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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 marquesses of Salisbury and the earls of Derby.
George Henry Fitzroy in his robes as Duke of Grafton Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies This article lists all dukedoms, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom ...
With her siblings, Henrietta and George, by Angelica Kauffman, c. 1774.The painting was painted just before Georgiana's marriage to the Duke of Devonshire. On her seventeenth birthday, 7 June 1774, Lady Georgiana Spencer was married to society's most eligible bachelor, William Cavendish, the 5th Duke of Devonshire, who was nine years her senior.
In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...
She became the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire at this time, and moved into a smaller house on the Chatsworth estate. [ 4 ] Towards the end of her life, she formed a friendship with Arthur Parkinson , the future gardening author and broadcaster, bonding over their shared interest in hens.
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC, FRS (25 January 1640 – 18 August 1707) was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire and took his seat in the House of Lords.
[1] [6] In addition to the dukedom of Cornwall, a peerage, the holder also enjoys a life interest in the Duchy of Cornwall. Duke of Rothesay is a title automatically held by the Sovereign's heir apparent in Scotland, [1] who is properly called "HRH The Prince William, Duke of Rothesay" (rather than "HRH The Prince of Wales") in Scotland.
2nd Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 5th Earl of Devonshire: John Boyle (1707–1762) 5th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan: Richard Boyle (1694–1753) 4th Earl of Cork, 3rd Earl of Burlington, 5th Baron Clifford: William Cavendish (1698–1755) 3rd Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 6th Earl of ...