Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
(1833-1908), Politician and Captain; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait GallerySitter in 56 portraits
Statesman; served under Gladstone but opposed Home Rule for Ireland and with Chamberlain founded Liberal Unionist Party. President of Council in Salisbury's second administration and under Balfour 1902-3.
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire when Marquess of Hartington
by Judd & Co
lithograph, published 9 March 1878
NPG D35548
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 July 1880
NPG D43966
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
printed by Riddle & Couchman, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, published 10 March 1883
NPG D35162
"The Cabinet Council, 1883" (Gladstone and 13 colleagues)
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 November 1883
NPG D44149
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire ('Statesmen. No. 547.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 July 1888
NPG D44395
"In Vanity Fair" (King George V, Prince Arthur of Connaught and 20 others)
by Unknown artist
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 29 November 1890
NPG D44518
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
published by Morris, Walton & Co, after Charles William Walton
lithograph, before 1891
NPG D35161
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41958
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Alphonse Legros
photogravure, circa 1900
NPG D20765
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Alphonse Legros
photogravure, circa 1900
NPG D9716
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire ('Statesmen. No. 752.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 May 1902
NPG D45118
after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
line block postcard, circa 1903
NPG D42281
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax77099
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96634
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, November 1886
NPG x8034
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib'), and Carlo Pellegrini, and Sir Leslie Ward, and 'Hay', and Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1881-1889
NPG D39295
Related People
- Georgiana Dorothy (née Cavendish), Countess of Carlisle (grandmother)
- George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle (grandfather)
- Lord Edward Cavendish (brother)
- Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (brother)
- Lord George Henry Cavendish (uncle)
- Lord Richard Cavendish (uncle)
- Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish (nephew)
- William Cavendish (grandfather)
- William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (father)
- Louise Frederica Augusta Cavendish (née von Alten), Duchess of Devonshire (formerly Duchess of Manchester) (wife)
- Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (nephew)
- Lady Louisa Caroline Egerton (née Cavendish) (sister)
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