Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire
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Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, (
1895 -
1950), also known as
Earl of Burlington (1895-1908) and
Marquess of Hartington (1908-1938), was
Member of Parliament for West
Derbyshire and a Minister in
Winston Churchill's wartime cabinet. He was married to Lady Mary Cecil (b. 1895), the daughter of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury. They had two sons and two daughters. Their eldest son
William John Robert Cavendish (1917-1944), Marquess of Hartington, married
Kathleen Kennedy (1920-1948) and would have inherited the title, but he was killed in action, and
Andrew, the second son, inherited in his place.
