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 DEVON— DEVONSHIRE. 113 the 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, ](c bj. 27 Doc. 1S30, Elizabeth, 7th and yst. da. of II nyli (FoKTKsrUE), 1st V..W.1. FoinKSClE, by Heater, da. of tlie Right Hon. George ObKNVILLB. She, who was b. 10 July 1801, (/. 27 Jan v. 1 SC7, at Powderhain Costle. He (/. there 18 Nov., 18S8, aged 81. Will p. at £2,598. XXXIII. 1888. m, Edward - Baldwin- (Courtenay), Earl of Devon, Sd but only surv. s. and h., b. 7 May 1836 ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 18 Oct. 1854 ! M.P. for Exeter, 1864-68 ; for East Devon, 1808-70. Bankrupt, April 187" on debts of about £100,000 ; again May 1878 on about £20,000 (each being annulled at la. in the £1) and again Jany. 18S8. Family estate*... These, in 1883, consisted of 20,0111 acres in Devon, worth £30,995 a year, and of 33,026 in CO. Limerick worth £14,636 a year. Tutal 63,076 acres, worth £45,520 a year. Principal residence. Powderham Castle, near Exeter, Devon. DKVOXSllIHE or DEVON?) (County of). Earldom. " Ciiahi.es [BlOUKtI, Baron MOXTJOY, KG., T M 1(10*1 Lieutenant of the King in Ireland "() was, 21 July 1003, ( c ) cr. ' EAUIi OF DEVONSHIRE or DEVON.( d ) He d. s.p. legit. 3 April lfnr '806, when all kit honours hemme cxiincl. See fuller particulars 1 uul> - Under " Mont.ioy," Barony ( DUint) cr. 1465, ex. 1006 ; su6 the Sth aud last Baron. II. 1G1S. /. "William [Cavendish], Baron Cavendish of Hard- WK K.eo. Derby "(>') was, 7 Aug. 1018, cr. EARL OF DEVONSHIRE or DEYOX.() He was 2d surv. s. of Sir William Cavendish, of Hanlwicke, co. Derby, by his third wife Elizabeth (the celebrated "Building Hess of Hardwicke," afterwards Countess ok Shrewsbury), da. and eventually coheir of John Hardwicke, of Hardwicke, afsd. ; b. 27 Dec. 1552 (the 12th child o"f his father "and the 4th by the said woman," his sponsors being the Marchioness of Northampton, the Marquvss of Winchester, and the Karl of Pembroke. ( r ) Knighted. 15S0 ; M.P. for Newport, Co. Cornwall, 1588 ; Sheriff for co. Derby, 1505 ; sue. his mother, who d. 13 Feb. 1007, aged S7, in a very considerable estate, and was, 4 May 1605,(8) cr. BARON (") The Earldom of this County as enjoyed since 1603 (at which period, and for mure than two centuries a/lcricards, the Earldom thereof enjoyed by the Courtenay family was considered extinct) is treated of as "Devonshire" (to distinguish it from the Courtenay Earldom) and is numbered (for the sake of clearness) as if the title was a distinct one. Tivo Earldoms of the jamc county [Devon) having (according to the e'ecision in 1831 ) existed since the 17th century concurrently, this appears to be the best way practically (tho,' perhaps, not very logically) of treating the junior one. (*') Sec " Creations, 1483-1846 in an. 47th Rep. of D. K. Pub. Records. (°) Three Earldoms were cr. this day, viz., Southampton (Wrolhalcy), Suffolk (Howard, Lord Howard dc Waldcn), and Devon (Blount, Lore! Monljoy), as also eight Baronies, viz., Hurington (Uarinrjtun), Ellcsmere (/sycrton), Petre (Pctre), Dauvcrs {/lancers}, Gerard of Bromley (Gerard), Russell of Thoruhaugh [Russell), Grey of Groby (Grey), and Spencer of Wormleightuu (Spacer). ( d ) The creation both in 1603 aud 101 S was " Comes Devon " which, of course, can bo rendered either as Devonshire or Devon ; that of the Dukedom in 1691 was similarly " Dm Devon." (°) In this month of Aug. 161S four Earldoms were conferred, sis., SOUTHAMPTON on (Complon) Lord Compton ; Leicester on (Sydney) Viscount L'IsI ; Warwick on (Jliclt) ljarou Rich; aud Devonshire on (Cavendish) Baron Cavendish. Of these four grantees Chambcrlayue. writes (8 Aug. 1618) that '' malicious poets and libellers" dub Leicester as Vinosus ; Northampton as Crazed ; Warwick as Cornucopia ; and Devon- shire as a Lombard or L'surer." (0 Collins " Noble families," sub Cavendish. (s) He appears to have obtained bis Barony thro' his niece, Lady Arabella Stuart, whose mother Elizabeth was his father's sister. " Count Aruudell and Mr. William Cavendish' (if my lady Arabella have no more uncles) shall be Barons" writes Rowland White to Lord Shrewsbury. See Lodge's Illustr., vol. iii, p. 2S6 and 290. See list of seven Peers cr. that day, sub " Exeter," Earldom, cr. 1005. I