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William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

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The Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
In office
1737–1744
MonarchGeorge II
Preceded byThe Duke of Dorset
Succeeded byThe Earl of Chesterfield
Lord Steward
In office
1733–1737
MonarchGeorge II
In office
1744–1749
MonarchGeorge II
Lord Privy Seal
In office
1731–1733
MonarchGeorge II
Succeeded byThe Viscount Lonsdale
Personal details
Born26 September 1698
Died5 December 1755
NationalityBritish
SpouseCatherine Hoskins
Children7 (including William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Lord John Cavendish, and Lord Frederick Cavendish)
Parent(s)William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
Rachel Russell
Quartered coat of arms of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (26 September 1698 – 5 December 1755) was a British nobleman and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1729 when he inherited the Dukedom.

Life

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Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, and his wife, the Hon. Rachel Russell, and was known as Marquess of Hartington.

Like his father, Lord Hartington was active in public life. He was returned unopposed as member of parliament for Lostwithiel at a by-election in 1721. At the 1722 general election he was returned unopposed as MP for Grampound. He was also unopposed when he was returned as MP for Huntingdonshire at the 1727 general election. He surrendered the seat in 1729 when his father's death sent him to the House of Lords.[1] He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1731. He served as Lord Privy Seal from 1731 to 1733, when he was invested as a Knight of the Garter. He later served for seven years as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.[2]

He sold the Old Devonshire House at 48 Boswell Street, Theobald's Road, in Bloomsbury, and in 1734 engaged the architect William Kent to build a new Cavendish House in fashionable Piccadilly. In 1739, he was enlisted as a founding governor of a new children's charity, the Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury, London, which aimed to alleviate the problem of infants being abandoned by destitute mothers and which later became a centre for art and music.

During the Jacobite rising of 1745 the Duke raised a militia unit in support of the King known as the Derbyshire Blues, which mustered at the George Inn, Derby, on 3 December 1745.

Marriage and issue

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On 27 March 1718, he married Catherine Hoskins (1700–1777), daughter of John Hoskins of Oxted (1640–1717) and Catherine Hale (1673–1703).

The Duke and Duchess had seven children:

References

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  1. ^ "CAVENDISH, William, Mq. of Hartington (?1698-1755), of Chatsworth, Derbys". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ^ "William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698 – 1755)". Chatsworth House. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
1721–1724
With: John Newsham 1721–1722
Lord Stanhope 1722–1724
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Grampound
17221727
With: Humphry Morice
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
1727–1729
With: John Bigg
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners
1726–1731
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
1729–1755
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
In Commission
Lord Privy Seal
1731–1733
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Steward
1733–1737
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1737–1744
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lord Steward
1744–1749
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Devonshire
1729–1755
Succeeded by
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick
(descended by acceleration)

1729–1751