Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke of Devonshire 1895–1950

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Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke of Devonshire, 1895–1950 (aged 55 years)

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Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke of Devonshire

Name: Edward William Spencer /Cavendish/ 10th Duke of Devonshire
Given names: Edward William Spencer
Surname: Cavendish
Name suffix: 10th Duke of Devonshire

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 31 May 1868 34 — Marylebone, City of Westminster, London, England Death: 6 May 1938 — Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke of Devonshire Lady Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish GBE Victor Christian William Cavendish 1868–1938 Birth: 31 May 1868 34 — Marylebone, City of Westminster, London, England Death: 6 May 1938 — Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England
himself	Links Birth: 6 May 1895 26 Marriage: Death: 26 November 1950 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess of Devonshire C.B.E. G.C.V.O. William John Robert Cavendish Marquess of Hartington Lady Anne Evelyn Beatrice Cavendish Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke of Devonshire 1895–1950 Birth: 6 May 1895 26 Death: 26 November 1950
5 years younger sister	Links Birth: 28 July 1900 32 Marriage: Death: 21 May 1966 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maurice Harold Macmillan 1st Earl of Stockton (1984-1986), OM, PC, FRS, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1957-1963) Lady Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish GBE 1900–1966 Birth: 28 July 1900 32 Death: 21 May 1966

Family with Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess of Devonshire C.B.E. G.C.V.O.
himself	Links Birth: 6 May 1895 26 Marriage: Death: 26 November 1950 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess of Devonshire C.B.E. G.C.V.O. William John Robert Cavendish Marquess of Hartington Lady Anne Evelyn Beatrice Cavendish Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke of Devonshire 1895–1950 Birth: 6 May 1895 26 Death: 26 November 1950
wife	Links Birth: 1895 Marriage: Death: 1988 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke of Devonshire William John Robert Cavendish Marquess of Hartington Lady Anne Evelyn Beatrice Cavendish Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess of Devonshire C.B.E. G.C.V.O. 1895–1988 Birth: 1895 Death: 1988
Marriage	Marriage — —
son	Links Birth: 10 December 1917 22 22 Marriage: Death: 10 September 1944 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Kathleen Agnes Kennedy William John Robert Cavendish Marquess of Hartington 1917–1944 Birth: 10 December 1917 22 22 Death: 10 September 1944
10 years daughter	Links Birth: 6 November 1927 32 32 Death: 9 August 2010 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lady Anne Evelyn Beatrice Cavendish 1927–2010 Birth: 6 November 1927 32 32 Death: 9 August 2010

Events of close relatives
Birth	6 May 1895 26
Marriage	Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess of Devonshire C.B.E. G.C.V.O. — View this family yes
Birth of a sister	Lady Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish GBE 28 July 1900
Death of a paternal grandfather	Spencer Compton Cavendish 24 March 1908
Birth of a son	William John Robert Cavendish Marquess of Hartington 10 December 1917
Birth of a daughter	Lady Anne Evelyn Beatrice Cavendish 6 November 1927
Death of a father	Victor Christian William Cavendish 6 May 1938 Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England Address: Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England.
Death of a son	William John Robert Cavendish Marquess of Hartington 10 September 1944
Death	26 November 1950 (aged 55 years)
Last change	13 March 2012 – 00:18:57 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MBE, TD (6 May 1895 – 26 November 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was the head of the Devonshire branch of the Cavendish family. Born in the Parish of St Georgein the East, Stepney, he was the owner of Chatsworth House, and one of the largest private landowners in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. He was also Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1923 to 1938 and a ministerin Winston Churchill's wartime government. He was Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1938 until 1950. He was a freemason and was Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1947 to 1950. On 26 November 1950, he suffered a heart attack and died in Eastbourne in the presence of his general practitioner, Dr John Bodkin Adams, the suspected serial killer. Despite the fact that the duke had not seen a doctor in the 14 days before hisdeath, the coroner was not notified as he should have been. Adams signed the death certificate stating that the Duke died of natural causes. 13 days earlier, Edith Alice Morrell — another patient of Adams — had also died. Historian Pamela Cullenspeculates that as the Duke was head of the freemasons, Adams - a member of the fundamentalist Plymouth Brethren - would have been motivated to withhold the necessary vital treatment, since the "Grandmaster of England would have been seen bysome of the Plymouth Brethren as Satan incarnate". No proper police investigation was ever conducted into the death but his son, Andrew, later said "it should perhaps be noted that this doctor was not appointed to look after the health of my twoyounger sisters, who were then in their teens"; Adams had a reputation for grooming older patients in order to extract bequests. Adams was tried in 1957 for Morrell's murder but controversially acquitted. The prosecutor was Attorney-General Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, a distant cousin of the Duke (via their shared ancestor, George Cavendish). Cullen has questioned whyManningham-Buller failed to question Adams regarding the Duke's death, and suggests that he was wary of drawing attention to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (the Duke's brother-in-law) and specifically to his wife who was having an extramaritalaffair with Robert Boothby at the time. Home Office pathologist Francis Camps linked Adams to 163 suspicious deaths in total, which would make him a precursor to Harold Shipman.

