Devonshire, William Cavendish, 1st Earl of, Baron Cavendish Of Hardwick

Devonshire, William Cavendish, 1st Earl of, Baron Cavendish Of Hardwick

▪ British statesman
born December 27, 1552
died March 3, 1626, Hardwick Hall, Devonshire, England

      first of the long line of Devonshire peers.

      The son of Sir William Cavendish and his third wife, Elizabeth Hardwick (afterward the Countess of Shrewsbury), the young Cavendish was educated at Eton College and Gray's Inn and was knighted in 1580 and created a baron in 1605. In 1608 he inherited a rich estate from his mother and later became a sponsor of the Virginia Company and a cograntee of Bermuda. James I created him Earl of Devonshire in 1618. His great-grandson became the 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Devonshire.

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