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Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (14 December 1748 – 29 July 1811) was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland from 13 March 1766 to 1793, succeeding William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and preceding Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon. William Cavendish was born in ...
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. by John Raphael Smith, after Sir Joshua Reynolds mezzotint, published 1776 15 in. x 11 in. (380 mm x 278 mm) plate size; 15 3/8 in. x 11 3/8 in. (390 mm x 289 mm) paper size Acquired, 1964 Reference Collection NPG D1752
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (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] He was the first son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire and his ...
Georgiana Cavendish. b. 1757, Wimbledon, Surrey, England; d. 1806, London. Georgiana Spencer was born into one of England’s most influential families. In 1774, she married William Cavendish, duke of Devonshire, and for the next few years led a sumptuous life as a trendsetter in fashion and manners. As hostess to the Devonshire House circle ...
English Nobility, 5th Duke of Devonshire and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. He commissioned John Carr to build the Crescent in near by Buxton.
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811) was the eldest of the four children of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, Baroness Clifford (1731-1754), daughter and heir of Richard Boyle, third earl of Burlington. He was known by the courtesy title Lord Cavendish until his mother's death ...
Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (13 May 1758 – 30 March 1824) was an English aristocrat and letter writer. She is best known as Lady Elizabeth Foster, the close friend of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Elizabeth supplanted the Duchess, gaining the affections of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and ...
