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

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