Family and Education
b. c. 1720, 1st s. of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire; bro. of Lords George Augustus and Frederick Cavendish. m. 27 Mar. 1748, Lady Charlotte Boyle, da. and h. of Richard, 2nd Earl of Burlington (whose immense estates in Yorks., Derbys., London and Ireland, including Bolton Abbey, Burlington House and Chiswick, she inherited), 3s. 1da. summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony of Cavendish 13 June 1751; suc. fa. as 4th Duke 5 Dec. 1755; K.G. 18 Nov. 1756.
Offices Held
P.C. 12 July 1751 – 3 Nov. 1752, master of the horse 1751 – 55; ld. treasurer [I] 1754 – 55, 1761 – 63; ld. lt. [I] 1755 – 56; ld. lt. Derbys. 1756 – d.; first ld. of Treasury Nov. 1756 – July 1757; ld. chamberlain 1757–62.
Parlimentarian
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Commons 1715-1754
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CAVENDISH, William, Mq. of Hartington (c.1720-64)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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