Person Cavendish; Spencer Compton (1833 - 1908); 8th Duke of Devonshire Cavendish Spencer Compton 1833 - 1908 British Male Holker Hall, Lancashire, England 23 July 1833 Hotel Metropole, Cannes, France 24/03/1908 19080324 Burial: Edensor, near Chatsworth, Derbyshire

Devonshire House, Piccadilly, W, London (1892)

Education: Privately; Trinity College, Cambridge. LLD (1862), DCL (1878, Oxford) Career: MP for North Lancashire (1857-1868); Under Secretary for War (1863-1866); Privy Councillor (1866); Secretary for War (1866 and 1882-1885); Postmaster General (1868-1871); MP for Radnor (1869-1880); Chief Secretary for Ireland (1871-1874); Secretary for India (1880-1882); MP for North East Lancashire (1880-1885); MP for Rosendale division (1885-1891); Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1892-1908); President of Council (1895-1903); died of pneumonia Freemason, initiated, as Lord Cavendish (his style 1834-1835) 12 December 1853, passed 19 January 1854, raised 13 March 1854, Scientific Lodge No 105 (subsequently No 88) Cambridge. Honours: KG 1892; GCVO Son of William Cavendish, 7th Dike of Devonshire (FRS 1829); Marquess of Hartington (1858-1891); married Louise Fredericke Auguste, widow of William Drago Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester and daughter of Karl Franh Viktor, Count von Ahlen, of Hannover and his wife Hermine de Schminke Fellow 03/03/1892 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB 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 Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1909 vol 82 pp xi-xvii signed by G D L References: Vanity Fair 27 March 1869, 21 July 1888, 15 May 1902 Notes: Styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1834 and 1858 and Marquess of Hartington between 1858 and 1891. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 23 Jul 1833 - 24 Mar 1908 NA1427 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes f5969e03-f823-442e-8f8d-47dbe0e823cd