Earl of Devonshire

Not to be confused with Earl of Devon.

The title of Earl of Devonshire has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1603 for the Blount family^[1] and then recreated in 1618 for the Cavendish family,^[2] in whose possession the earldom remains.

It is not to be confused with, and is separate from, the more ancient title of Earl of Devon which belongs to the Courtenay family.

List of Earls of Devonshire

Earls of Devonshire, first creation (1603)

Blount arms

• Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1563–1606)

Earls of Devonshire, second creation (1618)

Cavendish arms

• William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1552–1626)
• William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire (1591–1628)
• William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (1617–1684)
• William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, 4th Earl of Devonshire (1640–1707)
• William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, 5th Earl of Devonshire (1673–1729)
• William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, 6th Earl of Devonshire (1698–1755)
• William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 7th Earl of Devonshire (1720–1764)
• William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, 8th Earl of Devonshire (1748–1811)
• William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, 9th Earl of Devonshire (1790–1858)
• William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, 10th Earl of Devonshire (1808–1891)
• Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, 11th Earl of Devonshire (1833–1908)
• Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, 12th Earl of Devonshire (1868–1938)
• Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, 13th Earl of Devonshire (1895–1950)
• Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, 14th Earl of Devonshire (1920–2004)
• Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, 15th Earl of Devonshire (b. 1944)

The heir apparent is the oldest son of the current holder, William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington (b. 1969).

Family tree

v t e Dukes of Devonshire, Marquesses of Hartington, Earls of Burlington, Earls of Cork, Earls of Devonshire, and Earls of Orrery

William Cavendish (c. 1505–1557) Bess of Hardwick (c. 1527–1608) Baron Boyle of Youghal, 1616 Earl of Cork and Viscount Dungarvan, 1620 Earl of Devonshire (1st creation), 1603 Baron Cavendish, of Hardwicke in the County of Derby, 1605 Earl of Devonshire (2nd creation), 1618 Richard Boyle (1566–1643) 1st Earl of Cork Viscount Dungarvan, Baron Boyle Charles Blount (1563–1606) Earl of Devonshire, 8th Baron Mountjoy William Cavendish (1552–1626) 1st Earl of Devonshire, 1st Baron Cavendish of Hardwick Charles Cavendish (1553–1617) Earldom of Devonshire (1st creation) extinct, 1606 William Cavendish (1591–1628) 2nd Earl of Devonshire and Baron Cavendish of Hardwick Dukes of Newcastle (1st creation) Baron Clifford of Londesborough, 1644 Earl of Burlington (1st creation), 1664 Earl of Orrery, 1660 Richard Boyle (1612–1698) 2nd Earl of Cork and Viscount Dungarvan, 1st Earl of Burlington and Baron Clifford Elizabeth Clifford 2nd Baroness Clifford suo jure Roger Boyle (1621–1679) 1st Earl of Orrery William Cavendish (1617–1684) 3rd Earl of Devonshire, 3rd Baron Cavendish of Hardwick Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 1694 Charles Boyle (1639–1694) styled Viscount Dungarvan, 3rd Baron Clifford Roger Boyle (1646–1682) 2nd Earl of Orrery William Cavendish (1640–1707) 1st Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 4th Earl of Devonshire and Baron Cavendish of Hardwick Charles Boyle (d. 1704) 3rd Earl of Cork and Viscount Dungarvan, 2nd Earl of Burlington, 4th Baron Clifford Lionel Boyle (1671–1703) 3rd Earl of Orrery Charles Boyle (1674–1731) 4th Earl of Orrery William Cavendish (1672–1729) 2nd Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 5th Earl of Devonshire John Boyle (1707–1762) 5th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan Richard Boyle (1694–1753) 4th Earl of Cork, 3rd Earl of Burlington, 5th Baron Clifford William Cavendish (1698–1755) 3rd Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 6th Earl of Devonshire Earldom of Burlington (1st creation) extinct, 1753 Hamilton Boyle (1729–1764) 6th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan Edmund Boyle (1707–1762) 7th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle (1731–1754) 6th Baroness Clifford William Cavendish (1720–1764) 4th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 7th Earl of Devonshire Earl of Burlington (2nd creation) and Baron Cavendish of Keighley, in the county of York, 1831 Edmund Boyle (1767–1856) 8th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan William Cavendish (1748–1811) 5th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 8th Earl of Devonshire, 7th Baron Clifford George Augustus Henry Cavendish (1754–1834) 1st Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley Charles Boyle (1800–1834) styled Viscount Dungarvan John Boyle (1803–1874) Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish (1783–1858) William George Spencer Cavendish 🍌 (1790–1858) 6th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 9th Earl of Devonshire, 8th Baron Clifford William Cavendish (1783–1812) Barony Clifford abeyant, 1812 Blanche Howard (1812–1840) William Cavendish (1808–1891) 7th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 10th Earl of Devonshire, 2nd Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle (1829–1904) 9th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan Gerald Edmund Boyle Spencer Compton Cavendish (1833–1908) 8th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 11th Earl of Devonshire, 3rd Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley Edward Cavendish (1838–1891) Charles Spencer Canning Boyle (1861–1925) 10th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan Robert John Lascelles Boyle (1864–1934) 11th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan William Henry Dudley "Ginger" Boyle (1873–1967) 12th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan Victor Christian William Cavendish (1868–1938) 9th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 12th Earl of Devonshire, 4th Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley Edward William Spencer Cavendish (1895–1950) 10th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 13th Earl of Devonshire, 5th Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish (1900–1966) Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) Patrick Reginald Boyle (1910–1995) 13th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan John William Boyle (1916–2003) 14th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan William John Robert Cavendish (1917–1944) styled Marquess of Hartington Kathleen Kennedy (1920–1948) Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish (1920–2004) 11th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 14th Earl of Devonshire, 6th Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley John Richard Boyle (b. 1945) 15th Earl of Cork, Earl of Orrery, and Viscount Dungarvan Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish (b. 1944) 12th Duke of Devonshire and Marquess of Hartington, 15th Earl of Devonshire, 7th Earl of Burlington and Baron Cavendish of Keighley Rory Jonathan Courtenay Boyle (b. 1978) styled Viscount Dungarvan William Cavendish (b. 1969) styled Earl of Burlington Heir apparent to the Earldoms of Cork and Orrery Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Devonshire

See also

• Duke of Devonshire