Some women to have held the title Duchess of Devonshire, as wives of the Duke of Devonshire, include:
- Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757 – 1806), first wife of the fifth duke
- Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1759 - 1824), second wife of the fifth duke
- Lady Blanche Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1812 - 1840), wife of the seventh duke
- Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1832 - 1911), wife of the eighth duke
- Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870 - 1960), wife of the ninth duke
- Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1895 - 1988), wife of the tenth duke
- Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (born 1920), widow of the eleventh duke
- Amanda Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (born 1944), wife of the twelfth duke
Famous quotes containing the words duchess of, duchess and/or devonshire:
“Duchess of York. Good madam, be not angry with the child.
Queen Elizabeth. Pitchers have ears.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists gather here, and sea fog, and eerie stories. That’s not because there are more ghosts here than in other places, mind you. It’s just that people who live hereabouts are strangely aware of them.”
—Dodie Smith, and Lewis Allen. Roderick Fitzgerald (Ray Milland)