William Spencer Cavendish (1790-1858)

English Nobility, 6th Duke of Devonshire. A Great spender, he spent large amounts of money on entertaining and building, which led to him selling most of the town of Wetherby and his estate at Londesborough.

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WILLLIAM SPENCER CAVENDISH
SIXTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE,
BORN MAY 21, 1790. DIED 18 JANUARY, 1858.

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William Cavendish

1748–1811
Georgiana Spencer Cavendish

1757–1806

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Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish Howard

1783–1858
Henrietta Elizabeth "Harriet" Cavendish Leveson-Gower

1785–1862

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Admiral Sir Augustus William James Clifford

1788–1877
Eliza Courtney Ellice

1792–1859

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