Victor Christian William Cavendish (1868 - 1938)

Born 31 May 1868 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Evelyn Emily Mary (Petty-Fitzmaurice) Cavendish — married 30 Jul 1892 in England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 6 May 1938 at age 69 in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

This profile is part of the Cavendish Name Study.

Victor Cavendish is Notable.

Victor Cavendish, the 9th Duke of Devonshire, served as Canada's 11th Governor General from 1916 to 1921.

Born in 1868,^[1] he was the eldest son of Lord Edward Cavendish and Emma Lascelles. In 1892 he married Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice; they had two sons and five daughters.

In 1908 he succeeded his uncle as 9th Duke of Devonshire and took his place in the House of Lords. He became Governor General in 1916. A popular figure with Canadians, he championed worthy causes and travelled widely throughout the country. “No Governor General has come as an inheritor of finer traditions of public service or with a more comprehensive grasp of public questions, as they touch not only this country and the United Kingdom, but the whole Empire,” Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden wrote in January 1917.^[2]

He died in 1938 at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, England.^[3]

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q1G5-TW2 : accessed 11 November 2015), Victor C W Cavendish in household of William Cavendish, Lower Holker, Lancashire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSNT-168 : accessed 10 November 2015), Victor C W Cavendish, Eastbourne, Sussex, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Eastbourne subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XQS-MDB : accessed 10 November 2015), Victor C W Cavendish, 1868; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ Robert Craig Brown, “CAVENDISH, VICTOR CHRISTIAN WILLIAM, 9th Duke of DEVONSHIRE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 6, 2020, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cavendish_victor_christian_william_16E.html.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVH5-C6D7 : accessed 10 November 2015), Victor C W Duke Of Devonshire Cavendish, 1938; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire