William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

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British Army officer British aristocrat British military personnel killed in World War II heir apparent

William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, was a British aristocrat and soldier, heir to the Duke of Devonshire, who was killed in action during World War II.

Aliases (1)

Marquess of Hartington ×8

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → British aristocrat → British military personnel killed in World War II → heir apparent →
burialPlace	Heverlee War Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound →
conflict	World War II →
constituencyRepresented	West Derbyshire →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1917-12-10 →
dateOfDeath	1944-09-09 →
describedBySource	British parliamentary records → Commonwealth War Graves Commission records →
educatedAt	Eton College → Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
endTime	1944 →
familyName	Cavendish →
father	Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire →
fullName	William John Robert Cavendish →
givenName	William →
heirToTitle	Duke of Devonshire →
honorificPrefix	The Most Honourable →
languageSpoken	English →
mannerOfDeath	killed in action →
memberOfNobleFamily	Cavendish family →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	Captain →
mother	Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil →
nobleTitle	Marquess of Hartington →
notableRelative	John F. Kennedy → Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. →
notableWork	service in World War II →
occupation	politician → soldier →
parliamentaryBody	House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
placeOfBirth	London →
placeOfDeath	near Heppen, Belgium →
politicalParty	Conservative Party (UK) →
positionHeld	Member of Parliament →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Chatsworth House →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire →
spouse	Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington → Kathleen Kennedy →
startTime	1944 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington → Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish → Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish →	spouse
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire ("Marquess of Hartington") → William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington ("Marquess of Hartington") →	nobleTitle
Marchioness of Hartington ("Marquess of Hartington") →	associatedMarquessate
House of Cavendish ("Marquess of Hartington") →	hasNobleTitle
Dukedom of Devonshire ("Marquess of Hartington") →	hasSubsidiaryTitle
Dukedom of Devonshire ("Marquess of Hartington") →	heirApparentTitle
Cavendish family ("Marquess of Hartington") →	nobleTitleAssociatedWith
Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish ("Marquess of Hartington") →	spouseTitle