Cavendish family

Cavendish
Noble house
Arms: Sable, three buck's heads cabossed argent
Country	Kingdom of England Kingdom of Ireland United Kingdom
Place of origin	Normandy
Founded	1346; 678 years ago (1346)
Founder	Sir John Cavendish
Current head	Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
Titles	Duke of Devonshire Duke of Newcastle Marquess of Hartington Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Earl of Devonshire Earl of Burlington Earl of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Viscount Mansfield Baron Clifford Baron Cavendish Baron Cavendish of Keighley Baron Waterpark Baron Ogle Baron Chesham Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Connected families	Cavendish-Bentinck Spencer family Churchill family Kennedy family Duke of Westminster Marquess of Salisbury
Motto	Cavendo tutus ('Safe through caution')
Estate(s)	Chatsworth House Hardwick Hall Burlington House Devonshire House Lismore Castle Bolsover Castle Bothal Castle Londesborough Hall Bolton Abbey Latimer House Chiswick House Ogle Castle Compton Place Staveley Hall Holker Hall Welbeck Abbey Doveridge Hall Old Devonshire House

The Cavendish (or de Cavendish) family (/ˈkævəndɪʃ/ KAV-ən-dish) is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins (though with an Anglo-Saxon name, originally from a place-name in Suffolk). They rose to their highest prominence as Duke of Devonshire and Duke of Newcastle.

Leading branches have held high offices in English and then in British politics, especially since the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the participation of William Cavendish (then Earl of Devonshire) in the Invitation to William, though the family appears to date to the Norman Conquest of England,^{[citation needed]} with Cavendish being used (in one form or another) as a surname per se since the beginning of the 13th century. As a place-name, it is first recorded in 1086.^[1]