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pointed one of the gentlemen of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales. In 1734, he was chosen for the county of Derby. He married, on January 9th, 1727, the Lady Anne Grey, third daughter of Henry Duke of Kent, and by her (who died at Puckeridge in Hertfordshire, on September 20th, 1733) had issue two sons, Frederick and Henry, His Lordship was a well known member of the Royal Society, one of the trustees of the British Museum, and one of the council of the Free British Fishery. He died....

Fourth, Lord John Cavendish, who died on May 10th, 1728.

Lady Mary Cavendish, eldest daughter, died on June 15th, 1719, unmarried. Lady Rachel, married to Sir William Morgan, of Tredegar in com. Monmouth, Knight of the Bath. She survived him till June 18th, 1780, when she departed this life, aged upwards of eighty years; by him she had issue a son and heir, William Morgan, of Tredegar, Esq. who died in 1763, S. P.; and a daughter Elizabeth, the wife of William Jones, third son of.... Jones, of Llanarthy in com. Monmouth, Esq. S. P. 1779. Lady Elizabeth, married to Sir Thomas Lowther, of Holker in com. Pal. Lanc. Bart. and died anno 1737. Lady Catherine, and Lady Anne, died unmarried; as did Lady Diana, on February 12th, 1721-2.

His Grace departed this life in Devonshire-house, in Piccadilly, on June 4th, 1729, and was buried in Allhallows church in Derby.

WILLIAM, THIRD DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, served in Parliament, whilst he was a commoner, for the boroughs of Lestwithiel and Grampound in Cornwall, and for the county of Huntingdon.

On May 23d, 1726, he was constituted captain of the band of gentlemen pensioners, and attended, in that character, at the coronation of his late Majesty, who, on his accession to the crown, continued him in the same post. Succeeding his father in his honours, he was constituted Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Derby, on November 2d, 1727, and was sworn of his Majesty's privy-council. And on June 12th, 1731, was declared lord keeper of the privy-seal, and sworn of the privycouncil, the 15th following, and took his place at the board as keeper of the privy-seal.

In April, 1733, his Grace was constituted lord steward of his Majesty's household. And having been elected one of the knights

companions of the most noble order of the garter, was installed at Windsor, on August 22d, the same year.

On March 31st, 1737, his Grace was declared in council, lord lieutenant general, and general governor of the kingdom of Ireland. His Grace continued lord lieutenant of Ireland, till January 3d, 1744, when the place of lord steward of his Majesty's household was again conferred on him. His Grace was one of the lords justices for the administration of the government, during his Majesty's absence, in 1741, 1743, 1745, and 1748; continuing lord steward of his Majesty's household, till June 1749; when choosing to retire to his noble seat at Chatsworth, he did there, for the most part, reside, and departed this life on December 5th, 1755, and was buried at Allhallows, Derby.

Coxe has recorded that, "while he was lord lieutenant of Ireland, he gave a striking instance of prudence and firmness. On the introduction of a new coinage, Swift, elated with his former triumphs in the affair of Wood, and anxious to embarrass the measures of government, distributed inflammatory hand bills, ordered the bells of the cathedral to be muffled, and endeavoured to excite a ferment among the people. The Duke on his arrival, informed of these seditious attempts, sent an aid-de-camp to unmuffle the bells, and to threaten Swift with an arrest should any riot be excited. The turbulent dean was intimidated; a peal of loyalty was rung at the cathedral, and perfect tranquillity preserved. The Duke was a man of sound judgment, and unbiassed integrity; and Sir Robert Walpole, who often confidentially consulted him on difficult questions, used to declare, that, on a subject which required mature deliberation, he would prefer his sentiments to those of any other person in the kingdom. Mr. Walpole also paid a just tribute to the character of his noble friend, whose talents were more solid than brilliant. Calling one day at Devonshire House, which was just finished, and not finding him at home, he left this epigram on his table:

Ut dominus, domus est; non extra fulta columnis
Marmoreis splendet; quod tenet, intus habet.

His Grace was, at this period, lord steward of the household, and held a place in the cabinet: disgusted, however, with the feuds in the cabinet, and perplexed with the jealous disposition of Newcastle, and the desponding spirit of Mr. Pelham, he resigned his office in 1749, and withdrew to a dignified retirement at Chatsworth, prepared, on all occasions of importance, to give his support to

government. He was succeeded in his high station by the Duke of Marlborough."

On March 27th, 1718, his Grace married Catherine, daughter and sole heir of John Hoskins, of the county of Middlesex, Esq. by which Lady (who survived till May 8th, 1777) he had issue four sons, and three daughters.

First, William, fourth Duke of Devonshire.

Second, Lord George Cavendish, to whom his late Majesty was godfather, and who was elected, in 1751, for Weymouth; and in several parliaments was chosen for the county of Derby. In October, 1761, he was appointed comptroller of the household, and sworn of the privy-council, on February 15th, 1762, but did not long enjoy the office of comptroller. And on June 17th, 1766, was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Derby. He died, unmarried, May 2d, 1794, being then M. P. for the county of Derby.

Third, Lord Frederick Cavendish (to whom his royal highness the late Prince of Wales was godfather) who taking to a military life, was, on March 21st, 1752, appointed lieutenant, with the rank of captain, in the second regiment of foot guards. In May, 1758, his Lordship was nominated aid-de-camp to his late Majesty; in November, 1760, constituted colonel of the thirtyfourth regiment of foot; promoted to the rank of major general, on March 7th, 1761, and advanced to be lieutenant general on April 30th, 1770; general 20th November 1782; and field marshal on July 30th, 1796. On his brother being called up to the house of peers, he was elected in his place one of the knights for the county of Derby; also to several parliaments for the town of Derby; and died, unmarried, October 21st, 1803.

