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His GraceThe Duke of DevonshireKG PC
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Lord President of the Council
In office
6 July 1716 – 16 March 1718
MonarchGeorge I
Preceded byThe Earl of Nottingham
Succeeded byThe Earl of Sunderland
In office
27 March 1725 – 4 June 1729
MonarchsGeorge I
George II
Preceded byThe Lord Carleton
Succeeded byThe Lord Trevor
Personal details
Born1672 (1672)
Died4 June 1729(1729-06-04) (aged 56–57)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
SpouseRachel Russell
ChildrenWilliam Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
Lady Rachel Cavendish
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish
Lord James Cavendish
Lord Charles Cavendish
Parent(s)William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
Lady Mary Butler

William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire KG, PC (1672 – 4 June 1729) was a British nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire and Lady Mary Butler. A prominent Whig, he was sworn of the Privy Council in 1707, and served as Lord President of the Council from 1716 to 1718 and 1725 to 1729.

He married The Hon. Rachel Russell (1674–1725), daughter of William Russell, Lord Russell on 21 June 1688. The Duchess served as a Lady of the Bedchamber at the court of Queen Anne.

They had ten children:

  1. Lady Mary Cavendish (18 August 1696 – 15 June 1719)
  2. William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (26 September 1698 – 5 December 1755)
  3. Lady Rachel Cavendish (4 October 1699 – 18 June 1780) married Sir William Morgan on 14 May 1723
  4. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (27 September 1700 – 7 November 1747) married Sir Thomas Lowther, 2nd Baronet
  5. Lord James Cavendish (23 November 1701 – 14 December 1741)
  6. Lord Charles Cavendish (17 March 1704 – 28 April 1783) married Anne Grey on 9 January 1727, father of Henry Cavendish
  7. Lady Anne Cavendish (died 23 August 1780 aged 70)
  8. Lady Katherine Cavendish (died 12 September 1715 aged 9)
  9. Lord John Cavendish (died 11 May 1720 aged 12)
  10. Lady Diana Cavendish (died 12 February 1722)

References

  1. "Warrant Books: April 1713, 1–15 Pages 169–184 Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 27, 1713. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955". British History Online. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
  3. Jervas, Charles. "Lady Rachel Cavendish, Lady Morgan (1697–1780), as a Shepherdess". National Trust.
  4. ^ Cox, John Charles (1881). "The Chronicles of the Collegiate Church or Free Chapel of All Saints, Derby".
Parliament of England
Preceded bySir Gilbert Clarke
Henry Gilbert
Member of Parliament for Derbyshire
1695–1701
With: Sir Gilbert Clarke 1695–1698
Thomas Coke 1698–1701
Lord Manners of Haddon 1701
Succeeded byThomas Coke
Sir John Curzon, Bt
Preceded byRobert Walpole
The Earl of Ranelagh
Member of Parliament for Castle Rising
1702
With: Robert Walpole
Succeeded bySir Thomas Littleton, Bt
Horatio Walpole
Preceded byThe Lord Fairfax of Cameron
The Viscount of Irvine
Member of Parliament for Yorkshire
1702–1707
With: Sir John Kaye, Bt 1702–1707
The Lord Fairfax of Cameron 1707
Succeeded byThe Viscount Downe
Conyers Darcy
Political offices
Preceded byThe Earl of Manchester Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1702–1707
Succeeded byThe Viscount Townshend
Preceded byThe Duke of Devonshire Lord Steward
1707–1710
Succeeded byThe Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
Preceded byThe Earl Poulett Lord Steward
1714–1716
Succeeded byThe Duke of Kent
Preceded byThe Earl of Nottingham Lord President of the Council
1716–1717
Succeeded byThe Earl of Sunderland
Preceded byThe Lord Carleton Lord President of the Council
1725–1729
Succeeded byThe Lord Trevor
Honorary titles
Preceded byThe Duke of Devonshire Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
1707–1710
Succeeded byThe Earl of Scarsdale
Preceded byThe Earl of Scarsdale Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
1714–1729
Succeeded byThe Duke of Devonshire
Legal offices
Preceded byThe Duke of Devonshire Justice in Eyre
north of the Trent

1707–1711
Succeeded byThe Duke of Newcastle
Peerage of England
Preceded byWilliam Cavendish Duke of Devonshire
1707–1729
Succeeded byWilliam Cavendish
Dukes of Devonshire
Barons Cavendish of Hardwick
Earls of Devonshire
Dukes of Devonshire
Cabinet of Sir Robert Walpole and The Viscount Townshend (1721–1730)
First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons
Northern Secretary
Southern Secretary
Lord Chancellor
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
First Lord of the Admiralty
Master-General of the Ordnance
Paymaster of the Forces
Lord Steward
Lord Chamberlain
Master of the Horse


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