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William Cavendish MP (10 January 1783 – 14 January 1812) was an English nobleman and Whig politician. He was the son of Lord George Cavendish, later Earl of Burlington. He was educated at

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, and

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, between 1800 and 1803. He went on a continental

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in 1803–04, during which he visited

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to see the Prussian Army reviews. Although this was during the period of the

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, his own military service was at home; he was commissioned Captain in the Derbyshire Militia in 1803, was promoted Major in 1804, and was its Colonel from 1811 until his early death.
History of Parliament online article by R.G. Thorne. He was elected MP for Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency), Knaresborough in May 1804, then for Aylesbury in July that year. In the next general election in 1806, he was elected for

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, which he represented until his death. He married Louisa O'Callaghan (d. 1863), daughter of Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Baron Lismore, on 18 July 1807. They had four children, the fourth born after his father's death: *

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, (27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891), styled as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and known as Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was a British landowner, benefactor, nobleman, ...

(1808–1891) * Lady Fanny Cavendish (11 Apr 1809 – 30 Dec 1885), married Frederick John Howard and had issue * Lord George Henry Cavendish (19 August 1810 – 23 September 1880) * Lord Richard Cavendish (3 July 1812 – 19 November 1873) (Upon William's accession as Duke of Devonshire in 1858, his siblings were granted precedence of the children of a duke by Royal Warrant.) William predeceased his father, aged 29. On the evening of 14 January 1812, he was killed when he was accidentally flung from his

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in Holker Park. He had been visiting his father's seat and was returning from a shooting excursion with his brother Charles and his college tutor named the Rev. Mr. Smith. The reins broke and William attempted to recover them when he was thrown and instantly killed. Charles was not injured but Smith suffered a broken rib. His father was subsequently created

Earl of Burlington Earl of Burlington is a title that has been created twice, the first time in the Peerage of England in 1664 and the second in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831. Since 1858, Earl of Burlington has been a courtesy title used by the duk ...

in 1831, a title which passed to William's son

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, who also succeeded as Duke of Devonshire.

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