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The Earl of Burlington
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| 1st Earl of Burlington | |
Lord Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington
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| Born | 31 March 1754 |
| Died | 9 May 1834 (aged 80)[1][2] Burlington House, London, England[3] |
| Nationality | British |
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Lady Elizabeth Compton
(m. 1782) |
| Issue | William Cavendish George Cavendish Elizabeth Dorothy Cavendish Lady Anne Cavendish The Hon. Henry Cavendish Elizabeth Cavendish Charles Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham Lady Caroline Cavendish Frederick Cavendish Charlotte Cavendish |
| Parents | William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford |
George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (31 March 1754 – 9 May 1834), styled Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was a British nobleman and politician. He built Burlington Arcade.
Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and the former Lady Charlotte Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington of the first creation, whose title had become extinct upon his death in 1753.[4]
Cavendish sat as Member of Parliament for Knaresborough from 1775 to 1780, for Derby from 1780 to 1797 and for Derbyshire from 1797 to 1831. On 10 September 1831 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cavendish of Keighley, in the County of York, and Earl of Burlington, a revival of the title held by his maternal grandfather.[5]
He had horseracing interests. His racing silks were straw colour with a black cap. [6]
In 1815, Lord Burlington bought Burlington HouseinPiccadilly from his nephew, the 6th Duke of Devonshire. With the architect Samuel Ware, he made a number of significant modifications to the house, including the building of Burlington Arcade along the west side. He died at Burlington House in 1834 and was buried in All Saints' Church, Derby. The property passed to his widow and on her death in 1835 to their son Charles.[7]
He married Lady Elizabeth Compton, only child of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, on 27 February 1782 in London. They had at least 11 children, of whom six children survived to adulthood, although his two eldest sons predeceased him:[4]
The Earl was succeeded in his earldom by William, the son of his own eldest son William, who had been killed in a carriage accident in 1812.[4]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Knaresborough 1775–1780 With: Hon Robert Walsingham |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Derby 1780–1797 With: Edward Coke |
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1797–1800 With: Edward Miller Mundy |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain |
Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1801–1831 With: Edward Miller Mundy 1801–22 Francis Mundy 1822–31 Hon. George Venables-Vernon 1831 |
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| New creation | Earl of Burlington 1831–1834 |
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