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Duke of Devonshire – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="William Cavendish, 4. Duke of Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish_(1720-1764)" title="William Cavendish (1720-1764) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="William Cavendish (1720-1764)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish_(Devonshireko_IV._dukea)" title="William Cavendish (Devonshireko IV. dukea) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="William Cavendish (Devonshireko IV. dukea)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1" title="ویلیام کاوندیش دوونشر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویلیام کاوندیش دوونشر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish_(4e_duc_de_Devonshire)" title="William Cavendish (4e duc de Devonshire) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="William Cavendish (4e duc de Devonshire)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4%C3%BA_Di%C3%BAc_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 4ú Diúc Devonshire – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="William Cavendish, 4ú Diúc Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish" title="William Cavendish – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="William Cavendish" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C4%EB%8C%80_%EB%8D%B0%EB%B2%88%EC%85%94_%EA%B3%B5%EC%9E%91_%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%BA%90%EB%B2%88%EB%94%94%EC%8B%9C" title="제4대 데번셔 공작 윌리엄 캐번디시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제4대 데번셔 공작 윌리엄 캐번디시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6" title="विलियम केवन्डिश – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विलियम केवन्डिश" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4ma_duko_de_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 4ma duko de Devonshire – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="William Cavendish, 4ma duko de Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_Adipati_IV_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, Adipati IV Devonshire – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="William Cavendish, Adipati IV Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_hertogi_af_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, hertogi af Devonshire – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="William Cavendish, hertogi af Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_IV_duca_di_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, IV duca di Devonshire – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="William Cavendish, IV duca di Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A9,_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8" title="ויליאם קוונדיש, הדוכס הרביעי מדבונשייר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויליאם קוונדיש, הדוכס הרביעי מדבונשייר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98" title="უილიამ კავენდიში – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="უილიამ კავენდიში" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4sa_Dug_Dewnans" title="William Cavendish, 4sa Dug Dewnans – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="William Cavendish, 4sa Dug Dewnans" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Cavendish" title="Gulielmus Cavendish – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Gulielmus Cavendish" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish" title="William Cavendish – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="William Cavendish" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish" title="William Cavendish – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="William Cavendish" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6,_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95" title="विल्यम कॅव्हेन्डिश, डेव्हॉनशायरचा चौथा ड्यूक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विल्यम कॅव्हेन्डिश, डेव्हॉनशायरचा चौथा ड्यूक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4" title="وليام كافينديش – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="وليام كافينديش" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish_(1720-1764)" title="William Cavendish (1720-1764) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="William Cavendish (1720-1764)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5_(%E7%AC%AC4%E4%BB%A3%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E5%85%AC%E7%88%B5)" title="ウィリアム・キャヴェンディッシュ (第4代デヴォンシャー公爵) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウィリアム・キャヴェンディッシュ (第4代デヴォンシャー公爵)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4._hertug_av_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 4. hertug av Devonshire – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="William Cavendish, 4. hertug av Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4en_Duc_de_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 4en Duc de Devonshire – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="William Cavendish, 4en Duc de Devonshire" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li 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1757</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle">The Duke of Newcastle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">The Duke of Newcastle</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1720-05-08</span>)</span>8 May 1720<br /><a href="/wiki/St_Martin%27s-in-the-Fields" class="mw-redirect" title="St Martin's-in-the-Fields">St Martin's-in-the-Fields</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">2 October 1764<span style="display:none">(1764-10-02)</span> (aged 44)<br /><a href="/wiki/Spa,_Belgium" title="Spa, Belgium">Spa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Derby_Cathedral" title="Derby Cathedral">Derby Cathedral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Whig_(British_political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig (British political party)">Whig</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Cavendish,_Marchioness_of_Hartington" title="Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington">Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="27 March 1748">1748</span>; died <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="8 December 1754">1754</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_5th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire">William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bentinck,_Duchess_of_Portland" title="Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland">Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lord_Richard_Cavendish_(1752%E2%80%931781)" title="Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781)">Lord Richard Cavendish</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_Cavendish,_1st_Earl_of_Burlington" title="George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington">George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_3rd_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire">William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire" title="Catherine Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire">Catherine Hoskins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire_Signature.svg/128px-William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire_Signature.svg/192px-William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire_Signature.svg/256px-William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="758" data-file-height="214" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire,_KG,_PC.