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William Cavendish

Male Bef 1593 - 1676  (> 83 years)


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  • Name William Cavendish 
    Birth Bef 16 Dec 1593  [1, 2
    Baptism 16 Dec 1593  Handsworth, Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Dec 1676  Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 22 Jan 1677  Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I40462  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

    Father Charles Cavendish,   b. Nov 1553, of Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1617 (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Catherine Ogle,   b. 1570   d. 1629 (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1592  [2
    Family ID F7367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Lucas,   b. Abt 1623, St. John's Abbey, Colchester, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1673, Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Marriage Abt Dec 1645  [2
    Family ID F7371  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Duke (also styled Marquess in some sources) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Knight of the shire for East Retford, 1614. Member of the Guiana Company, 1619. Succeeded his mother as 9th Lord Ogle. He was a courtier and a patron of the arts, and the author of several little-remembered plays. He is also remembered as one of the royalist commanders at Marston Moor, where his side lost to Parliament.

  • Sources 
    1. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.

    2. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.