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Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MBE, TD (6 May 1895 – 26 November 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was the head of the Devonshire branch of the Cavendish family. Born in the Parish of St Georgein the East, Stepney, he was the owner of Chatsworth House, and one of the largest private landowners in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. He was also Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1923 to 1938 and a ministerin Winston Churchill's wartime government.

He was Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1938 until 1950. He was a freemason and was Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1947 to 1950.

On 26 November 1950, he suffered a heart attack and died in Eastbourne in the presence of his general practitioner, Dr John Bodkin Adams, the suspected serial killer. Despite the fact that the duke had not seen a doctor in the 14 days before hisdeath, the coroner was not notified as he should have been. Adams signed the death certificate stating that the Duke died of natural causes. 13 days earlier, Edith Alice Morrell — another patient of Adams — had also died. Historian Pamela Cullenspeculates that as the Duke was head of the freemasons, Adams - a member of the fundamentalist Plymouth Brethren - would have been motivated to withhold the necessary vital treatment, since the "Grandmaster of England would have been seen bysome of the Plymouth Brethren as Satan incarnate". No proper police investigation was ever conducted into the death but his son, Andrew, later said "it should perhaps be noted that this doctor was not appointed to look after the health of my twoyounger sisters, who were then in their teens"; Adams had a reputation for grooming older patients in order to extract bequests.

Adams was tried in 1957 for Morrell's murder but controversially acquitted. The prosecutor was Attorney-General Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, a distant cousin of the Duke (via their shared ancestor, George Cavendish). Cullen has questioned whyManningham-Buller failed to question Adams regarding the Duke's death, and suggests that he was wary of drawing attention to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (the Duke's brother-in-law) and specifically to his wife who was having an extramaritalaffair with Robert Boothby at the time.

Home Office pathologist Francis Camps linked Adams to 163 suspicious deaths in total, which would make him a precursor to Harold Shipman.

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Media object	Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire Note: Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MBE, TD (6 May 1895 – 26 November 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was the head of the Devonshire branch of the Cavendish family. Born in the Parish of St Georgein the East, Stepney, he was the owner of Chatsworth House, and one of the largest private landowners in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. He was also Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1923 to 1938 and a ministerin Winston Churchill's wartime government. Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MBE, TD (6 May 1895 – 26 November 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was the head of the Devonshire branch of the Cavendish family. Born in the Parish of St Georgein the East, Stepney, he was the owner of Chatsworth House, and one of the largest private landowners in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. He was also Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1923 to 1938 and a ministerin Winston Churchill's wartime government. He was Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1938 until 1950. He was a freemason and was Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1947 to 1950. On 26 November 1950, he suffered a heart attack and died in Eastbourne in the presence of his general practitioner, Dr John Bodkin Adams, the suspected serial killer. Despite the fact that the duke had not seen a doctor in the 14 days before hisdeath, the coroner was not notified as he should have been. Adams signed the death certificate stating that the Duke died of natural causes. 13 days earlier, Edith Alice Morrell — another patient of Adams — had also died. Historian Pamela Cullenspeculates that as the Duke was head of the freemasons, Adams - a member of the fundamentalist Plymouth Brethren - would have been motivated to withhold the necessary vital treatment, since the "Grandmaster of England would have been seen bysome of the Plymouth Brethren as Satan incarnate". No proper police investigation was ever conducted into the death but his son, Andrew, later said "it should perhaps be noted that this doctor was not appointed to look after the health of my twoyounger sisters, who were then in their teens"; Adams had a reputation for grooming older patients in order to extract bequests. Adams was tried in 1957 for Morrell's murder but controversially acquitted. The prosecutor was Attorney-General Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, a distant cousin of the Duke (via their shared ancestor, George Cavendish). Cullen has questioned whyManningham-Buller failed to question Adams regarding the Duke's death, and suggests that he was wary of drawing attention to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (the Duke's brother-in-law) and specifically to his wife who was having an extramaritalaffair with Robert Boothby at the time. Home Office pathologist Francis Camps linked Adams to 163 suspicious deaths in total, which would make him a precursor to Harold Shipman.

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Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire

Note: Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MBE, TD (6 May 1895 – 26 November 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was the head of the Devonshire branch of the Cavendish family. Born in the Parish of St Georgein the East, Stepney, he was the owner of Chatsworth House, and one of the largest private landowners in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. He was also Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire from 1923 to 1938 and a ministerin Winston Churchill's wartime government.

He was Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1938 until 1950. He was a freemason and was Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1947 to 1950.

Home Office pathologist Francis Camps linked Adams to 163 suspicious deaths in total, which would make him a precursor to Harold Shipman.