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Coat_of_arms_of_William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire%2C_KG%2C_PC.png/262px-Coat_of_arms_of_William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire%2C_KG%2C_PC.png" decoding="async" width="262" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Coat_of_arms_of_William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire%2C_KG%2C_PC.png/393px-Coat_of_arms_of_William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire%2C_KG%2C_PC.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Coat_of_arms_of_William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire%2C_KG%2C_PC.png/524px-Coat_of_arms_of_William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire%2C_KG%2C_PC.png 2x" data-file-width="1158" data-file-height="1158" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC</figcaption></figure> <p><b>William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire</b>, (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled <b>Lord Cavendish</b> before 1729, and <b>Marquess of Hartington</b> between 1729 and 1755, was a British <a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of Great Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first son of <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_3rd_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire">William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire</a> and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire" title="Catherine Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire">Catherine Hoskins</a>. He is also a great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of <a href="/wiki/King_Charles_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles III">King Charles III</a> through the king's <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Bowes-Lyon,_Countess_of_Strathmore_and_Kinghorne" title="Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne">maternal great-grandmother</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The eldest of four sons of <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_3rd_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire">William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire" title="Catherine Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire">Catherine</a> <span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Hoskins</span>, he was baptised on 1 June 1720 at <a href="/wiki/St_Martin%27s-in-the-Fields" class="mw-redirect" title="St Martin's-in-the-Fields">St Martin's-in-the-Fields</a> in London. He was possibly educated privately at home before going on a <a href="/wiki/Grand_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand tour">grand tour</a> in France and Italy, accompanied by his tutor, in 1739-40.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career:_1741–1756"><span id="Early_career:_1741.E2.80.931756"></span>Early career: 1741–1756</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career: 1741–1756"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was elected <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Derbyshire</a> in 1741 and 1747. Devonshire was a supporter of Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Robert Walpole</a> and, after Walpole's fall from power, of the Pelhams. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham" title="Henry Pelham">Henry Pelham</a> wrote to Devonshire's father that he was "our mainstay among the young ones, of themselves liable to wander".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Horace_Walpole" title="Horace Walpole">Horace Walpole</a> described him as "a favourite by descent of the Old Whigs"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as "errant [a] bigot to the Pelham faction as ever <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Cl%C3%A9ment" title="Jacques Clément">Jacques Clément</a> was to the Jesuits".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had been offered the post of governor to the <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">Prince of Wales</a> but he declined.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pelham appointed him <a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Horse" title="Master of the Horse">Master of the Horse</a>, a post he held until 1755 and which necessitated his leaving the House of Commons for the House of Lords by <a href="/wiki/Writ_of_acceleration" title="Writ of acceleration">writ of acceleration</a> as Baron Cavendish and joining the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of Great Britain">Privy Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devonshire supported the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle">Duke of Newcastle</a> after Henry Pelham's death in 1754 and was <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Ireland">Lord Lieutenant of Ireland</a> from 2 April 1755 until 3 January 1757 in Newcastle's administration. In April 1755 Devonshire was one of the Lords Justices of the realm upon the King's absence in Hanover.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Devonshire succeeded his father as <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Devonshire" title="Duke of Devonshire">Duke of Devonshire</a> in December 1755 after his death. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> was going badly for Britain under the leadership of the Duke of Newcastle and when he resigned in October 1756, <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a> eventually asked Devonshire to form an administration.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devonshire accepted on the condition that his tenure would last only until the end of the parliamentary session. Devonshire believed his duty to the King required an administration capable of prosecuting the war successfully.