# William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire

> English soldier, nobleman and Whig politician (1640-1707)

**Wikidata**: [Q2697139](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2697139)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_1st_Duke_of_Devonshire)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-cavendish-1st-duke-of-devonshire


## References

1. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
2. Source
3. The Peerage
4. International Standard Name Identifier
5. Virtual International Authority File
6. [Source](https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA6749&pos=3)
7. SNAC
8. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
9. [History of William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire - GOV.UK](https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-cavendish-duke-of-devonshire)
10. CERL Thesaurus
11. HMML Authority File