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Male William Cavendish 2nd Duke of Devonshire Click to view William Cavendish 2nd Duke of Devonshire in the family tree

William was born in 1673 in Hardwick, Derbyshire, England.  William's father was William Cavendish 1st Duke of Devonshire and his mother was Mary Butler dau of James Butler, Duke of Ormonde.  His maternal grandparents were James Butler 13th Earl, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Viscount Thurles and Elizabeth 'Baroness Dingwall' Preston dau of Sir Richard Preston, Lord Dingwall.  He was an only child.  He died at the age of 56 on January 4th, 1729 in London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain.

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royal_lineage.ged, June 2006, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=remme1007&id=I200675

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