Individual Details
William Cavendish
(27 Dec 1550 - 3 Mar 1624)
==William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire== * 1618: Earl of Devonshire * Baron Cavendish from 1605 * Knighted 1580 ===Early Life=== : 2nd surviving son of Sir William Cevendish and 3rd wife - (12th child of father and 4th for mother) ===Family=== : m. Anne Keighley(d 1597). Issue: 4. * Gilbert (d 1617) * William (1590-1628) * Giles * Frances (1593-1613). ===Property=== * succeeded elder brother Henry and his mother to a considerable estate ===Occupation=== : Lawyer, admitted Gray's Inn, 1572. Member of Parliament for Liverpool, 1586-1587, for Newport, Cornwall 1587-1588. Sheriff of co. Derby, 1595-1596. Lord Lieutenant of co. Derby (jointly with son William), 1619-1626. : One of the first adventurers to Virginia and co-grantee of the Bermudas Island, of which 1/8th part was called after him. ===Will=== * proved 1626. ===Descendants=== * Queen Elizabeth II's 10-Great Grandfather. ===Links=== * [[Wikipedia: William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire]] ===Sources=== : The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 4 p. 339-340. ---- } ----
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==William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire==
* 1618: Earl of Devonshire
* Baron Cavendish from 1605
* Knighted 1580
===Early Life===
: 2nd surviving son of Sir William Cevendish and 3rd wife - (12th child of father and 4th for mother)
===Family===
: m. Anne Keighley(d 1597). Issue: 4.
* Gilbert (d 1617)
* William (1590-1628)
* Giles
* Frances (1593-1613).
===Property===
* succeeded elder brother Henry and his mother to a considerable estate
===Occupation===
: Lawyer, admitted Gray's Inn, 1572. Member of Parliament for Liverpool, 1586-1587, for Newport, Cornwall 1587-1588. Sheriff of co. Derby, 1595-1596. Lord Lieutenant of co. Derby (jointly with son William), 1619-1626.
: One of the first adventurers to Virginia and co-grantee of the Bermudas Island, of which 1/8th part was called after him.
===Will===
* proved 1626.
===Descendants===
* Queen Elizabeth II's 10-Great Grandfather.
===Links===
* [[Wikipedia: William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire]]
===Sources===
: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 4 p. 339-340.
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==William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire==
* 1618: Earl of Devonshire
* Baron Cavendish from 1605
* Knighted 1580
===Early Life===
: 2nd surviving son of Sir William Cevendish and 3rd wife - (12th child of father and 4th for mother)
===Family===
: m. Anne Keighley(d 1597). Issue: 4.
* Gilbert (d 1617)
* William (1590-1628)
* Giles
* Frances (1593-1613).
===Property===
* succeeded elder brother Henry and his mother to a considerable estate
===Occupation===
: Lawyer, admitted Gray's Inn, 1572. Member of Parliament for Liverpool, 1586-1587, for Newport, Cornwall 1587-1588. Sheriff of co. Derby, 1595-1596. Lord Lieutenant of co. Derby (jointly with son William), 1619-1626.
: One of the first adventurers to Virginia and co-grantee of the Bermudas Island, of which 1/8th part was called after him.
===Will===
* proved 1626.
===Descendants===
* Queen Elizabeth II's 10-Great Grandfather.
===Links===
* [[Wikipedia: William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire]]
===Sources===
: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 4 p. 339-340.
Events
| Birth | 27 Dec 1550 | Chatsworth Manor, Derbyshire | |||
| Marriage | 21 Mar 1580 | Anne Keighley | |||
| Death | 3 Mar 1624 | Edensor, Derbyshire | |||
| Alt name | William "1st Earl of Devonshire" Cavendish | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | Sir | ||||
| Reference No | 1122791 | ||||
| Reference No | 1145149 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Anne Keighley (1560 - 1597) |
| Child | William "2nd Earl of Devonshire" Cavendish (1590 - 1628) |
| Father | William Cavendish (1505 - 1557) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Hardwick (1521 - 1608) |
| Father | Sir William Cavendish (1505 - 1557) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Hardwick (1521 - 1608) |