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Cavendish, William (1551 - 1625/6)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1551-12-27
Death Date: 1626-03-03

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1581-3-21
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced 3 additional sons
  2. Boughton, Elizabeth ( - 1642)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1619
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

  1. From Boughton, Elizabeth ( - 1642)
  2. Mother unknown
    Male offspring: Cavendish, Gilbert ( - )
  3. Mother unknown
  4. Mother unknown
    Male offspring: Cavendish, James ( - )

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Cavendish of Hardwick

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1580
  • 1st Baron Cavendish of Hardwick
    Assumed: 1605-05-04
    Vacated: 1625/6-03-03
  • 2nd Earl of Devonshire
    Assumed: 1618-08-07
    Vacated: 1625/6-03-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended
MP, Lancashire 1586
MP, Cornwall 1588
Sheriff, Derbyshire 1595 -11 -27
JP, Derbyshire 1603
Bailiff, Staffordshire 1615
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Derbyshire 1617/18
Lord Lieut, Derbyshire 1619 -5 -4 1625/6 -03 -3

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
    Acquired: 1607/8-02
    Divested: 1625/6-03
    Inherited via mother
  • Old Cotes, Nottinghamshire
    Acquired: 1607/8-02
    Inherited via mother
  • Chatsworth, Derbyshire
    Acquired: 1616-10
    Inherited from elder brother Henry

Lands

  • Derbyshire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Staffordshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Cavendish's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Cavendish's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Mr Cavendish's Musicians
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Mr Cavendish's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Cavendish's Players Cavendish, William (1551 - 1626) Players 1
Lord Cavendish's Players Cavendish, William (1551 - 1626) Players 1
Mr Cavendish's Players Cavendish, William (1551 - 1626) Players 1
Mr Cavendish's Musicians Cavendish, William (1551 - 1626) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.