Earl of Devonshire

Not to be confused with Earl of Devon.

The title of Earl of Devonshire has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1603 for the Blount family[1] and then recreated in 1618 for the Cavendish family,[2] in whose possession the earldom remains.

It is not to be confused with, and is separate from, the more ancient title of Earl of Devon which belongs to the Courtenay family.

## List of Earls of Devonshire[edit]

### Earls of Devonshire, first creation (1603)[edit]

Blount arms

* Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1563–1606)

### Earls of Devonshire, second creation (1618)[edit]

Cavendish arms

* William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1552–1626)
* William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire (1591–1628)
* William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (1617–1684)
* William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, 4th Earl of Devonshire (1640–1707)
* William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, 5th Earl of Devonshire (1673–1729)
* William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, 6th Earl of Devonshire (1698–1755)
* William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 7th Earl of Devonshire (1720–1764)
* William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, 8th Earl of Devonshire (1748–1811)
* William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, 9th Earl of Devonshire (1790–1858)
* William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, 10th Earl of Devonshire (1808–1891)
* Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, 11th Earl of Devonshire (1833–1908)
* Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, 12th Earl of Devonshire (1868–1938)
* Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, 13th Earl of Devonshire (1895–1950)
* Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, 14th Earl of Devonshire (1920–2004)
* Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, 15th Earl of Devonshire (b. 1944)

The heir apparent is the oldest son of the current holder, William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington (b. 1969).

## Family tree[edit]

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Earls of Devonshire, Dukes of Devonshire, and Earls of Burlington

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(c. 1505–1557)| | Bess of Hardwick
(c. 1527–1608)

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Viscount Dungarvan, 1616
Earl of Cork and Baron Boyle, 1620| | Earl of Devonshire (1st creation), 1603| | Baron Cavendish, 1605
Earl of Devonshire (2nd creation), 1618| | | | |
Richard Boyle
(1566–1643)
1st Earl of Cork| | Charles Blount
(1563–1606)
Earl of Devonshire, 8th Baron Mountjoy| | William Cavendish
(1552–1626)
1st Earl of Devonshire, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick| | Charles Cavendish
(1553–1617)
| | | | | Earldom of Devonshire (1st creation) extinct, 1606| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | William Cavendish
(1591–1628)
2nd Earl of Devonshire| | Dukes of Newcastle (1st creation)
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Baron Clifford of Londesborough, 1644
Earl of Burlington (1st creation), 1664| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Richard Boyle
(1612–1698)
1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork, 2nd Viscount Dungarvan, 1st Baron Clifford| | Elizabeth Clifford
2nd Baroness Clifford suo jure| | William Cavendish
(1617–1684)
3rd Earl of Devonshire| | Charles Cavendish
(1620–1643)

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| | | | | | | | | Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 1694
Charles Boyle
(1639–1694)
3rd Viscount Dungarvan, 3rd Baron Clifford| | | | | | William Cavendish
(1640–1707)
1st Duke of Devonshire, 4th Earl of Devonshire
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Charles Boyle
(d. 1704)
2nd Earl of Burlington, 3rd Earl of Cork, 4th Viscount Dungarvan, 4th Baron Clifford| | William Cavendish
(1672–1729)
2nd Duke of Devonshire| | Henry Cavendish
(1673–1700)| | James Cavendish
(c. 1707–1751)
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Richard Boyle
(1694–1753)
3rd Earl of Burlington| | William Cavendish
(1698–1755)
3rd Duke of Devonshire| | James Cavendish
(1701–1741)| | | | | | | | | | Charles Cavendish
(1704–1783)
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Charlotte Cavendish
(1731–1754)
6th Baroness Clifford| | William Cavendish
(1720–1764)
4th Duke of Devonshire| | George Augustus Cavendish
(1727–1794)| | Frederick Cavendish
(1729–1803)| | John Cavendish
(1732–1796)| | Henry Cavendish
(1731–1810)

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| | | | William Cavendish
(1748–1811)
5th Duke of Devonshire| | Dorothy Cavendish
(1750–1794)| | Richard Cavendish
(1752–1781)| | George Augustus Henry Cavendish
(1754–1834)
1st Earl of Burlington
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| | | | Georgiana Howard
(1783–1858)| | William George Spencer Cavendish 🍌
(1790–1858)
6th Duke of Devonshire| | | | | | William Cavendish
(1783–1812)| | Barons Chesham
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| | | | Blanche Cavendish
(1812–1840)| | | | | | | | | | William Cavendish
(1808–1891)
7th Duke of Devonshire, 2nd Earl of Burlington
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William Cavendish
(1831–1834)| | Spencer Compton Cavendish
(1833–1908)
8th Duke of Devonshire| | Frederick Charles Cavendish
(1836–1882)| | Edward Cavendish
(1838–1891)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Victor Christian William Cavendish
(1868–1938)
9th Duke of Devonshire| | Richard Frederick Cavendish
(1871–1946)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Edward William Spencer Cavendish
(1895–1950)
10th Duke of Devonshire| | Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish
(1900–1966)| | Harold Macmillan
(1894–1986)
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| | | | | | | | Kathleen Kennedy
(1920–1948)| | William John Robert Cavendish
(1917–1944)
Marquess of Hartington| | Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish
(1920–2004)
11th Duke of Devonshire
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish
(b. 1944)
12th Duke of Devonshire
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | William Cavendish
(b. 1969)
Earl of Burlington
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Devonshire
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | James, Lord Cavendish
(b. 2010)

## See also[edit]

* Duke of Devonshire

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mountjoy, Baron (E, 1465 - 1606)". Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
2. ^ "Devonshire, Earl of (E, 1618)". Cracroft's Peerage: The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Burke's Peerage & Baronetage

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