William George Spencer Cavendish, sixth duke of Devonshire

(1790-1858)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858 NRA: Cavendish, William George Spencer (1790-1858) 6th Duke of Devonshire, bibliophile DNB: Cavendish, William George Spencer, sixth duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), whig grandee and connoisseur of the arts LBT ID: DuDevon6 VIAF ID: 25344590 LOC ID: n89108594	B/BAP: 1790-05-21 DIED: 1858-01-18
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The only son of Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire; he was Byron's contemporary at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. “Hart,” as he was known, succeeded to the dukedom in 1811.
CORRESPONDENCE OF William George Spencer Cavendish, sixth duke of Devonshire: Marquess of Hartington to Sydney Owenson, [April 1810?] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Sydney Owenson to the Marquess of Hartington, [April 1810?] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Duke of Devonshire to Lady Morgan, 17 February 1814 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Duke of Devonshire to Francis Hodgson, 1 October 1838 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Duke of Devonshire to Francis Hodgson, 6 April 1839 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Duke of Devonshire to Francis Hodgson, 6 April 1840 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)