Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
Sex: M
Birth: 10 Oct 1617 ^b
Death: 23 Nov 1684 in Roehampton House, Surrey ^d
Burial: Edensor, co Derby ^u

Parents:

Father:
William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire Birth: 1590 Death: 20 Jun 1628 in Bishopsgate Str, London

Mother:

Christian BRUCE Birth: 28 Dec 1595 Death: 16 Jan 1674/5 in Southampton Buildings, St Giles's-in-the-Fields

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth CECIL on Abt 4 Mar 1638/9 .^m1
Elizabeth CECIL Birth: Abt 1619 Death: 19 Nov 1689

Children:

Anne CAVENDISH Death: 18 Jun 1703
William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire Birth: 25 Jan 1640/1 Death: 18 Aug 1707 in Devonshire House, Piccadilly, Midx

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p341],
parents:: [Ref: CP IV p341]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p341],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p341]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: CP IV p341]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CECIL

date:: lic 4 Mar 1638/9 [Ref: CP IV p341],
child:: [Ref: CP IV p341, CP V p220]

Research Notes:
3rd Earl of Devonshire, of Earldom cr 1618 [Ref: CP IV p341]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IV p341]

Pedigree of William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
                                                                /-----Sir John CAVENDISH
                                                       /-----Sir Andrew CAVENDISH
                                                      |         \-----Alice ODYNGSELES
                                              /-----William CAVENDISH
                                             |         \-----Rose
                                     /-----Thomas CAVENDISH
                                    |         \-----Joan STAVENTON
                            /-----Thomas CAVENDISH
                           |         \-----Katherine SCUDAMORE
                   /-----Sir William CAVENDISH
                  |        |         /-----John SMITH
                  |         \-----Alice SMITH
          /-----Sir William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
         |        |                           /-----John HARDWICK
         |        |                  /-----John HARDWICK
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Henry BAKEWELL
         |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BAKEWELL
         |        |         /-----John HARDWICK
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Richard PINCHBECK
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Richard PINCHBECK
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret WELBY
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PINCHBECK
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Walter TAILBOYS, Lord Kyme
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret TAILBOYS
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth PINCHBECK
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas GREENE
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas GREENE
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mary TALBOT
         |        |        |                  \-----Ann GREENE
         |        |        |                          |         /-----John BELERS
         |        |        |                           \-----Marina BELERS
         |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth SUTTON
         |         \-----Elizabeth HARDWICK
         |                 |                           /-----Sir John LEEK
         |                 |                  /-----William LEEKE
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----John GREY
         |                 |                 |         \-----Alice GREY
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Emma
         |                 |         /-----Thomas LEEKE
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir William CHAWORTH
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CHAWORTH
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Alice CALTOFTE
         |                 |        |         \-----Katherine CHAWORTH
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
         |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel AYLESBURY
         |                 |        |                           \-----Katherine PABENHAM
         |                  \-----Elizabeth LEEKE
         |                          |         /-----William FOX
         |                           \-----Margaret FOX
/-----William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
|        |         /-----Henry KEIGHLEY
|         \-----Anne KEIGHLEY
|                 |         /-----Thomas CARUS
|                  \-----Mary CARUS
William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire
|                  /-----Sir Edward BRUCE
|         /-----Edward BRUCE, Lord Kinloss
|        |        |         /-----William REID
|        |         \-----Alison REID
\-----Christian BRUCE
         |         /-----Alexander CLERK
          \-----Magdalen CLERK

Descendants of William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire

1. William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire m. Elizabeth CECIL

m. Elizabeth CECIL father: William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury mother: Catherine HOWARD

2+ Anne CAVENDISH m1. Charles RICH, Lord Rich m2. John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter

3+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Mary BUTLER

2nd generation

2. Anne CAVENDISH m1. Charles RICH, Lord Rich m2. John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter

m. Charles RICH, Lord Rich father: Robert RICH, Earl Of Warwick mother: Frances HATTON

m. John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter father: John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter mother: Frances MANNERS

4+ Elizabeth CECIL m. Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery

3. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Mary BUTLER

m. Mary BUTLER father: James BUTLER, Duke of Ormonde mother: Elizabeth PRESTON, Baroness Dingwall

5+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Rachel RUSSELL

3rd generation

4. Elizabeth CECIL m. Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery

m. Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery father: Roger BOYLE, Earl of Orrery mother: Mary SACKVILLE

6+ John BOYLE, Earl Of Cork And Orrery m1. Henrietta HAMILTON m2. Margaret HAMILTON

5. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Rachel RUSSELL

m. Rachel RUSSELL father: William RUSSELL, Lord Russell mother: Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

7+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

4th generation

6. John BOYLE, Earl Of Cork And Orrery m1. Henrietta HAMILTON m2. Margaret HAMILTON

m. Henrietta HAMILTON father: George HAMILTON, Earl of Orkney mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS

m. Margaret HAMILTON father: John HAMILTON mother: Lucy DOPPING

8+ Lucy BOYLE m. George BYNG, Viscount Torrington

7. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

m. Catherine HOSKINS father: John HOSKINS mother: Catherine HALE

9+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford

5th generation

8. Lucy BOYLE m. George BYNG, Viscount Torrington

m. George BYNG, Viscount Torrington father: George BYNG, Viscount Torrington mother: Elizabeth DANIEL

10 William Henry BYNG

11+ Lucy Elizabeth BYNG m. Orlando BRIDGEMAN, Earl of Bradford

12+ Isabella Elizabeth BYNG m. Thomas THYNNE, Marquess Of Bath

13 William Henry BYNG

9. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford

m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford father: Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington mother: Dorothy SAVILE

15+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m1. Georgiana SPENCER m2. Elizabeth HERVEY