Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

John Singer Sargent : Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, 1902

Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish GCVO CBE DJStJ (born Petty FitzMaurice , * 27. August 1870 , † 2. April 1960 at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire ) was a British nobleman and 38 years chatelaine ( Mistress of the Robes ) at Queen Mary .

Life

Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice was the eldest daughter of four children of the politician Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton (1850-1932), a daughter of the Scottish nobleman James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn . From an early age, Evie , as she was called within the family, accompanied her parents abroad with her siblings, either to visit relatives or because of her father's military obligations.

On July 30, 1892, Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice married Victor Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington , the eldest son of Lt.-Col. In St. George's Church (Hanover Square) in the City of Westminster ( London ) . Lord Edward Cavendish and Lady Emma Elizabeth Lascelles. Her husband was one of the largest private landowners in the UK and Ireland . The marriage, which all reports said was a happy one, had seven children:

Evelyn Cavendish with three of her children

• Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895–1950) ⚭ 1917 Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1988), lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II ( Mistress of the Robes ; 1953–1967);
• Lady Maud Louisa Emma Cavendish (1896–1975), ⚭ (1) 1917 Captain Hon. Angus Mackintosh († 1918), ⚭ (2) 1923 Brigadier General George Evan Michael Baillie († 1941);
• Lady Blanche Katharine Cavendish (1898–1987) ⚭ 1919 Lt.-Col. Ivan Murray Cobbold († 1944);
• Lady Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish (1900–1966) ⚭ 1920 Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (1894–1986); Prime Minister (1957–1963);
• Lady Rachel Cavendish (1902–1977) ⚭ 1923 James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn (1897–1971), Minister for Scotland (1951–1957);
• Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (1905-1944), Lt.-Col. ⚭ 1932 Adele Astaire (1896–1981);
• Lady Anne Cavendish (1909–1981), ⚭ (1) 1929–1945 Lt.-Col. Henry Philip Hunloke (1906–1978), ⚭ (2) 1949–1960 Christopher John Holland-Martin († 1960), politician, ⚭ (3) 1962–1965 ( canceled ) Alexander Montagu, 10th Earl of Sandwich (1906–1995 ), Politician.

Name in different phases of life

• 1870-1892 Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice
• 1892-1908 Evelyn Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
• 1908-1938 Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
• 1938-1960 Evelyn Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire

Offices and Awards

• 1910–1916 Lady-in-waiting (Mistress of the Robes) to Queen Mary
• 1916–1921 wife of the Governor General of Canada (Viceregal consort of Canada)
• 1921–1953 Lady-in-waiting (Mistress of the Robes) to Queen Mary
• 1916 Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
• 1920 Hon. Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from the University of Leeds
• 1937 Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
• 1938 Dame of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (DJStJ)

literature

• Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 2, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 2240.
• Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom . Sutton, Gloucester 2000.
• Peter W. Hammond: The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times . Sutton. Gloucester 1989.

Web links

Commons : Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Lady Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-FitzMaurice on thepeerage.com