Earl Devonshire
Earl Devonshire is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been two creations of Earl Devonshire:
1st. 1603. Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire 1563-1606. Extinct. 1606.
2nd. 1618. William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire 1552-1626. Extant
Earl Devonshire (1st Creation)
Earl Devonshire is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
In 1603 Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire (age 40) was created 1st Earl Devonshire.
On 26 Dec 1605 Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire (age 42) and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire (age 42) were married at Wansted House during a service conducted by Archbishop William Laud (age 32) (future). The marriage was regarded as uncanonical and resulted in the disgrace of both parties, who were banished from King James I's court circles. She by marriage Countess Devonshire. She the daughter of Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex and Lettice Knollys Countess Essex (age 62). They were third cousins.
On 03 Apr 1606 Charles Blount 1st Earl Devonshire (age 43) died at Savoy Palace [Map]. Earl Devonshire extinct.
Earl Devonshire (2nd Creation)
Earl Devonshire is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extant Earldoms of England.
1st: William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire. Died 1626. Son.
2nd: William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire. Died 1628. Son.
3rd: William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire. Died 1684. Son.
4th: William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire. Died 1707. Son.
5th: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire. Died 1729. Son.
6th: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire. Died 1755. Son.
7th: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire. Died 1764. Son.
8th: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire. Died 1811. Son.
9th: William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire. Died 1858. First Cousin Once Removed.
10th: William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire. Died 1891. Son.
11th: Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire. Died 1908. Nephew.
12th: Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire. Died 1938. Son.
13th: Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire. Died 1950. Son.
14th: Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire. Died 2004. Son.
On 02 Aug 1618 William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 65) was created 1st Earl Devonshire, at the Bishop's Palace, Salisbury Cathedral. Elizabeth Boughton Countess Devonshire (age 50) by marriage Countess Devonshire.
On 03 Mar 1626 William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire (age 73) died. His son William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Devonshire, 2nd Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire by marriage Countess Devonshire. On 12 Oct 1616 Henry Cavendish (age 65) died. Both were buried at St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
The monument was behind the altar in the original church but moved to a separate chapel in the new church.
Monument formed two bodies under a low four-poster with black Ionic columns and black covering slab. The monument has been attributed to Maximilian Colt (age 51).
Extremely grand architecture above the two martial flanking figures, then arches with, on the left armour, and on the right purple, coronet, and sword hung up, and in the middle an angel holding the black inscription tablet and blowing a trumpet. The whole is surmounted by a big broken pediment.
Henry appears as a skeleton on a straw mat.
William (age 36) in his shroud with his face exposed.
On 20 Jun 1628 William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire (age 38) died at Devonshire House. He was buried at Derby Cathedral [Map]. His son William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 10) succeeded 3rd Earl Devonshire, 3rd Baron Cavendish Hardwick.
On 04 Mar 1639 William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 21) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Devonshire. She the daughter of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 47) and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire and Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire.
On 23 Nov 1684 William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 67) died at his house in Roehampton, Surrey. He was buried in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 44) succeeded 4th Earl Devonshire, 4th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 38) by marriage Countess Devonshire.
On 18 Aug 1707 William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 67) died. His son William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 35) succeeded 2nd Duke Devonshire, 5th Earl Devonshire, 5th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 33) by marriage Duchess Devonshire.
On 04 Jun 1729 William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 57) died. His son William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire (age 30) succeeded 3rd Duke Devonshire, 6th Earl Devonshire, 6th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Catherine Hoskyns Duchess Devonshire (age 30) by marriage Duchess Devonshire.
On 05 Dec 1755 William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire (age 57) died. His son William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire (age 35) succeeded 4th Duke Devonshire, 7th Earl Devonshire, 7th Baron Cavendish Hardwick.
On 02 Oct 1764 William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire (age 44) died. His son William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 16) succeeded 5th Duke Devonshire, 8th Earl Devonshire, 8th Baron Cavendish Hardwick.
On 29 Jul 1811 William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire (age 63) died. His son William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Devonshire, 9th Earl Devonshire, 9th Baron Cavendish Hardwick, 8th Baron Clifford.
On 18 Jan 1858 William Cavendish 6th Duke Devonshire (age 67) died at Hardwick Hall [Map]. He was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His first cousin once removed William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 49) succeeded 7th Duke Devonshire, 10th Earl Devonshire. Blanche Georgiana Howard Duchess Devonshire by marriage Duchess Devonshire. Baron Clifford abeyant.
On 21 Dec 1891 William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 83) died. He was buried at the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire (age 58) succeeded 8th Duke Devonshire, 11th Earl Devonshire, 3rd Earl Burlington.
On 24 Mar 1908 Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire (age 74) died of pneumonia at Hotel Metropol. His nephew Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 39) succeeded 9th Duke Devonshire, 12th Earl Devonshire, 4th Earl Burlington. On 28 Mar 1908 he was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
On 06 May 1938 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 69) died at Chatsworth House [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 43) succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 42) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 02 Apr 1960 Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 89) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27 Aug 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30 Jul 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne.
On 26 Nov 1950 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 55) died. His son Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 30) succeeded 11th Duke Devonshire, 14th Earl Devonshire, 6th Earl Burlington. Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 30) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 24 Dec 1988 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 93) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
On 03 May 2004 Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 84) died. His son Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire (age 60) succeeded 12th Duke Devonshire, 15th Earl Devonshire, 7th Earl Burlington. Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale Duchess of Devonshire (age 60) by marriage Duchess Devonshire.
