry Grey, Duke of Kent) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Frederick, Henry (FRS) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Rachel Cavendish (d 18.06.1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.05.1723) Sir William Morgan of Tredegar (b 1700, d 24.04.1731) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Cavendish (d 07.11.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.07.1723) Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Bart of Marske (d 23.03.1745) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - James (d unm 14.12.1741), John (d 10.05.1720), Mary (d unm 15.06.1719) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Henry Cavendish (b 1673, d 10.05.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rhoda Cartwright (d 24.01.1729-30, sister of Thomas Cartwright of Aynhoe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Cavendish (d 29.07.1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland (bpt 24.03.1685, dsp 26.08.1762) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | James Cavendish of Staveley and Latimer (d 14.12.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Yale (d 27.06.1734, dau of Elihu Yale, Governor of Fort St. George) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Cavendish (dsp 07.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Chandler (dau of Edward Chandler, Bishop of Durham) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Cavendish | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.1722) Richard Chandler, later Cavendish (son of Bishop of Durham) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Cavendish | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Wentworth, Bart (b c1673, d 25.04.1720) | |||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Henrietta Cavendish or Heneage (d 11.01.1717-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.12.1706) Lionel Tollemache, 'Lord Huntingtower' (b 06.06.1682, dvp 26.07.1712) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Cavendish | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.09.1662) Charles Rich, younger of Warwick (b 28.09.1643, dvpsp 16.05.1664) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1670) John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter (d 29.08.1700) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Charles Cavendish | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Anne Cavendish (d 24.08.1638) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.04.1632) Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick (b 28.06.1611, d 29.05.1659) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Frances Cavendish (b c1593, d 01.09.1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 12.07.1608) William Maynard, 1st Lord (b before 1589, d 17.12.1640) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1619) Elizabeth Boughton (dau of Edward Boughton of Causton) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Sir John Cavendish | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Devonshire)
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