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He was Lord Chamberlain to King William IV and a close friend of Czar Nicholas I of Russia. Among his friends were also Antonio Canova, Charles Dickens, and his head gardener, Sir Joseph Paxton.
The 6th Duke had two sisters, both of whom married well. One of his nieces Lady Blanche Howard married his heir presumptive, the 2nd Earl of Burlington (grandson of Lord George Cavendish, cr. 1st Earl of Burlington, yr brother of the 5th Duke), and thus their children were also great-grandchildren of the 5th Duke. Unfortunately, Lady Burlington died young. Her widower did not remarry, even when he succeeded the 6th Duke in 1858.
Much of the 6th Duke's private correspondence, including letters to his mistresses (one of whom he installed nearby), was destroyed by his Victorian relatives. The Duke is said to have wanted to marry The Princess Mary, a daughter of George III, but she preferred to marry her Royal cousin the 2nd Duke of Gloucester (son of her uncle by his wife, who was born an illegitimate commoner).
| Preceded by: The Earl of Westmorland | Lord Privy Seal 1827 | Followed by: The Earl of Carlisle |
| Preceded by: The Duke of Montrose | Lord Chamberlain 1827–1828 | Followed by: The Duke of Montrose |
| Preceded by: The Earl of Jersey | Lord Chamberlain 1830–1834 | Followed by: The Earl of Jersey |
| Preceded by: William CavendishWilliam Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire ( December 14, 1748 July 29, 1811), was the eldest son of the 4th Duke of Devonshire by his wife the heiress Lady Charlotte Boyle, suo jure Baroness Clifford, who brought in considerable money and estates to the C | Duke of DevonshireThe Dukes of Devonshire are members of the aristocratic Cavendish family in the United Kingdom. They were related to the 17th century Dukes of Newcastle, with whom they shared the family name of Cavendish. Although in modern usage the county of Devon is n | Succeeded by: William CavendishWilliam Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire ( April 27, 1808 December 21, 1891), was the great-grandson of the 4th duke and grandson of the 1st Earl of Burlington who he succeeded in that title in 1834 before succeeding his cousin in the Dukedom in 1858. |