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Authorised form of nameCavendish; William (1808 - 1891); 7th Duke of Devonshire
Dates1808 - 1891
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCharles Street, Berkeley Square, London, England
Date of birth27 April 1808
Place of deathHolker Hall, near Grange, Lancashire
Date of death21 December 1891
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Edensor, near Chatsworth
ActivityHonours:
KG 1858
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/12/1829
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
VP 1874-1875
RelationshipsSucceeded his grandfather as 2nd Earl of Burlington (1834); succeeded his cousin as 7th Duke of Devonshire (1858); father of Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (FRS 1892)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1892 vol 51 pp xxxviii-xli signed by G D L
References:
Vanity Fair 06 June 1874
Notes:
Citation: three words deliberately obscured
CodeNA5887
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1829/27Cavendish, William, 7th Duke of Devonshire: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/12/119Letter from Warren de la Rue, 73 Portland Place, William White20 June 1880
MM/12/121Letter from the Duke of Devonshire, Devonshire House, to Warren de la Rue28 June 1880
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