118 DEVONSHIRE, Foster (who d. 1796), 2d da. of Frederick-Augustus (HnnvEv), 4th Earl op BmsTOL,'by Elisabeth, fla, of Sir Jermyn Havers, U:rt. The Duke d. 29 July 1811, at Devonshire House afsd., aged 02. Will pr. 1S11.(") His widow, who was an authoress and a patron of the fine arts, d. s.p. at Rome 30 March 1824, aged 64.(") Will pr. Feb. 1825. Dukedom. 1 6 and 9. William-George-Spencer (Cavendish), ttt Duke of Devonshire (1694), Mahqvkss of Hartington (1094), >1811.Eabl of Devonshire (1618}, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick Earldom. I ' (1605), and Lord Clifford (1628), only s. and h. by 1st wife, _ J. nt Paris 21 May 1790 ; sti/kd Marquess of Hartington till
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1 July 1811 ; Lord Lieut, co. Derby 1811-58. Rearer of the orb at the Coronation of George IV, 1821. AMBASSADOR Extraordinary to St. Fetcrs- burgh 25 April 1826, on a spec, mission (said to have cost htm £50,000 beyond the sum allowed) for the Coronation of the Emperor Nicholas, who subsequently (18 March 1S28) made him a Knight of St. Andrew, of St. Alexander Newski, and of St. Anne of Russia. P.C. 1827 ; KG. 10 May 1827. Lord Chamberlain of the House- hold, May 1827 to Feb 1828 and Nov. 1830 to Dec. 1S34. Hearer of the" Curlana " at the Coronation of Queen Victoria 183S. He d. unm. IS Jany. 1858 aged 67 at Hardwick Hall afsd, and was lur. at Eden.-nr, »••■. IVibyf' - ). 1 hi Ids death the liar>-nji o/Cliferd (1628) fell into abeyance (see that dignity), but the other titles and the family estates devolved on the Earl of Burlington, as under. Dukedom. ") 7 and 10. William (Cavendish), Duke of Devon- YJI sniRE (1694), Marquess of Hartinoton (1691), Earl of VlBSS. Devonshire (1618), Earl of Burlington (1831), Baron Earldom. | 'Cavendish of Hardwick (1605), and Baron Cavendish of ,- T ] Keiohley (1S31), cousin and h. male, being 1st s. and h. of ' Col. William Cavendish, by Louisa, da. of Cornelius (O'Callaghan), 1st Baron Lismokf. of Shanuallv [I.], which William was s. and h. ap. of George-Augustits-Henry (Cavendish), 1st Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keiohley, 3d a. of William, 4 th Duke of Devonshire, but d. v.p. 14 Jany. 1S12, aged 29, some 19 years before his father was raised to the Peerage. He was b. 27 April 1S08, in Charles street, Berkeley sq., Midx. ; cd. at Eton and at Trin. Coll., Cambridge; 2d Wrangler, Smith's prizeman, B.A. and M. A., 1829 ; LL.D., 6 July 1S35; M.P. for the Uuiv. of Cambridge, 1829-31; for Maltou, 1831-32; for North Derbyshire, 1832-34 ; sue. his grandfather, 4 May 1884, as Earl of Burlington and Bakon Cavendish of Keigiiley, co. York, Chancellor of the Univ. of London, 1836-56 ; Lord Lieut, of co. Lane. 1857 to 1858, in which year he sue. his cousin as Duke of Devonshire, &c, and was made Lord Lieut, of co. Derby. K.G., ( d ) 25 (") As to his taste for " Retirement " see vol. i, p. 352, note " a," sub " Bessborough." Wraxall says of him (" Memoirs," p. 314), that his "constitutional apathy formed his distinguished characteristic," his " lethargic habit " being only awakened " by whist or faro," &c. ( b ) " After having long constituted the object of his [the Duke's] avowed attach- ment and long maintained the firmest hold of his affections, as Lady Elizabeth Foster, she Jinislied by becoming his second wife"— See "Wraxall." as above. It has indeed been said that she (and not the Duke's then wife) was, in 1790, the mother (exchange being made of two infants of different sexes) of his successor. Like her predecessor she also was painted by Reynolds and Gainsborough. ( c ) He is perhaps best known as having employed, as manager of his estates, Mr., afterwards Sir Joseph, Paxton, who erected a conservatory at Chatsworth, covering an acre of ground, and whose system of laying out flower-beds in formal strips and brilliant patterns (such as those on oil-cloth) was adopted for nearly half-century, to the detriment of the old-fashioned English garden. The Duke, however, had some literary tastes, tho' his knowledge in the value of coins and medals una, apparently, not very great, if judged by the sale (1844) of his extensive collection therein (said to have cost him above £50,000), for some £7,000. ( d ) It is to be remarked that each one of all the (Seven) Dukes of Devonshire has received the Garter. The dates respectively are, 1689, 1709/10, 1733, 1756, 1782, 1827 and 1858.
