Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire
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His Grace The Duke of Devonshire KG MBE TD |
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| Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | |
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In office 1936–1940 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VIII George VI |
| Preceded by | Douglas Hacking |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Shakespeare |
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| Born |
6 May 1895 St George in the East, Stepney, London |
| Died | 26 November 1950 (aged 55) Eastbourne |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG MBE TD (6 May 1895 – 26 November 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington from 1908 to 1938, was a British politician. He was the head of the Devonshire branch of the House of Cavendish. He had careers with the army and in politics and was a senior Freemason. His sudden death, apparently of a heart attack at the age of fifty-five, occurred in the presence of the suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams.
He was born in the Parish of St George in the East, Stepney, London, the son of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was, after his father's death, the owner of Chatsworth House, and one of the largest private landowners in both the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The then Marquess of Hartington began service with the Territorial Army as a second lieutenant in the Derbyshire Yeomanry in 1913.
Mobilised at the outbreak of the First World War, he was an aide-de-camp (ADC) on the Personal Staff at the British Expeditionary Force's General Headquarters. In 1916, when promoted captain, he rejoined his regiment, in Egypt, and served in the latter stages of the Dardanelles campaign. He then returned to France, became attached to Military Intelligence, then to the War Office and the British Military Mission in Paris, and was twice mentioned in despatches. In 1919 he served on the British peace delegation that attended the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and was awarded the MBE. He also became a knight of the French Legion of Honour.
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