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Fourth, Lord John Cavendish, elected in 1754, member of parliament for Weymouth; in 1761 for Knaresborough; and to subsequent parliaments for the city of York, and elected for the county of Derby, in the room of his brother Lord George, deceased. On March 27th, 1782, he was appointed chancellor of the Exchequer, and one of the lords of the treasury, which he held only till July following; and was again appointed to those situations April 5th, 1783, which he held only to December following. He died unmarried, December 19th, 1796.

Lady Carolina, to whom his late Majesty was godfather, mar.

The Poet Mason was his tutor at Cambridge; and addressed one of his elegies to him.

ried to William Ponsonby, Lord Viscount Duncannon, son and heir of Brabazon, Earl of Bessborough, of the kingdom of Ireland, of whom under the title of Lord Ponsonby. Her Ladyship died January 20th, 1760.

Lady Elizabeth, married, in September, 1742, to the honourable John Ponsonby, Esq. second son of the said Earl of Bessborough; by whom she was mother of William Brabazon Ponsonby, created Lord Ponsonby 1806; and of the Rt. Hon. George Ponsonby late Lord Chancellor of Ireland; and Lady Rachel, married, on May 12th, 1748, to Horatio Walpole, Esq. son and at length successor to the Rt. Hon. Horatio Walpole, Baron of Woolterton in Norfolk; now Earl of Orford. She died May 8th, 1805.

WILLIAM, FOurth Duke anD SEVENTH EARL OF DEVONSHIRE, of his family, was at the general election, in 1747, returned one of the knights for Derbyshire; and called up to the house of peers, on June 13th, 1751, with precedency, according to the patent granted his ancestor, on May 4th, 1605, being the fifteenth Baron, when he took his seat among the lords. On July 9th, 1751, he was appointed master of the horse, and three days after sworn of the privy-council. On March 30th, next year, he was nominated one of the lords of the regency, during his Majesty's absence and in January, 1754, was constituted governor of the county of Cork in Ireland, and also, in February following, lord high treasurer of that kingdom, in the room of the last Earl of Burlington. On March 27th, 1755, he was declared lord lieutenant and governor general of Ireland; first commissioner of the treasury, on November 16th, 1756; and lord lieutenant of the county of Derby, on December 15th, that year. His Grace was installed Knight of the Garter, on March 27th, 1757; and having, in May that year, been appointed chamberlain of the household, he resined his place in the treasury. Being continued in the chamberlain's office, at the accession of the present King, he in that quality assisted at the royal nuptials, and the coronation. He in 1762, resigned all his employments in England depending on the crown; but retained those of lord high treasurer of Ireland, and governor of the county of Cork in that kingdom, to the time of his decease, which happened on October 2d, 1764, in the forty-fourth year of his age, at the German Spa, whither he had gone about a month before for the benefit of his health, and was buried at Allhallows, Derby. His Grace was also Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the governors of the

Charter House, president of the London Hospital in Whitechapel Road, and one of the governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He married, in March, 1748, Lady Charlotte, the third and youngest, but only surviving, daughter and heir of Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington and Cork, and by her Ladyship (who died on December 8th, 1754, and was buried at Allhallows, Derby) had issue three sons, and one daughter; viz. William, now Duke of Devonshire; Lord Richard Cavendish, born on June 19th, 1751, and elected in two parliaments for the town of Lancaster; he died at Naples September 7th, 1781, where he went for the recovery of his health. His Lordship was at the general election, 1780, chosen member for Derby.

Lord George Augustus Henry, born on Feb. 27th, 1754, and elected in several parliaments for Knaresborough in Yorkshire; and since for the county of Derby. He married, March 27th, 1782, at Trinity chapel, Conduit-street, Lady Elizabeth Compton, sole daughter and heir of Charles, seventh Earl of Northampton, by whom he has had issue, first, William, born Jan. 10, 1783, M. P. for Aylesbury, 1806: second, George Henry Compton, M. P. for Aylesbury, 1807, and captain in the seventh dragoons; third, Elizabeth Dorothy, born June 12th, 1786, died September 17th, 1786; fourth, Anna, born November 11th, 1787; fifth, Elizabeth, born March 13th, 1792, died May 26th, 1794; sixth, Henry Frederick Compton, born November 5th, 1789; seventh, Charles Compton, born August 28th, 1793; eighth, Mary Louisa, born March 6th, 1795, died June 7th, 1795; ninth, Carolina, born, April 5th, 1797; tenth, a daughter, born April 23d, 1803.

And Lady Dorothy Cavendish, born on August 27th, 1750, and married on Nov. 8th, 1766, to his Grace William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, the present Duke of Portland; she died May 1794.

WILLIAM, THE PRESENT AND FIFTH DUKE, AND EIGHTH EARL, OF DEVONSHIRE, was born on December 14th, 1748; and was one of the six lords (eldest sons of peers) who supported his Majesty's train at his coronation, on September 22d, 1761; on March 1st, 1766, his Grace was constituted lord high treasurer of Ireland, and governor of the county of Cork in that kingdom. His Grace married June 6th, 1774, Lady Georgina Spencer, eldest daughter of the Right Honourable John Earl Spencer, by whom he has had issue, first, Georgina, born July 12th, 1783, married, March 21st, 1801, George Viscount Morpeth, son of Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, K. G.; second, Henrietta, born August 12, 1805;

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