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 DEVONSHIRE. 115 the Priuce of Orange in 1088.( a ) By the new Sovereigns he was, in 1689, made Col. of a lleg. of Horse ; Steward of the Household (which office he retained till his death) ; P.C. ; Lord Lieut, co. Derby, &c. ; cl. K.G. 3 April and iust. 14 May 10S9, and was on 11 April in that same year Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation of the King and Queen as he was also, 23 April 1702, for the Coronation of Queen Aune ; Chiof Justice in Eyre, north of Trent, 1090 ; Lord Lieut, of Notts, 1692-94. On 12 May 169 1, he was a: MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON, co. Derby, and DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, or DEV0N,(") He was one of the " Lords Justices " to whom (since the death of Queen Mary) the government of the realm was intrusted yearly 169') to 170". (during the King's absence therefrom for some months in each year) his i dilation, as such, being never once omitted.( c ) Ho was cr. LL.D. of Cambridge 16 April 1 705, at the same time as was his eldest son. He 26 Oct. 1662, at Kilkenny Castle, co. Tipperary, Mary, 2d da. of James (Butler), 1st Duke of Ormonde, by Elizabeth, suojurc, ISauonkss Dingwall [S.] He d. in Devonshire House, Piccadilly, Uidx, IS Aug., and was bur. 1 Sep. 1707, at All Saints', Derby, in his C7th year. M.I.(' 1 ) (') See a list of these in vol. i, p. 28, nute " b," sub "Abingdon." ('•) " Dux Devon," see ante, p. 113, note " d." See the preamble to the patent in "Collins" I, p. 350, stating " that the King and Queen could do no less for one who had deserved the best of them, &c.'' This was the eighth of the nine Dukedoms cr. within six years by William III. It appears that the title which it was conjectured the Ear] would tike was " lXcwcastle " which had been previously held (1628-1691) by the Cavendish family, but which was conferred among this batch of Dukedoms on John l Holies), Earl of Clare, who had m. the coheir of the last Duke. See vol. ii, p. 271, note "a," sub "Clare," ( c ) The "Lords J usticks " to govern the realm during King William's yearly absence therefrom, appointed since the death of Queen Mary (who formerly exercised that authority) were as under— (1) from 12 May to 10 Oct. 1695, and (2) from 1 May to 6 Oct. 1696 ; the AuenuisHor (Tcnison) ok Canterbury ; the Lord Keei-hr Somers, afterwards (1697-1700) Lord Chancellor and Baron Somers ; the Earl op PlMBROKS, Privy Seal ; the Duke ok Devonshire, Steward of the Household ; the Duke ok Shrewsbury, Sec. of State; the Earl ok Dorset, Chamberlain of the Household ; and Lord Godolkuin, first Commissioner of the Treasury ; (3) from 25 April to 16 Nov. 1097, the same persons, omitting Godolphin and substituting the Earl ok Sunderland, the Earl ok Romney [Sidney) and Admiral Russell, (er. in May 1697 Earl ok Orkord,) thereby raising the number from seven to nine ; (4) from 20 July to 3 Dec. 169S, they were the Archbishop, Somers, Pembroke, Devonshire Dorset, Romney, and Orford, as above, omitting Shrewsbury and Sunderland and substituting the Earl or Marluorough and Charles Montague, first Lord of the Treasury, afterwards, 1700, Baron, and subsequently, 1714, Earl of Halifax; (5) from 2 June to 18 Oct. 1699, they were the Archbishop, Somers, Pembroke, Devon- shire, Marlborough, Mr. Montague (afterwards Earl of Halifax), as above, omitting Dorset, Romney, and Orford, and substituting Viscount Lonsdale, Privy Seal ; the Earl of Bridgewater, first Lord of the Admiralty ; and the Earl of Jersey, Chamber- lain of the Household ; (6) from 27 June to 18 Oct. 1700, they were the Archbishop, Pembroke, Lonsdale, Devonshire, Bridgewater, Jersey, ami Marlborough, as above, omitting Somers (no lunger Lord Chancellor) and Halifax, and substituting the Earl ok Tankerville {Grey), first Lord of the Treasury, and Sir Nathan WRIGHT, the Lord Keeper ; (7) from 28 June to 5 Nov. 1701, they were but seven in number, viz., the Archbishop, the Lord Keeper (Wright), the Earl of Pembroke, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Earl of Jersey, as above, omitting Lonsdale, Bridgewater, Marlborough, and Halifax, and substituting the Duke ok Somerset, and (for the 3d time, he having served iu 1695 and 1696) Lord Godolphin. It will thus be seen that but three of these viz., Archbishop Tenison, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Earl of Pembroke, were honoured by being appointed every time. C) "Bonorum Principuin fidelis subditus, iuimicus et invisus Tyrannis, &c." This inscription which he ordered to bo put on his monument shews his opinion of himself, and of his merits in the cause of the Revolution of 1688. His character as given by Bishop Burnet about 1700, when the Duke was past sixty years old, is as under. " Has been the finest and handsomest gentleman of his time ; loves the ladies and plays ; keeps a noble house and equipage ; is tall, well made, and of a princely behaviour ; of nice honour iu everything but the paying of his tradesmen, to which Dean Swift adds "o very poor understanding," the same remark he makes of his sou