|
Lord Lieutenant Of Derbyshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Since 1689, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Derbyshire. * Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon * George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury 3 July 1585 – 18 November 1590 *Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury 1590/1 – 8 May 1616 *''vacant'' * William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire 4 May 1619 – 3 March 1626 ''jointly with'' * William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire 4 May 1619 – 20 June 1628 * William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Newcastle 14 July 1628 – 13 November 1638 * William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire 13 November 1638 – 1684 * Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale 15 January 1685 – 1687 * Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 23 December 1687 – 1688 * William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire 17 May 1689 – 18 August 1707 * William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire 6 November 1707 – 1710 * Nicholas Leke, 4th Earl of Scarsdale 5 September 1711 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lord Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a notable person in the county, and despite the name, may be either male or female, peer or not. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of Historic counties of England, English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Cavendish, 4th Duke Of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was the first son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Catherine Hoskins. He is also a great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of King Charles III through the king's maternal great-grandmother. Early life The eldest of four sons of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, and Catherine , he was baptised on 1 June 1720 at St Martin's-in-the-Fields in London. He was possibly educated privately at home before going on a grand tour in France and Italy, accompanied by his tutor, in 1739-40.Karl Wolfgang Schweizer, �Cavendish, William, fourth duke of Devonshire (bap. 1720, d. 1764)��, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lord Lieutenancies Of England
A lord-lieutenant is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a retired notable person in the county. England *Lord Lieutenant of Avon, Avon (from 1974 until 1996) *Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire *Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, Berkshire *Lord Lieutenant of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Berwick-upon-Tweed (until 1974) – held jointly with Northumberland 1882–1974 *Lord Lieutenant of Bristol, Bristol (until 1974 and from 1996) – held jointly with Gloucestershire 1882–1974 *Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire *Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire *Lord Lieutenant of Canterbury, Canterbury (until 1974) – held jointly with Kent 1872–1974 *Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, Cheshire *Lord Lieutenant of Chester, Chester (until 1974) – held j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Lord Lieutenants Of The United Kingdom
Lord-lieutenants are appointed in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Lord-lieutenants See also *Lord Lieutenant * Deputy Lieutenant *Ceremonial counties of England *Lieutenancy areas of Scotland *Preserved counties of Wales *Lists of Lord Lieutenancies A lord-lieutenant is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular posit ... * List of French prefects Notes External linksList of Lord Lieutenants provided by the Ministry of Justice response to a Freedom of Information Act request {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Lord Lieutenants Of The United Kingdom *01 Lord Lieutenants * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sir Peter Hilton
Colonel Sir Peter Hilton, (30 June 1919 – 30 May 1995) was a senior officer in the British Army and a businessman. Early life Hilton was the son of Major General Richard Hilton and his wife Phyllis Woodin, and was educated at Malvern College. He was born into a County Durham family whose country home was Hylton Castle, near Sunderland. Military career He attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich shortly before the Second World War and received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 26 January 1939. In the Second World War, he initially served with 19th Field Regiment at Bordon, Hampshire. Thereafter he was posted to France, attached to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). He noted that "nothing exciting happened" in these initial stages of the war. Second World War Battle of France This feeling would quickly shift when the Germans began their invasion through the Low Countries on 10 May 1940. Hilton and the 19th Field Regiment heade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke Of Devonshire
Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (6 May 1895 – 26 November 1950), known as the Marquess of Hartington from 1908 to 1938, was a British politician. He was the head of the Devonshire branch of the House of Cavendish. He had careers with the army and in politics and was a senior freemason. His sudden death, apparently of a heart attack at the age of fifty-five, occurred in the presence of the physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams. Early life Edward was born at 37, Park Lane, Mayfair, the son of Victor Cavendish and his wife, Lady Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice. In 1908, his father Victor succeeded as the 9th Duke of Devonshire, thus Edward was styled by the courtesy title Marquess of Hartington. Lord Hartington was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was, after his father's death, the owner of Chatsworth House, and one of the largest private landowners in both Great Britain and Ireland. Military career The then M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke Of Devonshire
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (31 May 18686 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. A member of the Cavendish family, Victor Cavendish was the son of Lord Edward Cavendish and nephew of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge. After his father's death in 1891, he entered politics, winning his father's constituency unopposed. He held that seat until he inherited his uncle's dukedom in 1908. Thereafter, he took his place in the House of Lords, while, for a period at the same time, acting as mayor of Eastbourne and Chesterfield. He held various government posts both prior to and after his rise to the peerage. In 1916, King George V appointed him governor general of Canada on the recommendation of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, replacing Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, as viceroy. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke Of Devonshire
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (23 July 183324 March 1908), styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1834 and 1858 and Marquess of Hartington between 1858 and 1891, was a British statesman. He has the distinction of having held leading positions in three political parties: leading the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party, the Liberal Unionist Party and the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords. After 1886 he increasingly voted with the Conservatives. He declined to become prime minister on three occasions, because the circumstances were never right. Historian and politician Roy Jenkins said he was "too easy-going and too little of a party man." He held some passions, but he rarely displayed them regarding the most controversial issues of the day. Background and education Devonshire was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington, who succeeded Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Cavendish, 7th Duke Of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891), styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was an English Aristocracy, aristocrat, Land tenure, landowner, Real estate development, property developer, industrialist, Benefactor (law), benefactor, and prominent politician. Early life Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish (1783-1812), William Cavendish (1783–1812) and the Honourable Louisa O'Callaghan (d. 1863). His father was the eldest son of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, Lord George Cavendish (later created, in 1831, the 1st Earl of Burlington, by the second creation), third son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, the 4th Duke of Devonshire and Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Lady Charlotte Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, the 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork. His mother was the daughter of Cornelius O'Callagha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Cavendish, 6th Duke Of Devonshire
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (21 May 1790 – 18 January 1858), styled Marquess of Hartington until 1811, was an English peer, courtier and Whig politician. Known as the "Bachelor Duke", he served as Lord Chamberlain from 1827 to 1828 and again from 1830 to 1834. The Cavendish banana is named after him. K. D. Reynolds, ‘Cavendish, William George Spencer, sixth duke of Devonshire (1790–1858)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 200 accessed 6 June 2010/ref> Background Born in Paris, France, Devonshire was the son of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and Lady Georgiana, daughter of John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer. He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He lost both his parents while still in his youth; his mother died in 1806 and his father in 1811 when, aged 21, he succeeded to the dukedom. Along with the title, he inherited eight stately homes and some 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Cavendish, 5th Duke Of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, (14 December 1748 – 29 July 1811), was a British nobleman, aristocrat, and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, the heiress Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Lady Charlotte Boyle, ''suo jure'' Baroness Clifford, who brought in considerable money and estates to the Cavendish family. He was invited to join the Cabinet on three occasions, but declined each offer.Michael Durban, 'Cavendish, William, fifth duke of Devonshire (1748–1811)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 30 April 2010/ref> He was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Governor of Cork, and Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. In 1782, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Garter. The 5th Duke is best known for his marriage to his first wife Georgiana Spencer, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. At the age of about twenty, Devonshire toured Italy with Sir William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
