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 114 DEVONSHIRE. CAVENDISH OF HARDWICK, co. Derby. He was one of the first adventurers to Virginia and a co-grautee of tlie Bermudas Island, of which one eighth part was called after him. On 12 Oct. 1616, he sue. his elder br. Henry Cavendish, of Chatsworth, co. Derby, in that and other estates : Hailift'of Tutbory Castle, 1 615, being raised to the Earldom of Devonshire in 161S as afsd.f-'O Lord Lieut, co. Derby (jointly with his son) 1619-26. He m. firstly (mar. lie. 21 March 1580/1, from Bp. of London) Anne, da. of Henry Keighley, cf Keighley, co. York, and St. Botolph's, Aldcrsgate, London, by Mary, da. of Sir Thomas CASUS, one of the Justices of the Queen's Bench, 1566. He in. secondly Elizabeth, widow of Sir Richard WoRTLKV, da. of Edward BonoHTON, of Causton, co. 'Warwick. He d. at Hardwick, 3 March 1625/6, iu his 75th year, and was bvr. at Edcnsor, eo. Derby. Will pr. 1626. His widow d. probably iu 1612. Her will pr. Nov. 1642. III. 1(!26. 2. WtoiAji f Cavendish), Eabi or Devonshire, Sc., 2d but 1st surv. s. and hi by 1st wife, h. 1690 ; was ed. by the celebrated Thomas Hobbcs ; M.A., Camb., but incorporated at Oxford 8 July 1608 ; Knighted 7 March 1608/9 at Whitehall ; styled Loud Cavknbjsii ] 618-20 ; M.P. force. Derby 1621- 26 ; joint Lord Lieut, thereof 1019, and fole Lord Lieut. 1026-28. His extravagant hospitality caused him to sell several of his estates. He m. 10 April 1008, at the Rolls Chapel, London (at her age of twelve yeais and three mouths) Christian, ( b ) sister to Thomas, 1st Earl or ELOIS [S.], and da. of Edward (Bruce). 1st Loud Kini.oss [S.], Master of the Rolls, by Magdalen, da. of Alexander Clerk. Hcrf. (from " indulgence in good living") at his house near Bishopsgate street, London, 20 June, and was bvr. 11 July 1628, aged 3S (with his celebrated mother, the Countess of Shrewsbury), at All Saints', Derby. M.I. Will pr. 1628. His widow, who was b. 28 Dec. 1595, was a zealous royalist, and a patroness of men of letters.( c ) She d. 16 June 167-1, iu her 79th year, and was bur. at All Saints' afsd. Will pr. 1675. IV. 1G2S. J. William (Cavendish), Earl of Devonshire, &c., 1st s. and h., A. 10 Oct. 1617 ; KB. at the Coronation of Charles I, 2 Feb. 1625/0; styled LonD Cavendish, 1626-23 ; Lord Lieut co. Derby, 1G3S-12, and again 1660-8-1. He opposed the attainder of Lord Stafford, was with the King at York in 1612, but being expelled the House left England. He returned in 1645, compounding for a hue of .€5,000. He received Charles I for a night 13 Oct. 1615, at his house at Latimers, Bucks ; was one of the orig. fellows of the Royal Society, 20 May 1663, and a Commissioner of Trade, 166S/9. He m. (lie. i March 163S/9, from Bp. of London) Elizabeth, 2d da. of William (Cecil), 2d Eaul of Salisbury, by Catharine, da. of Thomas (Howard), 1st Haul of Suffolk. Ho d. at Roehamptun House, Surrey, 23 Nov. 1684, and was bur. at Edensor, co. Derby. Will pr. 10 April 1685, and 3 July 1708. His widow, who was aged 19 in 1038/9 d. 19 and was bur. 21 Nov. 1689 in « Monmouth's vault," Westm. Abbey. Her will pr. 13 Nov. 1690. V. 1681. 4 and 1. William (Cavendish), Earl of Devonshire Dukedom &c ' lst s - alKl "" & ' 25 Ja,l y- 1640 / 1 > st !/ lc ' 1 LonD Cavendish till 168 1 ; was one of the four Pages who bore the King's train at his I. 1G9L Coronation, 23 April 1061 ; M.P. for co. Derby, 1661-51, being since 1677 an opposer of the Court measures, tho' one of the Privy Council, 1679-80 ; F.K.S., 20 May 1663 ; cr. M.A. of Oxford, 28 Sep. 1663. He was cupbearer to the Queen at the Coronation of James II, 23 April 1685, but opposing that King's measures was one of the nobility "iu arms " fur ( a ) He was in attendance on James I. on a circuit in the West, and is said to have been first declared an Earl on 2 Aug 1618 at the palace of the Bishop of Salisbury, and to have paid no less than £10,000 for the title. ( b ) " A pretty red-headed wench ; her portion is £7,000 ; tho youth at first refused her, but Lord Cavendish [his father] told him Kinluss was well favoured by the Queen and if he refused it he would make him the worse by £100,000. The King made dp her portion to £10,000." See Lodge's Illustr. iii, p. 351. ( c ) She purchased Rochampton House, in Putney, Surrey, from Sir Thomas Dawes about 1650, where she frequently entertained Charles II and his Court. A portrait of her hi in Lysons' " Environs of London;' vol. i, p. 452 (edit. 17961.