Cavendish, William (1617 - 1684)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 12
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1617-10-10
Death Date: 1684-11-23

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower 20 July 1642; acquitted 10 Dec. 1645

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Cecil, Elizabeth (1620 - 1689)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1638-3-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage license date

Offspring

From Cecil, Elizabeth (1620 - 1689)

  1. Male offspring: Cavendish, William (1641 - 1707)
  2. Female offspring: Cavendish, Anne (d. 1703)
  3. Male offspring: Cavendish, Charles (d. 1671)

Primary Title

Baron Cavendish of Hardwick

Titles

  • Baron Cavendish of Hardwick
    Assumed 1626
    Vacated 1684-11-23
  • 4th Earl of Devonshire
    Assumed 1628-16-20
    Vacated 1684-11-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Lord Lieut, Derbyshire 1638-12-19 n.d.
High Steward, Bedfordshire 1639/40-2-4 (possibly held office from 24 Feb. 1639/40) n.d. Held jointly
Commissioner of Array, Leicestershire 1641/2 n.d. Held jointly
Comissioner of Custos Rotularum, Derbyshire 1660 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Derbyshire 1660-7 n.d.
Steward, Derbyshire 1660 (possibly held office from 1661) n.d.
Steward, Staffordshire 1660-8-8 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Latimer, Buckinghamshire
  • Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
  • Roehampton, Surrey

Lands

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Derbyshire: Baslow, Chatsworth & Youlgreave
  • Essex
  • Huntingdonshire: Beames, Moygnes, St Ives, Sawtry
  • Nottinghamshire: Mansfield, Normanton & Sutton
  • Somerset: Glastonbury
  • Staffordshire: Wetton
  • Suffolk
  • Yorkshire: North Riding: Marton le Moor & Sheriff Hutton

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1639-1640 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Cavendish's Waits

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Cavendish's Waits Cavendish, William (1617 - 1684) 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)