He befriended Sir Joseph Paxton and appointed him head gardener at Chatsworth House in 1826. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. For more information please visit the website . When Devonshire arrived, George III refused to see him, as he later wrote: "I ordered the page to tell him I would not see him, on which he bid him ask me with whom he should leave his wand...I said he would receive my orders...On the Duke of Devonshire's going away he said to the page, God bless you, it will be very long before you see me here again, At a meeting of the Privy Council four days later the King personally struck out Devonshire's name from the list of Privy Councillors. Known as the "Bachelor Duke", he was Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1827 and 1828 and again between 1830 and 1834. His death, coming just after those of Hardwicke and Legge, deprived the Whigs of three material men.

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[5], Pelham appointed him Master of the Horse, a post he held until 1755 and which necessitated his leaving the House of Commons for the House of Lords by writ of acceleration as Baron Cavendish and joining the Privy Council. Devonshire was Lord Chamberlain in Newcastle's government (with a seat in the inner Cabinet) and his relations with him were close. William Cavendish (5 duc de Devonshire) s'est marié deux fois : en 1774 et en 1809. There are also some letters sent by the 6th Duke to Joseph Paxton. He held political office as Lord President of the Council and Lord Privy Seal and was also Lord-Lieutenant of Devonshire.

As he was unmarried the dukedom passed to his cousin William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington. Colonel Charles Cavendish, his younger brother, was killed in battle in 1643. He gave a great, wheezy guffaw at all the right things and was possessed of endless wisdom. His lethargic manner, apart from his position as war minister, helped to associate him in their minds with a disaster which emphasized the fact that the government acted "too late"; but Gladstone and Lord Granville were no less responsible than he.[5]. This was just part of a vast programme of redevelopment at Chatsworth; Wyatville designed the huge North Wing, containing a dining room, orangery, private theatre, staff rooms and service areas. Their daughter, Lady Dorothy Cavendish, married Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland and became an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II. He was the son of William Cavendish, eldest son of the first Earl of Burlington, youngest son of the fourth Duke. The scrapbooks are arranged by topic, such as sculpture, or by the place where the 6th Duke of Devonshire received the letters, such as Brighton. Right here at FameChain.

The Seven Years' War was going badly for Britain under the leadership of the Duke of Newcastle and when he resigned in October 1756, George II eventually asked Devonshire to form an administration. He was elected MP for Derbyshire in 1741 and 1747. [8] Margot Asquith said the Duke of Devonshire "was a man whose like we shall never see again; he stood by himself and could have come from no country in the world but England. Two later accessions were made in 2012 and 2013 and items added to the collection. Paxton transformed the gardens at Chatsworth, introducing exotic species and giant rockeries, designing the Emperor Fountain, and the famous Great Conservatory – forerunner of Paxton's Crystal Palace which housed the 1851 Great Exhibition. Between 1863 and 1874, Lord Hartington held various Government posts, including Civil Lord of the Admiralty and Under-Secretary of State for War under Palmerston and Earl Russell. [13], Devonshire resigned his Lord Lieutenancy of Derbyshire in solidarity with Newcastle and Rockingham when they were dismissed from their Lord Lieutenancies. Born in Paris, France, Devonshire was the son of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and Lady Georgiana, daughter of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer. [4], He had been offered the post of governor to the Prince of Wales but he declined. He lost both his parents while still in his youth; his mother died in 1806 and his father in 1811 when, aged 21, he succeeded to the dukedom.

This collection consists of the personal papers of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. We have created a browser extension. After her husband's death Bess married George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (c. 1528-90) in 1567. His son, William Cavendish the fourth Duke was a prominent politician, he married Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford, daughter of the famous architect Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, their third and youngest son Lord George Cavendish was created Earl of Burlington in 1831. [7], Louise Montagu, Duchess of Manchester 1884. Lord Frederick Cavendish and Lord Edward Cavendish were his younger brothers. The material was largely extant in The Devonshire Collection prior to 1 August 2011. Devonshire believed his duty to the King required an administration capable of prosecuting the war successfully. The collection contains both incoming and outgoing letters of the 6th Duke of Devonshire (DF4/1) covering topics including, but not limited to, matters of a social, financial, family, estate or collection nature, such as: the death of Blanche Cavendish, the 6th Duke's favourite niece, in 1840; horticulture; local politics; the financial affairs of the 6th Duke's mother, Duchess Georgiana; and – in the correspondence with George Colman – issues relating to the licensing of plays dating from the periods when the 6th Duke served as Lord Chamberlain. Devonshire's administration secured increased money for the war, troops were sent to America and a Militia Act was passed.[10]. He served as Lord Chamberlain to George IV from May 1827 to February 1828, and to William IV from November 1830 to December 1834. He and his sisters grew up in the curious menage à trois of their parents and Lady Elizabeth Foster. One notable volume includes letters sent to the 6th Duke in response to receiving a lithographic print of the Duke's portrait by Charles Baugniet: there are letters from Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Edwin Landseer, and William Makepeace Thackeray amongst others. One of the sons of Bess and William Cavendish, Sir Charles Cavendish (1553–1617), was the father of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, another son, Henry Cavendish, was the ancestor of the Barons Waterpark. He was suceeded by his son Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire. William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), was the youngest of three children of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and Georgiana Cavendish. He and his sisters grew up in the curious menage à troisof their parents and Lady Elizabeth Foster. He married Christiana Bruce, daughter of Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinlos and on his early death his estates passed to his son, William Cavendish, the third Earl of Devonshire, a friend of John Evelyn, supported the Royalist cause during the Civil War. By his first wife, he had one son (William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, sometimes called "The Bachelor Duke", who succeeded him and who died unmarried in 1858), and two daughters: Lady Georgiana "Little G" Cavendish, later the Countess of Carlisle (wife of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle), and Lady Harriet "Harryo" Cavendish, later the Countess Granville (wife of Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, who would be created 1st Earl Granville). By permission of Oxford University Press. Devonshire was not asked to become Prime Minister when Lord Salisbury retired in favour of his nephew Arthur Balfour in 1902. The Duke suffered a paralytic seizure in 1854, from which he never fully recovered, and died at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, on 18 January 1858. He died, rather suddenly, at Cannes on 24 March 1908. William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), was the youngest of three children of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and Georgiana Cavendish. Back to Cheshire and Derbyshire history menu, Copyright © 2005 - 2006 All rights reserved ®. Unlike Pitt or Fox he lacked a brilliant mind, and his diary provides evidence of devotion to king, country, and duty rather than quickness of intellect. For many years the courtesan Catherine Walters ("Skittles") was his mistress. William George Spencer Cavendish (21 mai 1790 – 18 janvier 1858), 6e duc de Devonshire, chevalier de la Jarretière, membre du Conseil privé et pair du Royaume-Uni, est un homme politique whig. He was a great bibliophile, and a major purchaser at the Roxburghe sale of 1812; he also acquired a number of important libraries, including those of Thomas Dampier (bishop of Ely), and of his relation, the scientist Henry Cavendish (1731-1810). The Duke's passport (DF4/5) is a testament to his love of travel. His third wife was the indomitable Bess of Hardwick, (pictured below left) who rose from humble origins to become one of the most powerful people in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. A connoisseur of the arts, and was responsible for the formation of an outstanding collection which included paintings, Old Master drawings and prints and ancient coins.

For other holders of the title, see. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire was born on December 14 1748, in London, to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington. Of noble birth from the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and the mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire.

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