Biography of Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire 1944-

Paternal Family Tree: Cavendish

On 27 Apr 1944 Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire was born to Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 24) and Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 24) at Chatsworth House [Map]. He was educated at Eton College, Exeter College, Oxford, where he read history, and at the Royal Agricultural College (now the Royal Agricultural University), Cirencester.

On 28 Jun 1967 Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire (age 23) and Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale Duchess of Devonshire (age 23) were married. He the son of Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 47) and Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 47).

In 1980 Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire (age 35) was elected to the Jockey Club, becoming its Senior Steward in 1989, in which office he served for five years.

In 1997 Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire (age 52) was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to racing.

On 03 May 2004 [his father] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 84) died. His son Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire (age 60) succeeded 12th Duke Devonshire, 15th Earl Devonshire, 7th Earl Burlington. [his wife] Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale Duchess of Devonshire (age 60) by marriage Duchess Devonshire.

In 2007 Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire (age 62) was appointed a trustee of the Wallace Collection.

In 2009 Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire (age 64) was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order for his services as Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot.

In Dec 2012 Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire (age 68) sold Auxiliary cartoon for the Head of a Young Apostle by Raphael for £29.7m at a Sotheby's auction.

Ancestors of Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire 1944-

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Ocallaghan

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Cavendish 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Georgiana Howard Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Lascelles 2nd Earl Harewood

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Lascelles

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Sebright Countess Harewood

Great x 2 Grandmother: Emma Elizabeth Lascelles 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Georgiana Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess Lansdowne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice 4th Marquess Lansdowne 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louisa Fox-Strangways Marchioness Lansdowne 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Joseph Comte de Flahaut

Great x 3 Grandmother: Emily Jane de Flahaut Marchioness Lansdowne 20 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mercer Elphinstone Countess Flahaut and 2nd Baroness Keith 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bamber "The Younger" Gascoyne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Bridget Frances Price

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

GrandMother: Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William John Gore 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hales

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Francis Patrick Napier

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Marianne Napier Countess Arran

Great x 1 Grandmother: Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Edith Jocelyn Countess Arran 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Elizabeth Cowper 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emily Lamb Countess Cowper 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel William Mitford Historian

Great x 3 Grandfather: Captain Henry Reveley Mitford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Fanny Molloy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Reveley Mitford

Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Ashburnham 2nd Earl Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Ashburnham 3rd Earl Ashburnham 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crowley Countess Ashburham

Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgiana Jemima Ashburnham 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Percy Countess Ashburham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley

GrandFather: David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale 7 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: David Ogilvy 10th Earl of Airlie

Great x 1 Grandmother: Clementina Gertrude Helen Ogilvy 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanley 1st Baron Stanley Alderley 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward John Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley and 1st Baron Eddisbury 16 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Josepha Holroyd Baroness Stanley Alderley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Blanche Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Augustus Dillon Lee 13th Viscount Dillon 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Dillon Baroness Stanley Alderley and Eddisbury 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Mother: Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Royal Ancestors of Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire 1944-

Ancestors of Peregrine Cavendish 12th Duke of Devonshire 1944-