| Authorised form of name | Cavendish; Victor Christian William (1868 - 1938); 9th Duke of Devonshire |
| Dates | 1868 - 1938 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 31 May 1868 |
| Place of death | Chatsworth, Derbyshire |
| Date of death | 06/05/1938 |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College Cambridge, BA, Hon LL.D 1911
Career:
Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire (1891-1908); Treasurer of Household (1900-1903); Financial Secretary to the Treasurer (1903-1905); sworn of Privy Council (1905); Civil Lord of Admiralty (1915-1910); Governor General and Commander in Chief of the dominion of Canada (1916-1922); Secretrary of State for colonies (1922-1924); Knight of Justice, Order o St John of Jerusalem, Deputy Lieutenant and Justive of the Peace of Lancashire; President, Derbyshire Territorial Army Association; High Steward of Derby; High Steward, University and Borough of Cambridge; Chancellor, University of Leeds (1990); Vice-Priesident, Navy League (1909); honrary Colonel, 5th Battalion the Sherwood Foresters ; Honorary Colonel, 24th (derby Yeomanry) Armed Car Company, RTR; Colonel, Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment; Major, Derbyshire Yeomanry; Mayor of Eastbourne (1909-1910); and of Chesterfield (1911-1912).
Freemason, initiated, as Victor Cavendish, 4 March 1890, isaac Newton university Lodge No 859, Cambridge, passed 29 April 1890 and raised 27 May 1890. |
| Membership category | Statute 12 |
| Date of election | 26/11/1914 |
| Relationships | Married, 30 july 1892, Lady Evelyn Emily MAry Petty-FitzMaurice, daughter of 5th Marquess fo Lansdowne; had two sons and five daughters |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 557-559, plate, by R Whiddington
References:
Vanity Fair 09 May 1895
The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, ;Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' (2010) page 18 |
| Royal Society code | NA529 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1914/16 | Cavendish, Victor Christian William, 9th Duke of Devonshire: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/000774 | Cavendish, Victor Christian William, 9th Duke of Devonshire | nd |
| NLB/51/127 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to the Duke of Devonshire, GCVO, FRS | 15 December 1914 |
| MC/29/38 | Letter from [Victor Christian William Cavendish], [Duke of] Devonshire, Devonshire House, Piccadilly, W, to Arthur Schuster, Burlington House, London, W | 11 November 1914 |