Talk:Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire

Category alphabetisation
alphabetised by family name unless category refers specifically to peerage or nobility. Jdcooper 15:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Murdered?
The article is allocated to "Murdered politicians" category, but it doesn't make it clear whether the man was murdered or not. -- Mal 12:20, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

In all likelihood, Adams didn't murder him in the traditional sense but he did probably withhold treatment (he did this in other cases - plus, Adams wasn't just a serial killer - he was also a Plymouth Brethren fundamentalist who would automatically have had a grudge against such a high-ranking Mason (though the duke wouldn't have realised this)). If that counts, then the category can be put back. See pages 97-101 of 'Stranger in Blood' - Cullen, 2007. Malick78 17:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

In the Estate section, there is this sentence, "The Duke's surprise death meant that his estate had to pay 80% death duties, which would have been avoided had he lived a few months longer." Why would that have been the case? To avoid the tax, was there a particular date he needed to live until or did he need to be a particular age? I think it would be useful to (briefly) explain this in the article.

DinaFelice (talk) 07:12, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Major Rearrangement
I have divided the section Career into sections Early Life, Political Career and Other Civil Posts (latter to be completed). In time I will add further section on Military Career.Cloptonson (talk) 21:08, 25 September 2012 (UTC) The latter section, with citations to Who Was Who and Kelly's Handbook, was inserted today, Saturday 20 October 2011.Cloptonson (talk) 19:29, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Avoiding death duties
'The Duke's surprise death meant that his estate had to pay 80% death duties, which would have been avoided had he lived a few months longer.' Why would these have been avoided. Valetude (talk) 17:40, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
 * That's been there a while and I'm unsure too as to what it means. Presumably the law changed soon after, but I'm not certain.Malick78 (talk) 11:13, 3 September 2013 (UTC)