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prime_Minister:_1756–1757"><span id="Prime_Minister:_1756.E2.80.931757"></span>Prime Minister: 1756–1757<span class="anchor" id="Premiership"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prime Minister: 1756–1757"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Pitt%E2%80%93Devonshire_ministry" title="Pitt–Devonshire ministry">Pitt–Devonshire ministry</a> and <a href="/wiki/1757_caretaker_ministry" title="1757 caretaker ministry">1757 caretaker ministry</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_in_the_Seven_Years%27_War" title="Great Britain in the Seven Years' War">Great Britain in the Seven Years' War</a></div> <p>Devonshire was given the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Garter</a> and appointed <a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Treasury" title="First Lord of the Treasury">First Lord of the Treasury</a> (most historians consider him prime minister during this service) in November 1756, and he served as First Lord until May 1757 in an administration effectively run by <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">William Pitt</a>. Devonshire's administration secured increased money for the war, troops were sent to America and a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Militia_Act_1757&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Militia Act 1757 (page does not exist)">Militia Act</a> was passed.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The administration was eventually brought down for a variety of reasons including the opposition of <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a> and the alleged mishandling of the trial and execution of Admiral <a href="/wiki/John_Byng" title="John Byng">John Byng</a>. It was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Pitt%E2%80%93Newcastle_ministry" title="Pitt–Newcastle ministry">Pitt–Newcastle ministry</a> headed by the Duke of Newcastle and including Pitt, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fox,_1st_Baron_Holland" title="Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland">Henry Fox</a> and the <a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_4th_Duke_of_Bedford" title="John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford">Duke of Bedford</a>. This government steered Britain through most of the Seven Years' War leading the country to ultimate victory. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lord_Chamberlain:_1757–1762"><span id="Lord_Chamberlain:_1757.E2.80.931762"></span>Lord Chamberlain: 1757–1762</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lord Chamberlain: 1757–1762"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.JPG/220px-William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.JPG/330px-William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.JPG/440px-William_Cavendish%2C_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.JPG 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>The Duke of Devonshire by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hudson_(painter)" title="Thomas Hudson (painter)"> Thomas Hudson</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1750s</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Devonshire was <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chamberlain" title="Lord Chamberlain">Lord Chamberlain</a> in Newcastle's government (with a seat in the inner Cabinet) and his relations with him were close.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> George II died in October 1760 and was succeeded by his grandson <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a>, who was suspicious of Devonshire and Newcastle. When Newcastle resigned in May 1762 Devonshire said that he would rarely attend <a href="/wiki/John_Stuart,_3rd_Earl_of_Bute" title="John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute">Lord Bute's</a> councils. </p><p>When, in October, George III requested that he attend a Cabinet meeting on peace terms, Devonshire declined, claiming he had inadequate knowledge of the subject.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> On 28 October, travelling from Kew to London, the King overtook Devonshire and Newcastle's coach in the belief that the two dukes were plotting and that Devonshire was coming to tender his resignation. He was in fact passing through London to Chatsworth and had come to give his leave to the King. When Devonshire arrived, George III refused to see him, as he later wrote: </p><blockquote><p>"I ordered the page to tell him I would not see him, on which he bid him ask me with whom he should leave his wand...I said he would receive my orders...On the Duke of Devonshire's going away he said to the page, <i>God bless you, it will be very long before you see me here again</i></p></blockquote><p> At a meeting of the Privy Council four days later the King personally struck out Devonshire's name from the list of Privy Councillors. In the opinion of one of his biographers, <a href="/wiki/John_Brooke_(English_historian)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Brooke (English historian)">John Brooke</a>, "Few things in King George III's long life show him in so poor a light".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Last_years:_1762–1764"><span id="Last_years:_1762.E2.80.931764"></span>Last years: 1762–1764</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Last years: 1762–1764"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devonshire resigned his <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Derbyshire" title="Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire">Lord Lieutenancy of Derbyshire</a> in solidarity with Newcastle and Rockingham when they were dismissed from their Lord Lieutenancies.<sup id="cite_ref-Howat,_p._101_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howat,_p._101-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For a long time he had a weak constitution and he gradually grew more ill during these years. He ultimately died in the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a> where he had gone to take the waters at <a href="/wiki/Spa,_Belgium" title="Spa, Belgium">Spa</a>. His death was a large political loss to his allies, the Whig magnates such as the Duke of Newcastle. Dying at the age of 44 years and 147 days, he remains the shortest lived British Prime Minister. Devonshire was buried at <a href="/wiki/Derby_Cathedral" title="Derby Cathedral">Derby Cathedral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CavODNB_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CavODNB-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He married <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Cavendish,_Marchioness_of_Hartington" title="Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington">Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baron_Clifford" title="Baron Clifford">6th Baroness Clifford</a> (1731–1754), the daughter and heiress of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Boyle,_3rd_Earl_of_Burlington" title="Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington">Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington</a> of the first creation, a famous <a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">architect</a> and <a href="/wiki/Art" title="Art">art</a> collector and <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Boyle,_Countess_of_Burlington" title="Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington">Lady Dorothy Saville</a>. The wedding was held at Carlton House, the then residence of the Dowager Lady Burlington, situated between St James' Park and Pall Mall, by special licence on the 28 March, 1748.