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Cavendish is the surname of a British noble family, also known as the House of Cavendish, descended from Sir John Cavendish of Cavendish in the country of Suffolk (c. 1346–1381), which has held the following peerages: Sir John Cavendish of Cavendish ( 1346 - 15 June 1381) came from Cavendish, Suffolk, England. ... Cavendish is the name of a picturesque village in the Stour Valley in Suffolk, England. ... Suffolk (pronounced SUF-fk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ...

Members of this family include: The Dukes of Devonshire are members of the aristocratic Cavendish family in the United Kingdom. ... Duke of Newcastle is a title which has been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain. ...

The 3rd to 9th Dukes of Portland were descended from the Cavendish family in the female line and took the surname Cavendish-Bentinck or a variant thereof. Their principal seat, Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire came to them through the Cavendish connection. The Duke in old age with his son, the future 12th Duke of Devonshire The Most Noble Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MC, PC (January 2, 1920 – May 3, 2004) was a minister in the government of his uncle, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, from 1960... Portrait by Pietro Annigoni from the 1950s. ... The Mitfords were an aristocratic British family noted for their accomplishments in writing and their notorious lives, particularly of the daughters of the family, known as the Mitford sisters. ... Lt. ... Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire The Most Noble Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (6 May 1895–26 November 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire and a Minister in Winston Churchills wartime government. ... Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (August 27, 1870–April 2, 1960) was born Lady Evelyn Emily Mary FitzMaurice, the daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne. ... The Mistress of the Robes is the senior lady of the British Royal Household. ... Mary of Teck Mary of Teck (26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953), later Queen Mary, was the Queen Consort of George V of the United Kingdom. ... Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (November 30, 1836 - May 6, 1882), son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, was a English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, who was appointed to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882. ... George Cavendish (1500–c. ... Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (June 7, 1757 - March 30, 1806), born Lady Georgiana Spencer, was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and mother of William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire. ... Henry Cavendish (October 10, 1731 - February 24, 1810) was a British scientist. ... Plaque The Cavendish Laboratory is Cambridge Universitys Department of Physics, and is part of the universitys School of Physical Sciences. ... Lord John Cavendish (1734-1796) was an English politician. ... Countess Louisa Frederica Augusta von Alten (15 June 1832-15 July 1911) was born at Hannover, the daughter of Karl Franz Viktor Graf von Alten, a Hanoverian nobleman. ... Margaret Cavendish Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-15 December 1673) was an English aristocrat and writer, best known for the biography of her husband, published in 1667. ... Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1895–1988) was born Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil, daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury. ... The Mistress of the Robes is the senior lady of the British Royal Household. ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... The Most Noble Peregrine Andrew Mornay Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (born April 27, 1944), is the elder and only surviving son of the 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, the former Deborah Mitford. ... Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (23 July 1833 - 24 March 1908) was a British Liberal statesman, previously known (1858-1891) as Marquess of Hartington (a courtesy title). ... Thomas Cavendish (1555-1592) was born in Trimley St. ... The Duke of Devonshire As Governor General The Most Noble Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (London May 31, 1868–May 6, 1938 Chatsworth House), was a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire (1891-1908), Governor General of Canada (1916-1921), and Colonial Secretary (1922-1924). ... Sir William Cavendish (1505 - 25 October 1557) was an English courtier who became one of Thomas Cromwells visitors of the monasteries when King Henry VIII annexed the property of the Catholic Church at the end of the 1530s, and Cavendish became quite wealthy from his share of those properties. ... William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592 - December 25, 1676) was an English soldier, politician and writer. ... Categories: Stub | Lords Privy Seal | Peers | Knights of the Garter | 1698 births | 1755 deaths ... Official standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (plural: Lords Lieutenant), also known as the Judiciar in the early mediaeval period and as the Lord Deputy as late as the 17th century, was the Kings representative and head of the Irish executive during the... William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790 - 1858), was known as the Bachelor Duke. In 1811, at the age of 21, he inherited eight stately homes and 200,000 acres (809 km²) of land. ... 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... William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (December 10, 1917–September 10, 1944) was the eldest son of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire and the husband of Kathleen Kennedy, sister of American President John F. Kennedy. ... Kathleen, Marchioness of Hartington (Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, née Kennedy) (February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), was the second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. ... There have been at least two people called William Cavendish who have had the courtesy title of Marquess of Hartington: William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (December 10, 1917–September 10, 1944) son of the 10th Duke and elder brother of the 11th, killed in World War II. William... The Duke of Portland is a peerage title created in 1716 for Henry Bentinck, who was already Earl of Portland. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...


Other people with the surname Cavendish include:

  • Ada Cavendish (1839-1895), famous British actress, made her debut at the New Royal Theatre in 1863
  • Sir Thomas Cavendish (1564-1593), English admiral

Cavendish also occurs in the names of these people:

Cavendish is also the name of several places: Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle (29 May 1849 – 7 September 1916) was a British colonial administrator. ... Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, known by the courtesy title Lord Stanley July 9, 1894-1938 was the eldest son of the 17th Earl of Derby and a Conservative politician before his early death (predeceasing his father) in 1938. ... William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (April 14, 1738 - October 30, 1809) was a British Whig and Tory statesman and Prime Minister. ...

Other meanings of Cavendish include: Nez Perce County is a county located in the northern part of the state of Idaho along the border with Washington state. ... Livingston County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ... Cavendish Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park. ... Cavendish is the name of a picturesque village in the Stour Valley in Suffolk, England. ... Cavendish, Vermont Cavendish is a town located in Windsor County, Vermont. ... Cavendish is a lunar crater that is located in the southwest part of the Moon, to the southwest of the larger Mersenius crater. ... This is a list of halls of residence on the various campuses of the University of Nottingham in Nottingham, England. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower White garden lily Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked 2nd 1,542,056 km² 1,183... Randolph County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Mount Cavendish is hill in the Port Hills, overlooking Christchurch, New Zealand, and as such is part of the crater wall of the extinct volcano that forms Lyttelton Harbour. ... Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest urban area in the country. ...

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