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William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

1748 - 1811

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William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, (14 December 1748 – 29 July 1811), was a British nobleman, aristocrat, and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, the heiress Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford, who brought in considerable money and estates to the Cavendish family. He was invited to join the Cabinet on three occasions, but declined each offer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire has received more than 1,610,506 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire is the 10,349th most popular politician, the 2,126th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 324th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire ranks 10,349 out of 19,576Before him are William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab, Bu Jiang, Deng Sui, Conrad I, Duke of Bavaria, and Anthony Mamo. After him are Flavius Dalmatius, Bashir ibn Sa'd, Michael II Apafi, Jacques Duclos, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, and Arnoldo Alemán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire ranks 19Before him are Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Adamantios Korais, Benedict Joseph Labre, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Anders Sparrman, and Félix Vicq-d'Azyr. After him are Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, John Playfair, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Martha Jefferson, Francesco Mario Pagano, and Anne Seymour Damer. Among people deceased in 1811, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire ranks 11Before him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, Eliza Poe, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Ignacio Allende. After him are Nevil Maskelyne, Marie-Joseph Chénier, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, and Christian Gotthilf Salzmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire ranks 2,126 out of 8,785Before him are Edmund Crouchback (1245), Liam Gallagher (1972), Samantha Eggar (1939), Catherine Carey (1523), Dennis Viollet (1933), and Stephen Dillane (1957). After him are James H. Wilkinson (1919), Charles Boycott (1832), Anthony Asquith (1902), John Fletcher (1579), Arnold Bax (1883), and Rosamund Clifford (1150).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire ranks 324Before him are Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), James Connolly (1868), Caratacus (15), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Edmund Crouchback (1245), and Catherine Carey (1523). After him are Rosamund Clifford (1150), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), Bobby Sands (1954), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), Henry Percy (1364), and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884).