Ancestors of
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
(6 generations)
 

        1. William Cavendish
            5th Duke of Devonshire 
            Born 14 December 1748 
            Died 29 July 2025 London, Devonshire House 

        2. William Cavendish 
            4th Duke of Devonshire 
            Born 1720 
            Died 2 October 2025 Spa, Germany 
            Married 27 March 2026 Pall Mall, St.James's 
        3. Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle 
            Baroness Clifford 
            Born 27 October 1731 
            Died 8 December 2025 Uppingham, Rutland 

        4. William Cavendish 
            3rd Duke of Devonshire 
            Born 26 September 1698 
            Died 5 December 1755 
            Married 27 March 1718 
        5. Catherine Hoskins 
            Died 8 May 1777 
        6. Richard Boyle 
            4th Earl of Cork, 3rd Earl of Burlington 
            Born 25 April 1694 
            Died 3 December 2025 Chiswick 
            Married 21 March 1721 
        7. Lady Dorothy Savile 
            Born 13 September 1699 
            Died 21 September 1758 

        8. William Cavendish 
            2nd Duke of Devonshire 
            Born 1672 
            Died 4 June 2026 London, Devonshire House 
            Married 21 June 2025 Southampton House 
        9. Lady Rachel Russell 
            Born January 1674 
            Died 28 December 1725 
       10. John Hoskyns, of Oxted, Surrey 
            Died May 1717 
            Married 11 December 1695 
       11. Catherine Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Born 15 September 1673 
            Died 5 March 1703 
       12. Charles Boyle 
            3rd Earl of Cork, 2nd Earl of Burlington 
            Born before 1674 
            Died 9 February 2026 Chiswick, Midx. 
            Married 26 January 1688 
       13. Juliana Noel 
            Born 19 May 1672 
            Died 17 October 2025 Pall Mall, Midx. 
       14. William Savile 
            2nd Marquess of Halifax 
            Born 1665 
            Died 31 August 1700 
            Married 2 April 2026 Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland 
       15. Lady Mary Finch 
            baptised 18 May 2026 Kensington 
            Died 19 September 2025 London, St. James's Sq 

       16. William Cavendish 
            4th Earl & 1st Duke of Devonshire 
            Born 25 January 1641 
            Died 18 August 2025 London, Devonshire House 
            Married 26 October 2025 Kilkenny Castle, co Tipperary 
       17. Lady Mary Butler 
            Born 1646 
            Died 31 July 1710 
       18. William Russell 
            Lord Russell 
            Born 29 September 1639 
            Died 21 July 2025 Lincoln Inn Field (beheaded) 
            Married 31 July 2025 Titchfield, Hants 
       19. Lady Rachel Wriothesley 
            Born 1637 
            Died 29 September 2025 Bloomsbury 
       20. Charles Hoskyns, of Oxted, Surrey 
            Born 1603 
            Died 1657 
       21. Anne Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Born 1609 
            Died 1651 
       22. William Hale, of Kings Walden, Herts. 
            Born 1633 
            Died 25 May 1689 
       23. Mary Elwes, of Roxby 
            Born 1650 
            Died 28 July 1712 
       24. Charles Boyle 
            Viscount Dungarvan 
            baptised 12 September 2025 The Savoy, London 
            Died 12 October 2025 Londesborough 
            Married 7 May 1661 
       25. Lady Jane Seymour 
            Born 6 July 1637 
            Died 23 November 1679 
       26. Hon. Henry Noel, of Luffenham 
            Died 21 September 1677 
       27. Elizabeth Wale 
            Died 11 January 1680 
       28. George Savile 
            1st Marquis of Halifax 
            Born 11 November 2025 Thornhill 
            Died 5 April 1695 
            Married 29 December 2025 London 
       29. Lady Dorothy Spencer 
            Died 16 December 2025 Lincoln's Inn Fields 
       30. Daniel Finch 
            2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea 
            Born 2 July 1647 
            Died 1 January 2026 Burley-on-the-Hill 
            Married 16 June 2025 Chapel of Leighs, Essex 
       31. Lady Essex Rich 
            Born 1652 
            Died 23 March 2026 London 

