8th Duke of Devonshire

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The 8th Duke of Devonshire, Spencer Compton Cavendish, was a prominent 19th-century British statesman and aristocrat who held senior political offices including Leader of the Liberal Party and later the Liberal Unionists.

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8th Duke of Devonshire canonical 3

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instanceOf British aristocrat
British statesman
Liberal Unionist politician
human
awardReceived Knight of the Garter
birthDate 1833-07-23
birthPlace Holker Hall
Lancashire
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1908-03-24
deathPlace Cannes
France
educatedAt Eton College
Trinity College, Cambridge
familyName Cavendish
father William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
fieldOfWork politics
givenName Spencer
honorificPrefix The Most Honourable
honorificSuffix FRS
KG
PC
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Liberal Unionist Party
middleName Compton
mother Lady Blanche Howard
nobleTitle Duke of Devonshire
notableFor leading role in the Liberal Unionist split over Irish Home Rule
ordinalInTitle 8th Duke of Devonshire
parliamentaryGroup Liberal Unionist group in the House of Lords
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Chancellor of the University of Leeds
Chancellor of the University of Manchester
Leader of the Liberal Party
Leader of the Liberal Unionists
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord President of the Council
Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh
Secretary of State for India
Secretary of State for War
residence Chatsworth House
Devonshire House, London
sibling Lord Edward Cavendish
Lord Frederick Cavendish
spouse Louise Frederica Augusta von Alten
Louise, Duchess of Manchester and later Duchess of Devonshire

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Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire ordinalInTitle 8th Duke of Devonshire
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