Biography of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire 1895-1950
Paternal Family Tree: Cavendish
On 30 Jul 1892 [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 24) and [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne (age 47).
On 06 May 1895 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire was born to Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 26) and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 24).
Around 1897 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 1) educated at Eton College [Map].
Around 1899 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 3) educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 24 Mar 1908 Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke Devonshire (age 74) died of pneumonia at Hotel Metropol. His nephew [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 39) succeeded 9th Duke Devonshire, 12th Earl Devonshire, 4th Earl Burlington. On 28 Mar 1908 he was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
On 12 Apr 1913 George Arthur Ormsby-Gore 4th Baron Harlech (age 28) and [his future sister-in-law] Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech (age 21) were married. She the daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 51) and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 45).
In 1917 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 21) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 21) were married. She the daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 55) and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 49). He the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 48) and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 46).
On 10 Dec 1917 [his son] William Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 22) and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 22).
On 02 Jan 1920 [his son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 24) and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 24).
On 06 Nov 1922 [his daughter] Mary Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 27) and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 27).
On 17 Nov 1922 [his daughter] Mary Cavendish died.
On 24 Apr 1926 [his daughter] Elizabeth Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 30) and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 30).
On 06 Nov 1927 [his daughter] Anne Cavendish was born to Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 32) and [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 32).
On 06 May 1938 [his father] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 69) died at Chatsworth House [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 43) succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington. [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 42) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 02 Apr 1960 [his mother] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 89) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27 Aug 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30 Jul 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne.
In 1941 [his son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 20) were married. He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 45) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 45).
In 1942 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 46) was appointed 892nd Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 46).
On 06 May 1944 [his son] William Cavendish (age 26) and [his daughter-in-law] Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 24) were married. Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) was present. Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 28) was the only member of her family present. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 55) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 53). He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 48).
On 09 Sep 1944 [his son] William Cavendish (age 26) was killed at War Cemetery.
After 13 May 1948 [his former daughter-in-law] Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 28) was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 59), her father, was the only Kennedy family member to attend.
On Saturday 29 Jun 1963, around four in the afternoon, her grave was visited by her elder brother President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (age 30), some five months before his assassination. He was travelling from to London for a meeting with the British Prime Minister when he made a detour landing at and then travelling by helicopter to St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. He laid a wreath which he had brought from Ireland. Present at the wreath laying was his sisters Eunice Mary Kennedy (age 26) and Jean Ann Kennedy (age 20), and the Duke (age 53) and [his wife] Duchess (age 52) of Devonshire.
On 26 Nov 1950 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 55) died. His son [his son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 30) succeeded 11th Duke Devonshire, 14th Earl Devonshire, 6th Earl Burlington. [his daughter-in-law] Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 30) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 24 Dec 1988 [his wife] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 93) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].
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Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Augustus Henry Cavendish 1st Earl Burlington 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Compton Countess Burlington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Somerset Countess Northampton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Ocallaghan
GrandFather: Edward Cavendish 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Blanche Georgiana Howard Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Chaloner
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Lascelles
Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood
GrandMother: Emma Elizabeth Lascelles 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Caroline Georgiana Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Petty-Fitzmaurice 1st Earl Shelburne
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Petty 1st Marquess Lansdowne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzpatrick 1st Earl Upper Ossory
Great x 3 Grandmother: Louisa Fitzpatrick Marchioness Lansdowne 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Evelyn Leveson-Gower Countess Upper Ossory 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Fox-Strangways 1st Earl of Ilchester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways 2nd Earl of Ilchester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Strangways-Horner Countess Ilchester 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Fox-Strangways Marchioness Lansdowne 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Joseph Comte de Flahaut
Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne 20 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Elphinstone 10th Lord Elphinstone 17 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith 18 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Mercer Elphinstone Countess Flahaut and 2nd Baroness Keith 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel William Mercer of Aldie
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Mercer
Mother: Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England