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Family and Education
b. 25 Jan. 1641, 1st and o. surv. s. William Cavendish, 3rd earl of Devonshire and Elizabeth (1620-89), da. of William Cecil†, 2nd earl of Salisbury; educ. privately (tutors, Dr Henry Killigrew, Henry Oldenburg, Francois du Prat), W. Kennett, A Sermon Preach'd at the Funeral of … William duke of Devonshire … with some Memoirs of the Family of Cavendish (1708), 117. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1657-60, HMC 15th Rep. VII, 161; Pepys Diary, i. 134. MA, Oxford 28 Sept. 1663, LLD, Cambridge 16 Apr. 1705; m. 26 Oct. 1662 (with £6,000) Bodl. Carte 32, f. 131, Carte 215, f. 385. Mary (1646-1710), da. James Butler, duke of Ormond [I], 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da.; Kennett, Mems. 119-20. 5ch. (of which 2da. surv.) illegit. with Mary Heneage; ?ch. (of which 1da. surv.) illegit. with Katharine Jones; 1da. illegit. with Mary Anne Campion; TNA, PROB 11/496; Hazard of a Death-bed Repentance Fairly Argued (1708), 23-26. KG 3 Apr. 1689; d. 18 Aug. 1707; will 15-17 Aug. 1707, pr. 28 Oct. 1707. TNA, PROB 11/496.
Offices Held

PC 22 Apr. 1679 – 31 Jan. 1680, 14 Feb. 1689 – d.; ld. steward 1689 – d.; commr. reforming abuses in the army 1689, CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 97. inspection of hospitals 1691, CSP Dom. 1690–91, pp. 240, 473–4. appeals in prizes 1694, 1695, 1697, CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204; CSP Dom. 1695, pp. 111–12; CSP Dom. 1697, pp. 510–11. relief of Vaudois 1699, CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 92. union with Scotland 1706; CSP Dom. 1705–6, p. 110; Boyer, Anne Annals, v. 12. ld. justice 1690 – 1701.

Steward, honour of High Peak ?1685 – d., Tutbury (Needwood Forest) 1692–d. Duchy of Lancaster Officers, ed. Somerville, 162, 170; CTB, x. 273. Kingston-upon-Thames 1689–d.; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 342. ld. lt. Derbys. 1689 – d., Som. (jt.) 1690 – 91, Notts. 1692 – 94; custos rot. Derbys. 1689 – d.; c.j. in eyre (north of Trent) 1690 – d.; recorder, Nottingham 1690–d. CSP Dom. 1690–91, p. 163; Nottingham Bor. Recs. vi. 36.

Col. regt. of horse (later 7th Drag. Gds.) 1688–90 CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 372; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 71.

FRS ?1660–85. Hunter, Royal Society, 86–87, 140–41.

Parlimentarian
CAVENDISH, William, Lord Cavendish (1641-1707), of Chatsworth, Derbys.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by John Michael Wright, 1660s, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.; oil on canvas by Godfrey Kneller, 1690s, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.; oil on canvas by John Closterman, 1697, National Trust, Hardwick Hall, Derbys.

Author
Littleton, Charles
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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