Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish

British banker and noble

Adele Astaire
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(m. 1932)​
Parent(s)Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice

Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (5 August 1905 – 23 March 1944)[1] was the second son of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice.

Biography

Cavendish was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, Eton, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the Royal Tank Regiment where he became a Lieutenant.

The 9th Duke of Devonshire in 1919 with four of his children, including Lord Charles (seated, bottom left).

Marriage

Cavendish was first introduced to dancer and actress Adele Astaire in London in 1927, on the closing night of her show Funny Face.[2] He courted her while he worked for the bank J.P. Morgan & Co. in New York City.[3] Adele proposed to Lord Charles at the 21 Club in Manhattan.[4] They were married in 1932, at his family seat of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Their children – a daughter born in 1933 and twin sons born in 1935 – lived only a few hours. The couple lived at Lismore Castle in County Waterford, Ireland, which had been given to them as a wedding present by Lord Charles's father, the 9th Duke of Devonshire.[5]

Death

Cavendish died at Lismore Castle, aged 38, of long-term acute alcoholism and was buried at Lismore Cathedral.[6][7][8] A clause in Lord Charles's will stipulated that Lismore Castle was to go to his nephew, Lord Andrew Cavendish (later the 11th Duke of Devonshire), if Adele remarried, which she did in 1947.[5]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish
16. William Cavendish
8. William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
17. Louisa O'Callaghan
4. Edward Cavendish
18. George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
9. Blanche Georgiana Howard
19. Georgiana Cavendish
2. Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
20. Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood
10. William Lascelles
21. Henrietta Sebright
5. Emma Lascelles
22. George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (= 18)
11. Caroline Georgiana Howard
23. Georgiana Cavendish (= 19)
1. Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish
24. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
12. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne
25. Louisa Fox-Strangways
6. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
26. Charles Joseph, comte de Flahaut
13. Emily Jane de Flahaut, 8th Lady Nairne
27. Margaret Mercer-Elphinstone, 7th Lady Nairne, 2nd Baroness Keith
3. Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice
28. James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton
14. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
29. Harriet Douglas
7. Maud Evelyn Hamilton
30. John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
15. Louisa Jane Russell
31. Georgiana Gordon

References

  1. ^ CAVENDISH, Lord Charles A. F., Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
  2. ^ Astaire, Fred (1959). Steps in Time. HarperCollins. p. 159.
  3. ^ Time Inc (19 November 1945). LIFE. Time Inc. pp. 67–. ISSN 0024-3019.
  4. ^ Terry Reksten (1994). The Dunsmuir Saga. Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 195–. ISBN 978-1-926706-06-1.
  5. ^ a b Deborah Devonshire (15 September 2011). All in One Basket. John Murray. pp. 292–. ISBN 978-1-84854-594-6.
  6. ^ "Two-Step: The Astaires" New York Times, 31 May 2012
  7. ^ Deborah Devonshire (9 September 2010). Wait for Me!. John Murray. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-84854-457-4.
  8. ^ Brendan Lehane (2001). The Companion Guide to Ireland. Companion Guides. pp. 227–. ISBN 978-1-900639-34-7.

External links

  • The Peerage
  • Time Magazine 3 April 1944
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