       32. William Cavendish 
            3rd Earl of Devonshire 
            Born 10 October 1617 
            Died 23 November 2025 Roehampton House, Surrey 
            Married 4 March 2026 London 
       33. Lady Elizabeth Cecil 
            Born 1620 
            Died 19 November 1689 
       34. James Butler 
            1st Duke of Ormonde 
            Born 19 October 2025 Clerkenwell, Midx. 
            Died 21 July 2025 Kingston Hall, Kingston Lacy 
            Married September 1629 
       35. Lady Elizabeth Preston 
            Baroness Dingwall 
            Born 25 July 1615 
            Died 21 July 2025 St.James's Square 
       36. William Russell 
            5th Earl & 1st Duke of Bedford 
            Born August 1616 
            Died 7 September 2025 London, Bedford House 
            Married 11 July 2025 London, St.Benet's Church 
       37. Lady Anne Carr 
            Born 9 December 2025 London 
            Died 10 May 2026 Woburn 
       38. Thomas Wriothesley 
            4th Earl of Southampton 
            Born 10 March 1607 
            Died 16 May 2026 Southampton House, Bloomsbury 
            Married 18 August 2025 Charenton, France 
       39. Rachel Massue de Ruvigny 
            Born 1603 
            Died 16 February 2026 Tothill St., Westminster 
       40. Sir Thomas Hoskyns, of Oxted 
            Born 1578 
            Died 1615 
       41. Dorothy Aldersey 
            Died 1651 
       42. William Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Died 27 August 1634 
       43. Rose Bond 
            Died 31 July 1648 
       44. Roland Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Born 8 June 1600 
            Died 7 April 1669 
       45. Elizabeth Garway 
            Died 9 January 1679 
       46. Jeremiah Elwes, of Roxby 
            baptised 15 November 1584 
            Died before 31 January 2026 (date will proven) 
       47. Mary Morley 
            Died 4 December 1667 
       48. Richard Boyle 
            2nd Earl of Cork, 1st Earl of Burlington 
            Born 20 October 2025 Youghall, co York 
            Died 13 January 1698 
            Married 3 July 2025 Skipton Castle, Craven c.York 
       49. Elizabeth Clifford 
            Baroness Boyle 
            Born 18 September 1613 
            Died 6 January 1691 
       50. William Seymour 
            2nd Duke of Somerset 
            Born 1 September 1587 
            Died 24 October 2025 Essex House, The Strand 
            Married 3 March 2026 Drayton Basset, co Stafford 
       51. Lady Frances Devereux 
            Born 1599 
            Died 24 April 1674 
       52. Baptist Noel 
            3rd Viscount Campden 
            Born 1612 
            Died 29 October 2025 Exton 
            Married 21 December 2025 Boughton Malherbe 
       53. Hester Wotton 
            baptised 11 January 2026 Boughton Malherbe 
            Died after 4 February 1646 
       54. Sir William Wale 
            Alderman of London 
       55. Margaret Sparke 
       56. Sir William Savile, of Thornhill 
            3rd Baronet 
            Born circa 1612 
            Died 24 January 2026 York 
            Married 29 December 1629 
       57. Anne Coventry 
            Died circa 1661 Whimple 
       58. Henry Spencer 
            1st Earl of Sunderland 
            baptised 23 November 2025 Brington 
            Died 20 September 2025 Newbury (in battle) 
            Married 20 July 2025 Penshurst, Kent 
       59. Lady Dorothy Sydney 
            baptised 5 October 2025 Isleworth, Midx. 
            buried 25 February 2026 Brington 
       60. Heneage Finch 
            1st Earl of Nottingham 
            Born 23 December 2025 in Kent 
            Died 18 December 2025 London, Queen Str. 
            Married 30 July 2025 London, Allhallows-in-the-Wall 
       61. Elizabeth Harvey 
            baptised 19 April 2026 London, St.Lawrence Pountney 
            Died 15 March 2026 Lincoln's Inn Fields 
       62. Robert Rich 
            3rd Earl of Warwick 
            Born 28 June 1611 
            Died 29 May 2026 London 
            Married 3 October 2025 Fryarne, Midx. 
       63. Anne Cheke 
            Died after 1652 

