Person Cavendish; Victor Christian William (1868 - 1938); 9th Duke of Devonshire Cavendish Victor Christian William 1868 - 1938 British Male London, England 31 May 1868 Chatsworth, Derbyshire 06/05/1938 19380506

Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London W (1914)

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. Married, 30 july 1892, Lady Evelyn Emily MAry Petty-FitzMaurice, daughter of 5th Marquess fo Lansdowne; had two sons and five daughters Statute 12 26/11/1914 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 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 31 May 1868 - 6 May 1938 NA529 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 512bcc67-0ae0-4d46-b553-192a9488523b