Talk:William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire

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Hi I think there is a mistakte with the ancestors. His father was NOT William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire but William_Cavendish_(1783-1812). It took my half an hour to find where this mistake is because it was very confusing... sorry for my bad english. I would be glad to see that anybody who understands more from Wikipedia would correct it. thanks Atlantica0705 (talk) 21:16, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Its important he's referred to as 2nd Earl of Burlington of the 2nd creation; people will get confused otherwise as to whether he was a courtesy earl or not and confused between him and the Boyle family of the first creation.

first President of the extended Owens College and first Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University
At Founder's Day in War Time it states that the Duke was first President of the extended Owens College and first Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University. I am almost— billinghurst  sDrewth  08:25, 18 September 2011 (UTC)