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 344 DEVONSHIRE DUKEDOM. II. EARLDOM VI. 2 and 5. William (Cavendish), Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, dsPc, 2nd but 1st surv.('') s. and h., b. about 1673, ' '' .f/y/fd' Lord Cavendish, 1684-94; j/>7i?^ Marquess OF Hartington, 1694-1707; Col. of the lOth Horse 1688-90; served with the army in Flanders, 1692; M.P. (Whig) for co. Derby, 1 695-1 701, for Castle Rising Feb. to July 1702; for Yorkshire 1702-07; Capt. of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1702-07; cr. LL.D. of Cambridge (at the same time as his father) 16 Apr. 1705; P.C. 8 Sep. 1707 to Queen Anne, and 1 7 14 to George I; Lord Steward of the Household, 8 Sep. 1707-10 to Queen Anne, and again 17 14-16 to George I; Ch. Justice in Eyre, North of Trent, 1707-10; Lord Lieut, of co. Derby, i707-io,('') and 1714-29; nom. K.G., 22 Mar. 1709/10, inst. 22 Dec. 17 10. One of the ** Lords Justices" (Regents) of the Realm, i Aug. to 28 Sep. I7i4;() Lord President of the Council July 1716 to Mar. 171 7 and Mar. 1725 till his death. () Nom. a Lord Justice again during the King's absence in 1720-25, and 1727. He m.y 21 June 1688, at the chapel of Southampton House, St. Giles's-in- the-Fields, Midx. (he about 16, she about 14, lie. Vic. Gen.), Rachel, sister of Wriothesley, 2nd Duke of Bedford, ist da. of William Russell, styled Lord Russell, by Rachel, da. of Thomas (Wriothesley), Earl of Southampton. She, who was b. Jan. 1674, d. 28 Dec. 1725. Will pr. Jan. 1725/6. He d. 4 June 1729, in Devonshire House, Piccadilly, and was bur. in All Saints', Derby. Will pr. 12 June iqi^.Q) (*) His elder brother, "The little Candish heir died last night of a consumption, which has caused a great deal of sadness at Southampton House." (Letter, 10 Feb. [1670], Hist. MSS. Com., Astley MSS., p. 37). V.G. C') He resigned in 17 ID, though his place was not filled till 171 1. (•=) The seven great officers {virtute officii) who were (under the style of " Lords Justices") Regents of Great Britain, on the demise of the Queen, I Aug. to 18 Sep. 1 7 14, were the Archbishop [Tenison) of Canterbury; Lord Harcourt, Lord Chancellor; Duke of Buckingham, President of the Council; Duke of Shrews- bury, Lord Treasurer; Earl of Dartmouth, Privy Seal; Earl of Strafford, first Lord of the Admiralty, and Sir Thomas Parker, Ch. Justice of the King's Bench, afterwards Earl of Macclesfield. To these the King added 19 (or rather in fact 18) others — viz.. the Archbishop {Dawes) of York, 5 English Dukes, viz. Shrewsbury (who had but two days previous to the Queen's demise acquired a right virtute officii thereto), Somerset, Bolton, Devonshire and Kent; 3 Scottish Dukes, viz. Argyll, Montrose and Roxburgh; 7 Earls, viz. Pembroke, Anglesey, Carlisle, Nottingham, Abingdon, Scarbrough and Orford; i Viscount, viz. Townshend, and 2 Barons, viz. Halifax {Montague) and Cowper. if) For this and other great offices of State see vol. ii, Appendix D. (') His character, given by Bishop Burnet, is "A Gentleman of very good sense, a bold orator and zealous assertor of the liberty of the People; one of the best beloved Gentlemen by the country party in England; a constant opposer of Mr. Howe in the House of Commons; one who makes a great figure in his person; of a brown complexion; taller than a middle stature," to which Dean Swift adds, "a very poor understanding" being the same remark he made of his father. G.E.C. "The late