       64. William Cavendish 
            2nd Earl of Devonshire 
            Born 1590 
            Died 20 June 2025 London, Bishopsgate Str. 
            Married 10 April 2026 London 
       65. Christian Bruce 
            Born 28 December 1595 
            Died 16 January 2026 Southampton Buildings 
       66. William Cecil 
            2nd Earl of Salisbury 
            Born 28 March 2026 Westminster 
            Died 3 December 1668 
            Married 1 December 1608 
       67. Lady Catherine Howard 
            buried 27 January 2026 Hatfield 
       68. Thomas Butler 
            Viscount Thurles 
            Born before 1596 
            Died 15 December 2025 (drowned) 
            Married before 1610 
       69. Elizabeth Poyntz 
            Born circa 1588 
            Died May 1673 Thurles 
       70. Richard Preston 
            Lord Dingwall 
            Died 28 October 1628 
            Married 1614 
       71. Lady Elizabeth Butler 
            Died 10 October 1628 
       72. Francis Russell 
            4th Earl of Bedford 
            Born 1593 
            Died 9 May 1641 
            Married 26 February 2026 St.Mary le Strand 
       73. The Hon. Catherine Brydges 
            Died 29 January 1657 
       74. Robert Carr 
            Earl of Somerset 
            Born circa 1587 
            Died 17 July 2025 London 
            Married 26 December 2025 Whitehall,Chapel Royal 
       75. Lady Frances Howard 
            Born 31 May 1590 
            Died 23 August 1632 
       76. Henry Wriothesley 
            3rd Earl of Southampton 
            Born 6 October 2025 Cowdray, Sussex 
            Died 10 November 2025 Bergen-op-Zoom (plague) 
            Married before 30 August 1598 
       77. Elizabeth Vernon 
            Died after 23 November 1655 
       78. Daniel de Massue 
            Seigneur de Ruvigny 
            Died after 23 November 1655 
            Married circa 30 August 1598 
       79. Madeleine de Pinot des Fontaines 
       80. Charles Hoskyns, of Oxted, Surrey 
            Born 1522 
            Died 26 November 1597 
       81. Anne Engler 
       82. John Aldersey 
            Born 1541 
            Died 26 July 1616 
       83. Anne Lowe, of London 
       84. Richard Hale, of Kings Walden 
            Died 1620 
       85. Mary Lambert 
       86. Sir George Bond 
            Lord Mayor of London 1587 
       87. Winifred Leigh 
       88. = 42        89. = 43 
       90. Sir Henry Garway 
            baptised 17 April 1595 
            buried 24 July 1646 
       91. Margaret Clitheroe 
            buried 26 June 1656 
       92. Geoffrey Elwes, of Great Amwell 
            baptised 17 June 1541 
            Died 14 May 1616 
            Married 19 February 1570 
       93. Elizabeth Gabbot 
            Died before 26 November 2025 (date will proven) 
       94. James Morley 
            Clerk in Chancery 
       95. 
       96. Richard Boyle 
            1st Earl of Cork 
            Born 13 October 2025 Canterbury 
            Died 15 September 2025 Youghal 
            Married 25 July 2025 Dublin 
       97. Catherine Fenton 
            Died 16 February 2026 Dublin 
       98. Henry Clifford 
            5th Earl of Cumberland 
            Born 28 February 2026 Londesborough 
            Died 11 December 2025 York 
            Married 25 July 2025 Kensington, Midx. 
       99. Lady Frances Cecil 
            Born 1593 
            Died 14 December 2025 York 
      100. Edward Seymour 
            Lord Beauchamp 
            Born 21 September 2025 The Tower 
            Died circa 13 July 2025 Wick, Wiltshire 
            Married before 1 July 1582 
      101. Honora Rogers 
            Died after 28 February 1608 
      102. Robert Devereux 
            2nd Earl of Essex, 3rd Viscount Hereford 
            Born 19 November 1566 
            Died 25 February 2026 Tower Hill (beheaded) 
            Married 1590 
      103. Frances Walsingham 
            Died 1632 
      104. Edward Noel 
            2nd Viscount Campden 
            Died 18 October 1629 
            Married 20 December 2025 Leyton, Essex 
      105. Julian Hicks 
            Died 25 November 2025 Brook, Rutland 
      106. Thomas Wotton 
            2nd Lord Wotton 
            Born 1588 
            Died 2 April 2026 Bocton 
            Married 1608 
      107. Mary Throckmorton of Paulerspury 
            Died 25 April 1658 
      108. William Wale, of Leicester 
      109. 
      110. Priam Sparke 
      111. 
      112. Sir George Savile, of Thornhill 
            Born circa 1583 
            buried 24 August 2025 Thornhill 
            Married 14 September 1607 
      113. Anne Wentworth 
            baptised 11 July 1591 
            Died 30 July 1633 
      114. Thomas Coventry 
            1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough 
            Born 1578 
            Died 14 January 2026 Durham House, The Strand 
            Married before 1610 
      115. Elizabeth Aldersey 
            buried 25 May 2026 London, St.Gregory's 
      116. William Spencer 
            2nd Lord Spencer, of Wormleighton 
            baptised 4 January 2026 Brington 
            Died 19 December 1636 
            Married 1615 
      117. Lady Penelope Wriothesley 
            Born circa 28 November 1598 
            Died 16 July 1667 
      118. Robert Sydney 
            2nd Earl of Leicester 
            Born 1 December 2025 Baynard's Castle, London 
            Died 2 November 2025 Penshurst 
            Married January 1615 
      119. Lady Dorothy Percy 
            baptised 20 August 2025 Petworth 
            Died 20 August 1659 
      120. Sir Heneage Finch 
            Died 5 December 1631 
      121. Frances Bell, of Beaupr‚ 
            Died 11 April 1627 
      122. Daniel Harvey, of Folkestone 
            Grocer and Turkey merchant 
            Born 31 May 1587 
            Died 10 September 1649 
            Married 1619 
      123. Elizabeth Kynnersley 
            Born circa 1601 
            buried 7 May 1655 
      124. Robert Rich 
            2nd Earl of Warwick 
            Born 1587 
            Died 19 April 2026 Warwick House 
            Married 12 February 2026 Hackney, Midx. 
      125. Frances Hatton 
            Born July 1590 
            Died before 21 November 2025 Holborn 
      126. Sir Thomas Cheke, of Pirgo, Essex 
      127. Lady Essex Rich 
            Died 1659 

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