Biography
William Cavendish was born circa 1505 to Thomas Cavendish (-1523) and Alice Smith (-1515) and died 15 October 1557 Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Margaret Bostock (-1540) . He married Elizabeth Conyngsby (-1546) 1542 JL . He married Elizabeth Hardwick (1527-1608) 20 August 1547 JL in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Catherine Cavendish (1535-) | |||
| Mary Cavendish (-) | |||
| Ann Cavendish (1540-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Frances Cavendish (1548-1632) | 18 June 1548 London, England, United Kingdom | January 1632 | Henry Pierrepont (c1545-1615) |
| Temperance Cavendish (1549-1549) | |||
| Henry Cavendish (1550-1616) | |||
| William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1552-1626) | 27 December 1552 | 3 March 1626 Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | Anne Keighley (1566-1598) Elizabeth Boughton (c1555-) |
| Charles Cavendish (1553-1617) | November 1553 | 4 April 1617 Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom | Margaret Kitson (1563-1582) Catherine Ogle, 8th Baroness Ogle (c1570-1629) |
| Dan Cavendish (1555-) | |||
| Elizabeth Cavendish (1555-1582) | 31 March 1555 | 21 January 1582 | Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox (1555-c1576) |
| Mary Cavendish (1556-1632) | 1556 London, England, United Kingdom | 1632 | Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (1552-1616) |
| Lucretia Cavendish (1557-) | |||
Footnotes (including sources)
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