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through Charlotte, the Devonshires inherited <a href="/wiki/Chiswick_House" title="Chiswick House">Chiswick House</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burlington_House" title="Burlington House">Burlington House</a> in London; <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Abbey" title="Bolton Abbey">Bolton Abbey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Londesborough_Hall" title="Londesborough Hall">Londesborough Hall</a> in Yorkshire; and <a href="/wiki/Lismore_Castle" title="Lismore Castle">Lismore Castle</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Waterford" title="County Waterford">County Waterford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>. The Duke employed <a href="/wiki/Capability_Brown" title="Capability Brown">Capability Brown</a> to landscape the garden and park at <a href="/wiki/Chatsworth_House" title="Chatsworth House">Chatsworth House</a>, his main residence. He hired <a href="/wiki/James_Paine_(architect)" title="James Paine (architect)">James Paine</a> to design the new stable block. </p><p>The Duke had four children: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_5th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire">William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire</a> (1748–1811)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bentinck,_Duchess_of_Portland" title="Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland">Lady Dorothy Cavendish</a> (27 August 1750 – 3 June 1794). Married <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish-Bentinck,_3rd_Duke_of_Portland" title="William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland">William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland</a>, who also became prime minister.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Richard_Cavendish_(1752%E2%80%931781)" title="Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781)">Lord Richard Cavendish</a> (1752–1781)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cavendish,_1st_Earl_of_Burlington" title="George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington">George Augustus Henry Cavendish</a>, created 1st <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Burlington" title="Earl of Burlington">Earl of Burlington</a> of the second creation (1754–1834). Lord Burlington's grandson, the <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_7th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire">2nd Earl of Burlington</a>, would later inherit the Devonshire dukedom as 7th Duke of Devonshire.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Cavendish,_Marquess_of_Hartington,_Later_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/William_Cavendish%2C_Marquess_of_Hartington%2C_Later_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/220px-William_Cavendish%2C_Marquess_of_Hartington%2C_Later_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/William_Cavendish%2C_Marquess_of_Hartington%2C_Later_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/330px-William_Cavendish%2C_Marquess_of_Hartington%2C_Later_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/William_Cavendish%2C_Marquess_of_Hartington%2C_Later_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/440px-William_Cavendish%2C_Marquess_of_Hartington%2C_Later_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2508" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The Duke of Devonshire</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Horace_Walpole" title="Horace Walpole">Horace Walpole</a> described Devonshire as possessing "an impatience to do everything, and a fear to do anything, he was always in a hurry to do nothing".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Langford" title="Paul Langford">Paul Langford</a> said Devonshire was "eminently sensible and highly respected", and that his death "left a marked gap in the ranks" of the opposition and "effectively destroyed a generation in the 'Old Whig' leadership".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Howat" title="Gerald Howat">Gerald Howat</a> summed up Devonshire's life: </p> <blockquote><p>Devonshire had been a moderate among men of great political passion. If scarcely a spectator in the play of events, he had never bestrode the stage. His death, coming just after those of Hardwicke and Legge, deprived the Whigs of three material men. Given health, he might have returned to office in the Crown's restless pursuit of ministers up to 1770. He had been a man with a concern for king and country. He died the acknowledged leader of the Whigs.<sup id="cite_ref-Howat,_p._101_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howat,_p._101-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Karl_Schweizer" title="Karl Schweizer">Karl Wolfgang Schweizer</a> says of Devonshire: </p> <blockquote><p>Devonshire was a man of solid if not outstanding abilities. He was endowed with the qualities—devotion to friends and duty, patriotism, and unswerving integrity—which made him the ideal sounding board and factotum among the prominent politicians of his day. Unlike Pitt or Fox he lacked a brilliant mind, and his diary provides evidence of devotion to king, country, and duty rather than quickness of intellect. A political broker rather than a leader, he exploited his personal popularity and family prestige to mediate between the factious and egotistical individuals who dominated Dublin and Westminster politics in the 1750s and early 1760s.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/duke-of-devonshire">Duke of Devonshire</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080908205053/http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/prime-ministers-in-history/duke-of-devonshire">Archived</a> 8 September 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/UK_Government_Web_Archive" title="UK Government Web Archive">UK Government Web Archive</a>, No10.gov.uk, accessed July 2009 - Note that the picture on this site is wrong: it was painted after his death and is in fact a portrait of his son.