Biography of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire 1895-1950

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

On 6th May 1895 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 26] and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 24].

Around 1897 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 1] educated at Eton College [Map].

Around 1899 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 3] educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].

On 24th March 1908 Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire [aged 74] died of pneumonia at Hotel Metropol. His nephew [his father] Victor [aged 39] succeeded 9th Duke Devonshire, 12th Earl Devonshire, 4th Earl Burlington, 12th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. On 28th March 1908 he was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].

In 1917 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 21] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 55] and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 49]. He the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 48] and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 46].

On 10th December 1917 [his son] William Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 22] and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 22]. He married 6th May 1944 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald.

The London Gazette 13335. Monday, 14th October 1918. Croix de Chevalier.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Colonel) Lord Arthur Howe Browne, retired pay (Reserve of Officers), Royal Munster Fusiliers.

Captain Edward William Spencer Cavendish [aged 23], Marquess of Hartington, Yeomanry.

Temporary Lieutenant John Stuart Hay, Special List.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Leonard Hoare, C.B.E. (Reserve of Officers), 'Royal Artillery, Special Reserve

On 2nd January 1920 [his son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 24] and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 24]. He married 19th April 1941 Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire, daughter of David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles Baroness Redesdale, and had issue.

On 6th November 1922 [his daughter] Mary Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 27] and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 27]. She died aged less than one years old.

On 17th November 1922 [his daughter] Mary Cavendish died.

On 24th April 1926 [his daughter] Elizabeth Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 30] and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 30].

On 6th November 1927 [his daughter] Anne Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 32] and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 32].

On 28th November 1928 [his brother-in-law] Henry Philip Hunloke [aged 21] and [his sister] Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich [aged 19] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 60] and [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 58].

Before 6th May 1938. Frank Ernest Beresford [aged 56]. The Marquis of Hartington, MP [aged 42].

On 6th May 1938 [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 69] died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward [aged 43] succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 67] 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 27th August 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30th July 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. They were fifth cousins.

On 19th April 1941 Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire [aged 21] and Deborah Mitford [aged 21] were married. He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 45] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 45].

At the commencement of their honeymoon Deborah 'stopped the car when starting on her honeymoon and registered at a small Labour Exchange for National Service,' as per The Sketch.

In 1942 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 46] was appointed 892nd Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom [aged 46].

On 9th September 1944 [his son] William Cavendish [aged 26] was killed in action by a sniper whilst leading a company trying to capture the town of Heppen in Belgium. He was buried at the Leopoldsburg War Cemetery.

Around 1947. Oswald Birley [aged 66]. Portrait of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 51].

On 4th April 1947 [his father-in-law] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 85] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Robert [aged 53] succeeded 5th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 11th Earl Salisbury. Elizabeth Vere Cavendish Marchioness Salisbury [aged 52] by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.

After 13th May 1948 [his former daughter-in-law] Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy [deceased] was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. Joseph Patrick Kennedy [aged 59], her father, was the only Kennedy family member to attend.

On Saturday 29th June 1963, around four in the afternoon, her grave was visited by her elder brother President John Fitzgerald Kennedy [aged 46], some five months before his assassination. He was travelling from to London for a meeting with the British Prime Minister when he made a detour landing at and then travelling by helicopter to St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. He laid a wreath which he had brought from Ireland. Present at the wreath laying was his sisters Eunice Mary Kennedy [aged 41] and Jean Ann Kennedy [aged 35], and the Duke and [his wife] Duchess [aged 67] of Devonshire.

On 26th November 1950 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 55] died. His son Andrew [aged 30] succeeded 11th Duke Devonshire, 14th Earl Devonshire, 6th Earl Burlington, 14th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire [aged 30] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 24th December 1988 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 55] died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].