The Duke of Devonshire | |
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11th Governor General of Canada | |
In office 11 November 1916 – 2 August 1921 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Canadian • Robert Borden • Arthur Meighen British • H. H. Asquith • David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
Succeeded by | The Lord Byng of Vimy |
Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
In office 24 October 1922 – 22 January 1924 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin |
Preceded by | Winston Churchill |
Succeeded by | James Henry Thomas |
Civil Lord of the Admiralty | |
In office 25 May 1915 – 26 Jul 1916 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | George Lambert |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Lytton |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 9 October 1903 – 5 December 1905 | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Prime Minister | Arthur Balfour |
Preceded by | Arthur Elliot |
Succeeded by | Reginald McKenna |
Treasurer of the Household | |
In office 4 December 1900 – 13 October 1903 | |
Monarchs | Victoria Edward VII |
Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
Preceded by | The Earl Howe |
Succeeded by | Marquess of Hamilton |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 24 March 1908 – 6 May 1938 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 8th Duke of Devonshire |
Succeeded by | The 10th Duke of Devonshire |
Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire | |
In office 2 June 1891 – 24 March 1908 | |
Preceded by | Lord Edward Cavendish |
Succeeded by | Earl of Kerry |
Personal details | |
Born | Marylebone, London, England | 31 May 1868
Died | 6 May 1938 Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England | (aged 69)
Political party | Liberal Unionist |
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Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Profession | Politician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1890–1911 |
Rank | Second Lieutenant Major |
Unit | Derbyshire Yeomanry |
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire KG, GCMG, GCVO, TD, PC, JP, FRS[1] (31 May 1868 – 6 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada.
A member of the Cavendish family, he was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge. After the death of his father in 1891, he entered politics, winning his father's constituency unopposed. He held that seat until he inherited his uncle's dukedom in 1908. Thereafter, he took his place in the House of Lords, while, for a period at the same time, acting as mayor of Eastbourne and Chesterfield. He held various government posts both prior to and after his rise to the peerage. In 1916 he was appointed governor general of Canada by King George V, on the recommendation of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, to replace Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, as viceroy. He occupied that post until succeeded by Lord Byng of Vimy in 1921. The appointment was initially controversial but, by the time of his return to England, the Duke had earned praise for the way in which he carried out his official duties.
Following his tenure as governor general, he returned to political and diplomatic life, serving as Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1922 and 1924, before retiring to his estate in Derbyshire, where he died on 6 May 1938. He was the last Duke to ever hold a cabinet post.
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