Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish
Lord Charles Cavendish | |
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Born | 5 August 1905 |
Died | 23 March 1944 Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland | (aged 38)
Burial place | Lismore Cathedral |
Spouse(s) | |
Parent(s) | Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice |
Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (5 August 1905 – 23 March 1944)[1] was the second son of the 9th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice.
He was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, Eton, and Cambridge University. He joined the Royal Tank Regiment where he became a lieutenant.
Cavendish was first introduced to dancer and actress Adele Astaire in London in 1927, on the closing night of her show Funny Face.[2] He courted her while he worked for the bank J.P. Morgan & Co. in New York City.[3] Adele proposed to Lord Charles at the 21 Club in Manhattan.[4] They were married in 1932, at his family seat of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Their children – a daughter born in 1933 and twin sons born in 1935 – lived only a few hours. The couple lived at Lismore Castle in County Waterford, Ireland, which had been given to them as a wedding present by Lord Charles's father, the 9th Duke of Devonshire.[5]
Cavendish died at Lismore Castle, aged 38, of long-term acute alcoholism and was buried at Lismore Cathedral.[6][7][8] A clause in Lord Charles's will stipulated that Lismore Castle was to go to his nephew, Lord Andrew Cavendish, if Adele remarried, which she did in 1947.[5]
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ CAVENDISH, Lord Charles A. F., Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- ^ Astaire, Fred (1959). Steps in Time. HarperCollins. p. 159.
- ^ Time Inc (19 November 1945). LIFE. Time Inc. pp. 67–. ISSN 0024-3019.
- ^ Terry Reksten (1994). The Dunsmuir Saga. Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 195–. ISBN 978-1-926706-06-1.
- ^ a b Deborah Devonshire (15 September 2011). All in One Basket. John Murray. pp. 292–. ISBN 978-1-84854-594-6.
- ^ "Two-Step: The Astaires" New York Times, 31 May 2012
- ^ Deborah Devonshire (9 September 2010). Wait for Me!. John Murray. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-84854-457-4.
- ^ Brendan Lehane (2001). The Companion Guide to Ireland. Companion Guides. pp. 227–. ISBN 978-1-900639-34-7.
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