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Encyclopedia > Baron Cavendish of Keighley

The title of Earl of Burlington has been created twice, the first time in the Peerage of England and the second in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation was for Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork, on March 20, 1664. He had previously been created Baron Clifford of Lanesborough on November 4, 1644, also in the Peerage of England. The second creation was for Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish (with the subsidiary title Baron Cavendish of Keighley) on September 10, 1831. The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... This article needs cleanup. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington of the second creation (31 March 1754 –4 May 1834], known as Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was the third son of the 4th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford, a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Burlington... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

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Barons Clifford of Lanesborough (1644)

// Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The title Earl of Cork was created in 1620. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ...

Earls of Burlington (and Cork) (1664)

The third earl had only two daughters, which made the first creation of the Earldom of Burlington and the Barony of Clifford of Lanesborough extinct in 1753 (the earldom of Cork, however, passed to John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery and his descendants). However, his second daughter, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, married William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. The earldom was created again for their son, Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish. Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Events January 20 - Mathias becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... // Events January 1 - Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and begins advance towards London in support of English Restoration. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork (April 25, 1694 – 1753) , born in Yorkshire, was a descendant of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... ... William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. ... George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington of the second creation (31 March 1754 –4 May 1834], known as Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was the third son of the 4th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford, a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Burlington...


Earls of Burlington, second Creation (1831)

See Duke of Devonshire for further Earls of Burlington. Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington of the second creation (31 March 1754 –4 May 1834], known as Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was the third son of the 4th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford, a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Burlington... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Most Noble William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (27 April 1808 —21 December 1891) (known previously as 2nd Earl of Burlington of the second creation), was the great-grandson of the 4th Duke of Devonshire and grandson of the 1st Earl of Burlington of the second creation, whom he... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Dukes of Devonshire are members of the aristocratic Cavendish family in the United Kingdom. ...


The 2nd Earl was the grandson of the 1st Earl and cousin and heir presumptive of the 6th Duke of Devonshire, to which title he succeeded in 1858. "Earl of Burlington" has since become the courtesy title for the eldest son of the eldest son (Marquess of Hartington) of the Duke of Devonshire. Redirect page ...


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The Marquessate of Hartington, the Earldom of Devonshire and the Barony of Cavendish of Hardwick are in the peerage of England, while the Earldom of Burlington and the Barony of Cavendish of Keighley are in the United Kingdom peerage.
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Like the crest, the shield is a combination of the arms of the Keighley and Cavendish families: the fl fesse and the silver background belong to the former and the three stags' heads to the latter.
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