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Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire

1868 - 1938

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Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (31 May 1868 – 6 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. A member of the Cavendish family, Victor Cavendish was the son of Lord Edward Cavendish and nephew of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge. After his father's death in 1891, he entered politics, winning his father's constituency unopposed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire is the 16,584th most popular politician (down from 16,077th in 2019), the 4,964th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,606th in 2019) and the 595th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 16,584 out of 19,576. Before him are Iñigo Urkullu, Aulus Postumius Albinus, Kliment of Tarnovo, Yusuf Adil Shah, Erhard Busek, and Marie Yovanovitch. After him are George Hearst, Corine Mauch, Johan van Hulst, Pandeli Majko, Alfred Sant, and Ernst Benda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 190. Before him are Otokar Březina, Jaroslav Kvapil, Hermann Lietz, Johannes van Dijk, Spottiswoode Aitken, and Anna Missuna. After him are Lida Heymann, Ellen Roosevelt, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Horace Elgin Dodge, Willis R. Whitney, and Robert Edeson. Among people deceased in 1938, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 211. Before him are Zitkala-Sa, Grey Owl, Warner Oland, Tom Crean, Alma Gluck, and Mikuláš Galanda. After him are Arthur Barclay, Michel Giacobini, Walter Migula, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Hale Asaf, and William Glackens.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 4,965 out of 8,785. Before him are Boz Burrell (1946), Thomas Picton (1758), Wallace Ford (1898), Skin (1967), William Friese-Greene (1855), and Phil Foden (2000). After him are Andy Mackay (1946), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), Augustus John (1878), Chris Menges (1940), Chris Bonington (1934), and Calum Scott (1988).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ranks 595. Before him are David Owen (1938), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), John Ballance (1839), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), and Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814). After him are Robert Morris (1734), William Paterson (1745), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Douglas Hurd (1930), and Henry Hyndman (1842).

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