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William Cavendish (1698 - 1755), 3rd Duke of Devonshire

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Ref No:	s08366
Title:	William Cavendish (1698 - 1755), 3rd Duke of Devonshire
Location:	Sheffield
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Photographer:	Benerman (Sculpt)
Notes:	British nobleman and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 - 1729 when he inherited the Dukedom. He was a founding governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, a children's charity which aimed to alleviate the problem of abandoned infants by destitute mothers. During the Jacobite rising of 1745 he raised a militia unit in support of the King known as the Derbyshire Blues which mustered at the George Inn, Derby on 3 December 1745.
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