Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire
Owner Id00011770
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1790 - 1858
Other Informationsee DNB; Fletcher, Collectors, pp.364-5; De Ricci, English collectors, pp.77-80. For a general biography see James Lees-Milne, The Bachelor Duke: A Life of William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire 1790-1858 (London, 1998), with references to his book collecting at 23-4; duplicate sales (Evans, London, 29 May, 24 Nov. 1815); Caxtons sold to Henry E Huntington 1914/15; sale to the British Museum in 1958.
Other Identifierhttps://aeolus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/incunables/provenances_for_mei.xml#xpointer(//*[@id=
https://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01333671
Activity
Start (year)1812
End (year)1858
MARC Area Codee-uk-en
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationAristocracy
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