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Devon has become famous for its clotted cream and cider. Dartmoor has become a National Park, as has Exmoor. Devon has suffered many severe storms, including one that largely swept away Hallsands in 1917. Politically Devon has had a tendency to lean towards the Conservative and Liberal/Liberal-Democrat parties.
Devon (/ ˈ d ɛ v ə n / DEV-ən; historically also known as Devonshire /-ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər /-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west.
Devon (/ ˈ d ɛ v ə n / DEV-ən; historically also known as Devonshire /-ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər /-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west.
Devonshire was succeeded by his eldest son, William Cavendish, who became the fifth Duke of Devonshire. He had already succeeded his mother as seventh Baron Clifford in 1754. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire from 1782 to 1811 but is best remembered [ 8 ] for his first marriage (1774) to Lady Georgiana Spencer (1757–1806), the ...
The Cavendish (or de Cavendish) family (/ ˈ k æ v ən d ɪ ʃ / KAV-ən-dish; / ˈ k æ n d ɪ ʃ / KAN-dish) [1] is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins (though with an Anglo-Saxon name, originally from a place-name in Suffolk).
Georgiana's children were discontented with the marriage as they never liked Lady Elizabeth at all (something that caused dismay with their mother when she was alive). When William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, died on 29 July 1811, the Marquess of Hartington became 6th Duke of Devonshire. He sought to liquidate his late mother's entire debts.
2nd Earl of Devon: William Courtenay (1543–1630) de jure 3rd Earl of Devon: William Courtenay (d. 1605) Francis Courtenay de jure 4th Earl of Devon (c. 1576 –1638) William Courtenay (1628–1702) Created 1644 1st Baronet of Powderham Castle de jure 5th Earl of Devon: Francis Courtenay (1650–1699) William Courtenay (1675/6-1735) 2nd ...
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (11th, 39th and 54th), usually just known as the Devon and Dorsets, was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of two county regiments, the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset Regiment. In 2007 it was itself merged into The Rifles, a "large regiment".