William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire

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British aristocrat Duke in the Peerage of the United Kingdom human landowner peer politician

William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire was a 19th-century British aristocrat, landowner, and politician who served as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and played a major role in the development of the spa town of Eastbourne.

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Label	Occurrences
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire canonical	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British aristocrat ⓘ Duke in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ human ⓘ landowner ⓘ peer ⓘ politician ⓘ
associatedWith	Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
educatedAt	Eton College ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
familyName	Cavendish NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	estate development ⓘ higher education administration ⓘ politics ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
honorificPrefix	His Grace ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	Cavendish family NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	7th Duke of Devonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	major role in the development of the spa town of Eastbourne ⓘ
notableWork	development of Eastbourne as a seaside resort ⓘ
occupation	industrialist ⓘ landowner ⓘ politician ⓘ university chancellor ⓘ
owned	Chatsworth estate NERFINISHED ⓘ land in Eastbourne ⓘ
positionHeld	Chancellor of the University of Cambridge ⓘ Duke of Devonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
residence	Chatsworth House NERFINISHED ⓘ Compton Place, Eastbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ Devonshire House, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleHeld	Baron Cavendish of Hardwick NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Burlington NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Hartington NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Dorothy Cavendish → relative → William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire ⓘ

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire → father → William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire ⓘ

Lord Frederick Cavendish → father → William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire ⓘ

William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire → successor → William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire ⓘ