Editing Duke of Devonshire (section)

{{Short description|Title in the Peerage of England}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Dukedom of Devonshire 
| image             = [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|150px|center]] [[File:Arms of Cavendish.svg|180px]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = ''Sable three bucks' heads cabossed argent''<ref>''Debrett's Peerage'', 1968, p.355</ref>
| creation_date     = {{birth date|1694|5|12|df=y}} 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]] 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of England]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire|William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire]]
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = [[Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire|Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke]] 
| heir_apparent     = [[William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington]] 
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = the 1st Duke's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten 
| subsidiary_titles = Marquess of Hartington<br />[[Earl of Devonshire]]<br />[[Earl of Burlington]] (from 1858)<br />[[Baron Clifford]] (1764–1858)<br />Baron Cavendish<br />Baron Cavendish of Keighley (from 1858) 
| status            =  
| extinction_date   =  
| family_seat       = [[Chatsworth House]]<br/>[[Bolton Abbey]]<br/>[[Lismore Castle]]<ref name="telegraph2004">{{cite news|title=Obituary: The Duke of Devonshire|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1460991/The-Duke-of-Devonshire.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1460991/The-Duke-of-Devonshire.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=30 June 2016|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=5 May 2004}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 
| former_seat       = [[Londesborough Hall]]<br/>[[Hardwick Hall]]<br/>[[Chiswick House]]<br/>[[Devonshire House]]<br/>[[Burlington House]] 
| motto             = ''Cavendo Tutus'' ("Safe through Caution")<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Charles|title=If a duke doesn't put on a show, he's not doing his job properly|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3605736/If-a-duke-doesnt-put-on-a-show-hes-not-doing-his-job-properly.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3605736/If-a-duke-doesnt-put-on-a-show-hes-not-doing-his-job-properly.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=30 June 2016|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=8 May 2004}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 
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}}
'''Duke of Devonshire''' is a [[Hereditary title|title]] in the [[Peerage of England]] held by members of the [[Cavendish family]]. This (now the senior) branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the wealthiest British [[aristocratic]] families since the 16th century and has been rivalled in [[Politics|political influence]] perhaps only by the Cecil [[marquesses of Salisbury]] and the Stanley [[earls of Derby]].