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ODNB-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ODNB_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODNB_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Karl Wolfgang Schweizer, ‘<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4949">Cavendish, William, fourth duke of Devonshire (bap. 1720, d. 1764)</a>’, <i>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</i>, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 1 August 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">G. M. D. Howat, 'The Duke of Devonshire (1756–1757)’, in Herbert van Thal (ed.), <i>The Prime Ministers. Volume the First. Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel</i> (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974), pp. 95–96.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Horace Walpole, <i>Memoirs of King George II. I: January 1751 – March 1754</i> (Yale University Press, 1985), p. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Walpole, p. 122.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Walpole, p. 61.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter D. Brown and Karl W. Schweizer (eds.), <i>The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs. 1759-1762</i> (London: Butler & Tanner Ltd, 1982), p. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brown and Schweizer, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Howat, p. 97.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brown and Schweizer, pp. 7–8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Howat, p. 98.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Howat, p. 99.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Howat, p. 100.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Brooke, <i>King George III</i> (Panther, 1974), pp. 170–171.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Howat,_p._101-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Howat,_p._101_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Howat,_p._101_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Howat, p. 101.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CavODNB-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CavODNB_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>CavODNB</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Register of Marriages (and Burials) belonging to St James's Westminster. 1723-1754</i>. 28 March 1748.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Walpole, p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul Langford, <i>The First Rockingham Administration. 1765-1766</i> (Oxford University Press, 1973), pp. 13–14.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>John Brooke, <i>King George III</i> (Panther, 1974).</li> <li>Peter D. Brown and Karl W. Schweizer (eds.), <i>The Devonshire Diary. William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire. Memoranda on State Affairs. 1759-1762</i> (London: Butler & Tanner Ltd, 1982).</li> <li>G. M. D. Howat, 'The Duke of Devonshire (1756–1757)’, in Herbert van Thal (ed.), <i>The Prime Ministers. Volume the First. Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel</i> (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974), pp. 93–102.</li> <li>Paul Langford, <i>The First Rockingham Administration. 1765-1766</i> (Oxford University Press, 1973).</li> <li>Horace Walpole, <i>Memoirs of King George II. I: January 1751 – March 1754</i> (Yale University Press, 1985).</li> <li>Karl Wolfgang Schweizer, ‘<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4949">Cavendish, William, fourth duke of Devonshire (bap. 1720, d. 1764)</a>’, <i>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</i>, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 1 August 2010.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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href="/wiki/Lionel_Sackville,_1st_Duke_of_Dorset" title="Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset">The Duke of Dorset</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Boyle,_3rd_Earl_of_Burlington" title="Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington">The Earl of Burlington</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Treasurer_of_Ireland" title="Lord High Treasurer of Ireland">Lord High Treasurer of Ireland</a> </b><br />1754–1764 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Vacant</b><div style="font-size:90%">Title next held by</div><b><a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_5th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire">The Duke of Devonshire</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Sackville,_1st_Duke_of_Dorset" title="Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset">The Duke of Dorset</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Ireland">Lord Lieutenant of Ireland</a> </b><br />1755–1757 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_4th_Duke_of_Bedford" title="John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford">The Duke of Bedford</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle-upon-Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne">The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Great Britain">Prime Minister of Great Britain</a> </b><br />16 November 1756 – 29 June 1757 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle-upon-Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne">The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Leader of the House of Lords">Leader of the House of Lords</a> </b><br />1756–1757 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_FitzRoy,_2nd_Duke_of_Grafton" title="Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton">The Duke of Grafton</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chamberlain" title="Lord Chamberlain">Lord Chamberlain</a> </b><br />1757–1762 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Spencer,_4th_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough">The Duke of Marlborough</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">Parliament of Great Britain</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Nathaniel_Curzon,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet">Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lord_Charles_Cavendish" title="Lord Charles Cavendish">Lord Charles Cavendish</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Derbyshire</a> </b><br />1741–1751 <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/Sir_Nathaniel_Curzon,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet">Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bt</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Nathaniel_Curzon,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet">Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lord_Frederick_Cavendish_(soldier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Frederick Cavendish (soldier)">Lord Frederick Cavendish</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF157;">Honorary titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_3rd_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire">The 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