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Persoonlijke gegevens Will iam Cavendish , 4th Duke of Devonshire [[Ch-Wikibio+]] sss 

• Hij is geboren op 24 juni 1768 in Devonshire House, Picadilly, Middlesex, England.

  Let op: Was jonger dan 16 jaar (0) toen kind (Richard Cavendish Lord Devonshire) werd geboren (19 juni 1751).

  Let op: Was jonger dan 16 jaar (13) toen kind (Richard Cavendish Lord Devonshire) overleed (??-??-1781).

  Let op: Getrouwd (27 maart 1748) voordat geboren (24 juni 1768).

  Let op: Leeftijd bij trouwen (27 maart 1748) lag beneden de 16 jaar (0).

  Let op: Was jonger dan 16 jaar (0) toen kind (Dorothy Cavendish) werd geboren (27 augustus 1750).

  Let op: Was jonger dan 16 jaar (0) toen kind (George Cavendish) werd geboren (31 maart 1754).

  Let op: Was jonger dan 16 jaar (0) toen kind (William Cavendish) werd geboren (14 december 1748).

• Beroepen:
• juli 1751 in Master of the Horse.
• op 2 maart 1754 in Lord Treasurer of Ireland.
• op 16 november 1756 in First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords.
• mei 1757 in Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
• (Titled ) op 13 juni 1751 in Baron Cavendish of Hardwick.
• (Titled ) op 5 december 1755 in Duke of Devonshire.
• Hij is overleden op 27 maart 1854 in Spa, Liege, Austrian Netherlands, hij was toen 85 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven op 24 oktober 1764 in All Saint's Church, Derby, England.

  Let op: Begraven (24 oktober 1764) voor geboorte (24 juni 1768).

  Let op: Begraven (24 oktober 1764) voor overlijden (27 maart 1854).

• Een kind van William Cavendish en Catherine Hoskins
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 5 april 2023.

Gezin van Will iam Cavendish , 4th Duke of Devonshire [[Ch-Wikibio+]] sss

Hij is getrouwd met Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 27 maart 1748 te St. James Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.

Kind(eren):

1. William Cavendish  1748-1811 
2. Dorothy Cavendish  1750-1794 
3. Richard Cavendish Lord Devonshire  1751-1781
4. George Cavendish  1754-1834 

Notities over Will iam Cavendish , 4th Duke of Devonshire [[Ch-Wikibio+]] sss

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Early life
Early career: 1741–1756
Prime Minister: 1756–1757
Lord Chamberlain: 1757–1762
Last years: 1762–1764
Family
Legacy
Notes
References
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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

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His Grace
The Duke of Devonshire
KG PC
4th Duke of Devonshire after Hudson.jpg
Portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1750s
Prime Minister of Great Britain
In office
16 November 1756 – 29 June 1757
MonarchGeorge II
Preceded byThe Duke of Newcastle
Succeeded byThe Duke of Newcastle
Personal details
Born8 May 1720
St Martin's-in-the-Fields, London
Died2 October 1764 (aged 44)
Spa, Austrian Netherlands
Resting placeDerby Cathedral
Political partyWhig
SpouseCharlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford

​(m. 1748; died 1754)
ChildrenWilliam Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Lord Richard Cavendish
George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington
Parent(s)William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
Catherine Hoskins
Signature

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William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal 5th Prime Minister of Great Britain.[1] He was the first son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Catherine Hoskins. He is also a great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of King Charles III through the king's maternal great-grandmother.

Early life
The eldest of four sons of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, he was baptised on 1 June 1720 at St Martin's-in-the-Fields in London. He was possibly educated privately at home before going on a grand tour in France and Italy, accompanied by his tutor, in 1739-40.[2]

Early career: 1741–1756
He was elected MP for Derbyshire in 1741 and 1747. Devonshire was a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole and, after Walpole's fall from power, of the Pelhams. Henry Pelham wrote to Devonshire's father that he was "our mainstay among the young ones, of themselves liable to wander".[3]

Horace Walpole described him as "a favourite by descent of the Old Whigs"[4] and as "errant [a] bigot to the Pelham faction as ever Jacques Clément was to the Jesuits".[5]

He had been offered the post of governor to the Prince of Wales but he declined.[6]

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.[7] Devonshire supported the Duke of Newcastle after Henry Pelham's death in 1754 and was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 2 April 1755 until 3 January 1757 in Newcastle's administration. In April 1755 Devonshire was one of the Lords Justices of the realm upon the King's absence in Hanover.[8]

Devonshire succeeded his father as Duke of Devonshire in December 1755 after his death.

