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Biography of Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish 1905-1944

Paternal Family Tree: Cavendish

On 30th July 1892 [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 24) and [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne (age 47). They were fifth cousins.

On 5th August 1905 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 37) and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 34).

Around 1910 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (age 4) educated at St Cyprian's School Eastbourne.

Around 1915 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (age 9) educated at Eton College [Map].

Around 1920 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (age 14) educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].

In 1932 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (age 26) and Adele Astaire (age 35) were married at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 63) and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 61).

1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 39). Photograph of [his wife] Adele Astaire (age 36), Lady Charles Cavendish (age 27). © National Portrait Gallery.

Adele Astaire: On 10th September 1896 she was born. In 1932 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish and she were married at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire. On 25th January 1981 she died.

1933. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 39). Photograph of [his wife] Adele Astaire (age 36), Lady Charles Cavendish (age 27). © National Portrait Gallery.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 23rd March 1944 Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (age 38) died at Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford. He was buried at Lismore Cathedral, Lismore, County Waterford.

On 25th January 1981 [his former wife] Adele Astaire (age 84) died.

Royal Ancestors of Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish 1905-1944

Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish 1905-1944

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Augustus Henry Cavendish 1st Earl Burlington 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Compton Countess Burlington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Somerset Countess Northampton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa O'Callaghan

GrandFather: Edward Cavendish 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Georgiana Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Chaloner

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Lascelles

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood

GrandMother: Emma Elizabeth Lascelles 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Georgiana Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Strangways-Horner Countess Ilchester 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways Marchioness of Lansdowne 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Standish O'Grady

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Theresa O'Grady Countess of Ilchester

GrandFather: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Joseph Comte de Flahaut

Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne 20 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Elphinstone 10th Lord Elphinstone 17 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith 18 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Mercer Elphinstone Countess Flahaut and 2nd Baroness Keith 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel William Mercer of Aldie

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Mercer

Mother: Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England