William Cavendish, second duke of Devonshire

(1670 c.-1729)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1672-1729 NRA: Cavendish, William (1673-1729) 2nd Duke of Devonshire DNB: Cavendish, William, second duke of Devonshire (1670/71-1729), politician and art collector LBT ID: DuDevon2 VIAF ID: 46619018 LOC ID: nr91029534	B/BAP: 1670 DIED: 1729-06-04
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Whig MP and peer who was one of the major art collectors of his era.
REFERENCES TO William Cavendish, second duke of Devonshire: William Ponsonby to Lady Caroline Lamb, 20 April 1823 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 1 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XII