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.[9] Devonshire accepted on the condition that his tenure would last only until the end of the parliamentary session. Devonshire believed his duty to the King required an administration capable of prosecuting the war successfully.[10]

Prime Minister: 1756–1757
Further information: Pitt–Devonshire ministry and 1757 caretaker ministry
See also: Great Britain in the Seven Years' War
Devonshire was given the Garter and appointed First Lord of the Treasury (most historians consider him Prime Minister during this service) in November 1756, and he served as First Lord until May 1757 in an administration effectively run by William Pitt. Devonshire's administration secured increased money for the war, troops were sent to America and a Militia Act was passed.[11]

The administration was eventually brought down for a variety of reasons including the opposition of George II and the alleged mishandling of the trial and execution of Admiral John Byng. It was replaced by the Pitt–Newcastle ministry headed by the Duke of Newcastle and including Pitt, Henry Fox and the Duke of Bedford. This government steered Britain through most of the Seven Years' War leading the country to ultimate victory.

Lord Chamberlain: 1757–1762
Devonshire was Lord Chamberlain in Newcastle's government (with a seat in the inner Cabinet) and his relations with him were close.[12] George II died in October 1760 and was succeeded by his grandson George III, who was suspicious of Devonshire and Newcastle. When Newcastle resigned in May 1762 Devonshire said that he would rarely attend Lord Bute's councils.

When, in October, George III requested that he attend a Cabinet meeting on peace terms, Devonshire declined, claiming he had inadequate knowledge of the subject.[13]

On 28 October, travelling from Kew to London, the King overtook Devonshire and Newcastle's coach in the belief that the two dukes were plotting and that Devonshire was coming to tender his resignation. He was in fact passing through London to Chatsworth and had come to give his leave to the King. 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. In the opinion of one of his biographers, John Brooke, "Few things in King George III's long life show him in so poor a light".[14]

Last years: 1762–1764
Devonshire resigned his Lord Lieutenancy of Derbyshire in solidarity with Newcastle and Rockingham when they were dismissed from their Lord Lieutenancies.[15]

For a long time he had a weak constitution and he gradually grew more ill during these years. He ultimately died in the Austrian Netherlands where he had gone to take the waters at Spa. His death was a large political loss to his allies, the Whig magnates such as the Duke of Newcastle. Dying at the age of 44 years and 147 days, he remains the shortest lived British Prime Minister. Devonshire was buried at Derby Cathedral.[16]

Family
He married Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford (1731–1754), the daughter and heiress of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington of the first creation, a famous architect and art collector. The wedding was held at Carlton House, the then residence of the Dowager Lady Burlington, situated between St James' Park and Pall Mall, by special licence on the 28 March, 1748.[17] Through Charlotte, the Devonshires inherited Chiswick House and Burlington House in London; Bolton Abbey and Londesborough Hall in Yorkshire; and Lismore Castle in County Waterford, Ireland. The Duke employed Capability Brown to landscape the garden and park at Chatsworth House, his main residence. He hired James Paine to design the new stable block.

