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Earl of Burlington is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. To date, there have been two creations: the first was for the Boyle family who were also the Earls of Cork, and the second for a junior branch of the Cavendish family, later Dukes of Devonshire. The title Earl of Cork was created in 1620. ...
The Dukes of Devonshire are members of the aristocratic Cavendish family in the United Kingdom. ...
Earls of Burlington, 1st creation Also Earl of Cork, the 1st Earl of Burlington of the first creation had previously been created Baron Clifford of Lanesborough (later used as subsidiary title) by Charles I of England on 4th November 1644.
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The third earl had only two daughters, which made the first creation of the Earldom of Burlington extinct (the earldom of Cork, however, passed to John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery and his descendents). However, his second daughter, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, married William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. The earldom was created again for their son, George Augustus Henry Cavendish (with the subsidiary title Baron Cavendish of Keighley); his grandson William Cavendish, succeeded to the title in 1834. Jump to: navigation, search Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington and 2nd Earl of Cork (1612 - 1698) was the second son and sixth child of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and his second wife, formerly Catherine Fenton. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork (April 25, 1694 – December 15, 1753), born in Yorkshire, was a descendant of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. ...
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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. ...
Jump to: navigation, search 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...
Jump to: navigation, search The Most Noble William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire & 2nd Earl of Burlington [of the 2nd creation] (April 27, 1808—December 21, 1891), was the great-grandson of the 4th duke and grandson of the 1st Earl of Burlington, whom he succeeded in that title in...
Earls of Burlington, 2nd creation Earls of Burlington & Barons Cavendish of Keighley From then on the earldom has descended alongside the dukedom of Devonshire. It is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the eldest son of the duke, the duke's heir usually taking the higher subsidiary title of Marquess of Hartington. Jump to: navigation, search 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...
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Most Noble William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (December 14, 1748 – July 29, 1811), was the eldest son of the 4th Duke of Devonshire by his wife the heiress Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford of Lanesborough, who brought in considerable money and estates...
Jump to: navigation, search The Most Noble William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire & 2nd Earl of Burlington [of the 2nd creation] (April 27, 1808—December 21, 1891), was the great-grandson of the 4th duke and grandson of the 1st Earl of Burlington, whom he succeeded in that title in...
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His son and heir: *William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (b. 1969). (Lord Hartington was known as Lord Burlington before his father's accession to the dukedom). Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (29 June 1833 - 19 October 1908) was a British politician, previously known (1858-1891) as Marquess of Hartington. ...
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, (May 31, 1868 - May 6, 1938), was a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire (1891-1908), Governor General of Canada (1916-1921), and Colonial Secretary (1922-1924). ...
Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, (1895–1950), also known as Earl of Burlington (1895–1908) and Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire and a Minister in Winston Churchills wartime cabinet. ...
The Duke in old age with his son the Marquess of Hartington Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MC (January 2, 1920 - May 3, 2004) was a minister in the government of his uncle, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, from 1960-1964. ...
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. ...
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...
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