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EARLS AND DUKES OF DEVONSHIRE

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EARLS AND

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DUKES OF
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DEVONSHIRE  . The
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Devonshire
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title, now in the
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Cavendish
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family, had previously been held by
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Charles
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Blount (1563-1606), 8th
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Lord
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Mountjoy,
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great-
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grandson of the 4th Lord Mountjoy (d . 1534), the
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pupil of
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Erasmus; he was created
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earl of Devonshire in 1603 for his services in
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Ireland, where he became famous in subduing the
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rebellion between 1600 and 1603; but the title became
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extinct at his
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death . In the Cavendish
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line the 1st earl of Devonshire was
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William (d . 1626), second son of
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Sir William Cavendish (q.v.), and of
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Elizabeth Hardwick, who afterwards married the 6th earl of
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Shrewsbury . He was created earl of Devonshire in 1618 by
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James I., and was succeeded by William, 2nd earl (1591-1628), and the latter by his son William (1617-1684), a prominent royalist, and one of the
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original members of the Royal Society, who married a daughter of the 2nd earl of
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Salisbury .

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