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Family and Education
bap. 16 Dec. 1593, Handsworth, Yorks., 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h. of Sir Charles Cavendish‡, of Welbeck Abbey, Notts. and Katherine (later suo jure Baroness Ogle), da. and coh. of Cuthbert Ogle†, 7th Baron Ogle; bro. of Sir Charles Cavendish‡. educ. household of Gilbert Talbot†, 7th earl of Shrewsbury; St. John’s, Camb. MA 1608; embassy, Savoy 1612. M. Cavendish, Life of William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle, ed. C.H. Firth, 2–3. m. (1) by 24 Oct. 1618, Elizabeth G. Trease, Portrait of a Cavalier, 45. (d.1643), da. and h. of William Bassett of Blore, Staffs., wid. of Hon. Henry Howard, s. of Thomas Howard†, earl of Suffolk, 6s. (5 d.v.p.), 4da. (3 d.v.p.); Cavendish, Life of Newcastle, 115–16. (2) Dec. 1645, Margaret (d. 1673), da. of Thomas Lucas of Colchester, Essex, sis. John Lucas, Baron Lucas of Shenfield, s.p. suc. fa. 4 Apr. 1617. KB 2 June 1610; KG 12 Jan. 1650, installed 15 Apr. 1661. d. 25 Dec. 1676; will 4 Oct. 1676, pr. 24 Feb. 1677. TNA, PROB 11/353.
Offices Held

Constable and high steward of Pontefract ?1626 – 44; jt. ld. lt. Derbys. 1628 – 38, ld. lt. Notts. 1626 – 42, 1660 – d., jt. ld. lt. Northumb. 1670 – d.; custos rot. Northumb. 1628 – 44, Derbys. and Notts. 1640 – 44, 1660 – d.; steward and warden of Sherwood forest 1641; c.j. in eyre, north of Trent 1661 – d.

Gov. to Prince of Wales 1638 – 41; PC 29 Nov. 1639, Apr. 1650 – d.; gent. of the bedchamber 1660 – d.

Capt. Prince of Wales tp. of horse 1639; gov. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1642; col. of horse, ft. and dgns. (roy.) 1642–4; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 418. cmmdr.-in-chief armies north of the Trent (roy.) 1643–5. Newman, Royalist Officers, 66. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland and Oxford circuits 1626–42, HP Commons 1604–29, iii. 468. for supply of lead Derbys. 1627. CSP Dom. 1626–7, p. 307.

Parlimentarian
CAVENDISH, Sir William II (1593-1676), of Welbeck Abbey, Notts. and Clerkenwell, Mdx.
Associated with: Bolsover Castle, Derbys.; Ogle, Northumb.; Welbeck Abbey, Notts.
Likenesses

oil on canvas, after W. Dobson, Kirklees Museums and Galleries; engraving by G. Vertue after painting by Sir A. van Dyck, NPG D 28179.

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Harrison,Richard
Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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