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 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 151 Patron of forty livings, Hartington, V. Hathersage, V. Bradborne, V. South Wingneld, V. Youlgreave, V. Ault Hiicknall, V. Biggin, V. Staveley, R. Baslow, V. Pentrich, V. Peak Forest, V. Upper Langwith, R. Heath, V. Edensor, D. Marston-up- Dove, V. Buxton, V. Beeley, V. Earl Sterndale, V. Blackwell, V. Doveridge, V. Der- went, V. ScarcliflFe, V. Derbyshire; Arnold, V. Beeston, V. Suttoa-m-Aslifield, V. Nottinghamshiie; Brindle, R. Cartmel, V. Flookburgh, V. Field Broughton, V. Lan- cashire; Martinsthorpe, R. Rutland; Bolton Abbey, V- Keighley, R. Yorkshire; Barrow- by, R. Lincolnshire; Rye, V. Wilmington, V. Jevington, R. Westham, V. West Dean, R. Sussex; (with M. M. Middleton, Esq.) All Saints, R. Sawtry, Huntingdonshire; (with the Duke of Buckingham) Eyam, R. Derbyshire. Creations, Baron Cavendish, ot'Harciwick, 1 603, Earl of Devonshire, 1618, Marquess of Hartington and Duke of Devonshire, 1694, all in the peerage of England, Earl of Bur- lington and Baron Cavendish, of Heighley, in the peerage of Great Britain, 1831. ^rma, Sable : three bucks' heads cabossed, argent. Crest, A serpent nowed, proper. Supporters, Two bucks, proper, lach wreathed round the neck with a chaplet of roses, alternately, argent and azure. Seats, Chatsworthand Hardwicke-hall, Derbyshire? Compton-place, Eastbourne, Sus- sex; Bolton-abbey, Yorkshire; Holkar-hall, Westmoreland; Lismore-castle, Waterford. Town Residence, Devonshire-house, 78, Piccadilly, W. Clubs, Athenaeum, Oxford and Cambridge. DEVONSHIRE, Duke of, His Grace's predecessor in the Earldom of Burlington was his grandfather, George Augustus Henry, 1st Earl of Burlington and 1st Baron Cavendish. He was b. March 31, 1754 : m. Feb. 27, 1782, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Charles, 7th Earl of Northampton (sbe d. 1835) ; and d. May 9, 1834, having had issue four sons and two daughters. His Grace's predecessor in the dukedom of Devon- shire was his cousin, William Spencer, K.G. P.C. D.C.L. 6th Duke of Devonshire and Baron Clifford. He was b. May 21, 1790, and succeeded his father, July 29, 1811 : was Lord Lieut, of Derbyshire, and High Steward of the Borough of Derby; d. unmarried Jan. 17, 1858, when the Barony of Clifford fell into abeyance between his sisters and co-heiresses, the Dukedom falling to the present Peer. DXGBY, BARON. (DIGBY.) EDWARD ST. VINCENT DIGBY, 9th Baron, son of Sir Henry Digby, G.C.B. an Admiral in the Royal Navy, and Com- mander- in- Chief at Sheerness. Born June 21st, 1809 ; succeeded his cousin, Edward, in 1856; was educated at Harrow; was sometime Lieut, in the 9th Lancers ; appointed Capt. Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry 1858, and was Lieut. -Col. Com- mandant of that Corps 1866 70 : married (1837) Lady Theresa Anne Maria Fox Strangways, who died 1 874, eldest From God, not Fortune. daughter of the 3rd Earl of Ilchester, and has issue, living, Sons, Edward Henry Trafalgar, b. 1846 ; appointed Ensign and Lieut. Coldstream Guards, 1866, Lieut, and Capt. 1868, an Instructor of Musketry, 1869, and Adjutant, 1874. Resi- dence, 39, Belgrave-square. Almarus Kenelm, b. 1850. Everard Charles, b. 1852. Gerald Fitzmaurice.A. 1858, R.N. Daughters, Victoria Alexandrina, b. 1840, m. 1865, (Marker). Leonora Caroline Brother living, The Rev. Kenelm Henry, b. 1811, m. 1835. Sinter lining, Jane Elizabeth, b. 1807, m. 1st, 1824, the 1st Earl of Ellenborough, which marriage was dissolved 1830 ; 2ndly, 1832, Charles Theodore Heribert, Baron Venningen, of Bavaria.
 * . 1844, m. 1864, the 4th Baron Ashburton. Mary Theresa, b. 1848.