The Duke had four children:

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748–1811)
Lady Dorothy Cavendish (27 August 1750 – 3 June 1794). Married William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, who also became Prime Minister.
Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781)
George Augustus Henry Cavendish, created 1st Earl of Burlington of the second creation (1754–1834). Lord Burlington's grandson, the 2nd Earl of Burlington, would later inherit the Devonshire dukedom as 7th Duke of Devonshire.
Legacy

The Duke of Devonshire
Horace Walpole described Devonshire as possessing "an impatience to do everything, and a fear to do anything, he was always in a hurry to do nothing".[18] Paul Langford said Devonshire was "eminently sensible and highly respected", and that his death "left a marked gap in the ranks" of the opposition and "effectively destroyed a generation in the 'Old Whig' leadership".[19] Gerald Howat summed up Devonshire's life:

Devonshire had been a moderate among men of great political passion. If scarcely a spectator in the play of events, he had never bestrode the stage. His death, coming just after those of Hardwicke and Legge, deprived the Whigs of three material men. Given health, he might have returned to office in the Crown's restless pursuit of ministers up to 1770. He had been a man with a concern for king and country. He died the acknowledged leader of the Whigs.[15]

Karl Wolfgang Schweizer says of Devonshire:

Devonshire was a man of solid if not outstanding abilities. He was endowed with the qualities—devotion to friends and duty, patriotism, and unswerving integrity—which made him the ideal sounding board and factotum among the prominent politicians of his day. 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. A political broker rather than a leader, he exploited his personal popularity and family prestige to mediate between the factious and egotistical individuals who dominated Dublin and Westminster politics in the 1750s and early 1760s.[2]

Notes
Duke of Devonshire Archived 8 September 2008 at the UK Government Web Archive, No10.gov.uk, accessed July 2009 - Note that the picture on this site is wrong: it was painted after his death and is in fact a portrait of his son.
Karl Wolfgang Schweizer, ‘Cavendish, William, fourth duke of Devonshire (bap. 1720, d. 1764)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 1 August 2010.
G. M. D. Howat, 'The Duke of Devonshire (1756–1757)’, in Herbert van Thal (ed.), The Prime Ministers. Volume the First. Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974), pp. 95–96.
Horace Walpole, Memoirs of King George II. I: January 1751 – March 1754 (Yale University Press, 1985), p. 8.
Walpole, p. 122.
Walpole, p. 61.
Peter D. Brown and Karl W. Schweizer (eds.), The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs. 1759-1762 (London: Butler & Tanner Ltd, 1982), p. 5.
Brown and Schweizer, p. 6.
Howat, p. 97.
Brown and Schweizer, pp. 7–8.
Howat, p. 98.
Howat, p. 99.
Howat, p. 100.
John Brooke, King George III (Panther, 1974), pp. 170–171.
Howat, p. 101.
CavODNB.
The Register of Marriages (and Burials) belonging to St James's Westminster. 1723-1754. 28 March 1748.
Walpole, p. 30.
Paul Langford, The First Rockingham Administration. 1765-1766 (Oxford University Press, 1973), pp. 13–14.
References
John Brooke, King George III (Panther, 1974).
Peter D. Brown and Karl W. Schweizer (eds.), The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs. 1759-1762 (London: Butler & Tanner Ltd, 1982).
G. M. D. Howat, 'The Duke of Devonshire (1756–1757)’, in Herbert van Thal (ed.), The Prime Ministers. Volume the First. Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974), pp. 93–102.
Paul Langford, The First Rockingham Administration. 1765-1766 (Oxford University Press, 1973).
Horace Walpole, Memoirs of King George II. I: January 1751 – March 1754 (Yale University Press, 1985).
Karl Wolfgang Schweizer, ‘Cavendish, William, fourth duke of Devonshire (bap. 1720, d. 1764)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 1 August 2010.
External links
More about William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire on the Downing Street website.
"Archival material relating to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire". UK National Archives. Edit this at Wikidata
Political offices
Preceded by
Vacant
Master of the Horse
1751–1755Succeeded by
The Duke of Dorset
Preceded by
The Earl of Burlington
Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
1754–1764Vacant
Title next held by
The Duke of Devonshire
Preceded by
The Duke of Dorset
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1755–1757Succeeded by
The Duke of Bedford
Preceded by
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Prime Minister of Great Britain
16 November 1756 – 29 June 1757Succeeded by
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Leader of the House of Lords
1756–1757
Preceded by
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Lord Chamberlain
1757–1762Succeeded by
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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bt
Lord Charles Cavendish
Member of Parliament for Derbyshire
1741–1751
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Lord Frederick Cavendish
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Peerage of England
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