Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire

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Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, was a prominent British aristocrat and politician who modernized the Chatsworth estate and served as a senior figure in the postwar Conservative Party.

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instanceOf British aristocrat
British politician
human
peer of the United Kingdom
awardReceived Knight of the Garter
burialPlace St Peter’s Church, Edensor
causeOfDeath natural causes
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1920-01-02
dateOfDeath 2004-05-03
educatedAt Eton College
Trinity College, Cambridge
familyName Cavendish
father Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire
fullName Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish
givenName Andrew
heldTitle Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire
honorificPrefix His Grace
honorificSuffix KG
PC
house House of Cavendish
knownFor modernizing the Chatsworth estate
senior figure in the postwar Conservative Party
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Captain
mother Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil
nobleTitle 11th Duke of Devonshire
Marquess of Hartington
notableWork modernization of Chatsworth House and estate
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Chesterfield
positionHeld Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain
Chairman of the British Board of Film Censors
Chairman of the British Museum Trustees
Chancellor of the University of Exeter
Hereditary peer in the House of Lords
Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
religion Anglicanism
residence Chatsworth House
sibling Lady Anne Cavendish
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish
Lady Mary Cavendish
William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
spouse Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Deborah Mitford

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Saint Peter’s Church, Edensor, Derbyshire, England burialPlaceOf Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Cavendish family notableMember Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington sibling Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
House of Cavendish notableMember Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire spouse Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire fullName Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish
linked to: Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire nobleTitle 11th Duke of Devonshire
linked to: Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire child Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
William John Robert Cavendish sibling Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire