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==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)'' [[Image:Wappen Duke of Devonshire.png|thumb|right|300px|'''Armorial Achievement of the Dukes of Devonshire.''' Arms: Sable, 3 stags' (or bucks') heads caboshed (or cabossed). Crest: A serpent nowed proper (or vert). Supporters: On either side, a buck (or stag) wreathed (or gorged) about the neck with a chaplet (or garland) of roses properβbut see note! Motto: ''Cavendo tutus'', Safe through caution. NOTE: The stags' head are sometimes given as attired Or; for example, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207012457/http://www.derbyshiremason.org/pglroot/banner-cavendish-arms.htm]. The garlands should be roses alternately argent and azure (see the preceding, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090206170623/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,850493-1,00.html], and the next). At least the 6th duke substituted as a crest a buck statant wreathed as the supporters (see the 1836 ''Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland'', viewable via Google Books).]] *[[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire]] (1640β1707), only son of the 3rd Earl *[[William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire]] (1673β1729), eldest son of the 1st Duke *[[William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire]] (1698β1755), eldest son of the 2nd Duke *[[William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire]] (1720β1764), eldest son of the 3rd Duke ''Other titles (5th & 6th Dukes): [[Baron Clifford]] (1628)'' *[[William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire]] (1748β1811), eldest son of the 4th Duke *[[William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire|William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire]] (1790β1858), 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]] (1808β1891), eldest son of [[William Cavendish (English politician, born 1783)|William Cavendish]] (1783β1812), eldest son of [[George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington|The 1st Earl of Burlington]] (by the [[Earl of Burlington|second creation]]; 1754β1834), third son of the 4th Duke *[[Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire|Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire]] (1833β1908), second son of the 7th Duke, died without issue *[[Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire|Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire]] (1868β1938), eldest son of Lt.-Col. [[Lord Edward Cavendish]] (1838β1891), fourth son of the 7th Duke *[[Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire|Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire]] (1895β1950), eldest son of the 9th Duke **[[William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington|William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington]] (1917β1944), elder son of the 10th Duke, was killed in action in [[World War II]], without issue *[[Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire|Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire]] (1920β2004), second and younger son of the 10th Duke<ref name="telegraph2004"/> **Mark Cavendish (born 1941), eldest son of the 11th Duke, died in infancy *[[Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire|Peregrine Andrew Morny "Stoker" Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire]] (born 1944), second son of the 11th Duke<ref name="telegraph2004"/> The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's only son, [[William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington|William "Bill Burlington" Cavendish, Earl of Burlington]] (born 1969), married to [[Laura Cavendish, Countess of Burlington|Laura Montagu (''nΓ©e'' Roundell)]]. Lord Burlington, although entitled to use the [[courtesy title]] '''Marquess of Hartington''' has continued to be styled by the Burlington title since his father succeeded as 12th Duke.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} The heir-in-line is Lord Burlington's second child and only son, James, Lord Cavendish (born 15 December 2010).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
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