Duke of Devonshire - Dukes of Devonshire (1694)

Dukes of Devonshire (1694)

Other titles: Marquess of Hartington, in the county of Derby (1694), Earl of Devonshire (1618) and Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, in the county of Derby (1605)
  • William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (1640–1707), only son of the 3rd Earl
  • William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (1673–1729), eldest son of the 1st Duke
  • William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698–1755), eldest son of the 2nd Duke
  • William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720–1764), eldest son of the 3rd Duke
  • Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781), second son of the 4th Duke, predeceased his eldest brother unmarried
  • George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754–1834), third and youngest son of the 4th Duke, predeceased his nephew, the 6th Duke
  • William Cavendish (1783–1812), eldest son of Lord Burlington, predeceased his father
Other titles (5th & 6th Dukes): Baron Clifford (1628)
  • William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748–1811), eldest son of the 4th Duke
  • William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790–1858), only son of the 5th Duke, was called "The Bachelor Duke" and died unmarried
Other titles (7th Duke onwards): Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley, in the county of York (1831)
  • William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808–1891), eldest son of William Cavendish, eldest son of the 1st Earl of Burlington
  • Hon. William Cavendish (1831–1834), eldest son of the 7th Duke, died young
  • Rt. Hon. Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (1836–1882), third son of the 7th Duke, predeceased his second brother without issue
  • Lt.-Col. Lord Edward Cavendish (1838–1891), fourth and youngest son of the 7th Duke, predeceased his second brother
  • Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908), second son of the 7th Duke, died without issue
  • Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868–1938), eldest son of Lt.-Col. Lord Edward Cavendish
  • Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895–1950), eldest son of the 9th Duke
  • William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (1917–1944), eldest son of the 10th Duke, was killed in action in World War II, without issue
  • Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920–2004), second and youngest son of the 10th Duke
    • Mark Cavendish (1941-1941), eldest son of the 11th Duke, died in infancy
  • Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (b. 1944), second son of the 11th Duke

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington (b. 1969). Lord Burlington's heir apparent is his second child and only son, James Cavendish, Lord Cavendish (born 15 December 2010).

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