Esquire of Chatsworth, Derbyshire, of Tutbury, Staffordshire. Knight of the Shire for Derbyshire.
Elder son of Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick. Grandson of Thomas Cavendish and Alice Smith, John Hardwick and Elizabeth Leeke.
Henry married Grace Talbot, the daughter of Sir George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his mother's third husband. They had no issue. Reportedly he hated his wife and had eight illegitimate children, four sons and four daughters including an Anne.
Henry had no legitimate children, and was excluded from his mother's property disbursements, as she referred to him as "my bad son Henry."
The stone inscription is as follows, placed here because of its size.
Sacred to the Memory of Henry, eldest son of William Cavendish,
Knight of Chatsworth, in the County of Derby, and of the much celebrated
Elizabeth Hardwick of Hardwick, in the same County, who afterwards
married her fourth husband, George Earl of Shrewsbury.
He was a strenuous and brave man, and particularly distinguished himself
among the English Volunteer Commanders in the campaign in the Netherlands,
in the year 1578, in which he displayed perseverence, skill, diligence,
activity, and fortitude.
When however his military engagements gave place to the enjoyment of ease,
he indulged in the liberal and sumptuous use of his fortune
in such a manner as to retain the character of splendour and festivity
and to avoid the reproach of luxurious indolence.
His Arms and Armour being deposited in this County,
and fixed in the wall, his Body lies here awaiting instead of the Clarion of Fame
the Trumpet of the Resurrection.
He died the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord 1616.
[Translation from the Latin]
SACRED to the Memory of William Cavendish
the second son of the same parents, who also here put off his earthly dress.
He was a man born to fill every honourable Station,
and in the simplicity of his virtues deserving rather than courting Glory.
Whom when James the 1st of Blessed Memory, King of Great Britain,
had honoured with the Titles first of Baron Hardwick,
and afterwards Earl of Devonshire, he appeared not so much to
do Honour to the man as to the title, with what Wisdom, Integrity, and Applause,
he sustained the Duties of his Province; Common Fame is seldom false.
He was not only the best man of his own but of every age,
nor can his character be suppressed or spoken of without difficulty.
He was capable of the utmost diligence and of unsullied faith,
with the appearance of the greatest indolence.
He claimed no Honour and yet obtained all.
To Him having ordered that he might be buried
without splendour and in a plain grave,
this Monument is erected with an affection greater than its expense.
He died the third of March in the year of our Lord 1625.
Elder son of Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick. Grandson of Thomas Cavendish and Alice Smith, John Hardwick and Elizabeth Leeke.
Henry married Grace Talbot, the daughter of Sir George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his mother's third husband. They had no issue. Reportedly he hated his wife and had eight illegitimate children, four sons and four daughters including an Anne.
Henry had no legitimate children, and was excluded from his mother's property disbursements, as she referred to him as "my bad son Henry."
The stone inscription is as follows, placed here because of its size.
Sacred to the Memory of Henry, eldest son of William Cavendish,
Knight of Chatsworth, in the County of Derby, and of the much celebrated
Elizabeth Hardwick of Hardwick, in the same County, who afterwards
married her fourth husband, George Earl of Shrewsbury.
He was a strenuous and brave man, and particularly distinguished himself
among the English Volunteer Commanders in the campaign in the Netherlands,
in the year 1578, in which he displayed perseverence, skill, diligence,
activity, and fortitude.
When however his military engagements gave place to the enjoyment of ease,
he indulged in the liberal and sumptuous use of his fortune
in such a manner as to retain the character of splendour and festivity
and to avoid the reproach of luxurious indolence.
His Arms and Armour being deposited in this County,
and fixed in the wall, his Body lies here awaiting instead of the Clarion of Fame
the Trumpet of the Resurrection.
He died the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord 1616.
[Translation from the Latin]
SACRED to the Memory of William Cavendish
the second son of the same parents, who also here put off his earthly dress.
He was a man born to fill every honourable Station,
and in the simplicity of his virtues deserving rather than courting Glory.
Whom when James the 1st of Blessed Memory, King of Great Britain,
had honoured with the Titles first of Baron Hardwick,
and afterwards Earl of Devonshire, he appeared not so much to
do Honour to the man as to the title, with what Wisdom, Integrity, and Applause,
he sustained the Duties of his Province; Common Fame is seldom false.
He was not only the best man of his own but of every age,
nor can his character be suppressed or spoken of without difficulty.
He was capable of the utmost diligence and of unsullied faith,
with the appearance of the greatest indolence.
He claimed no Honour and yet obtained all.
To Him having ordered that he might be buried
without splendour and in a plain grave,
this Monument is erected with an affection greater than its expense.
He died the third of March in the year of our Lord 1625.
Esquire of Chatsworth, Derbyshire, of Tutbury, Staffordshire. Knight of the Shire for Derbyshire.
Elder son of Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick. Grandson of Thomas Cavendish and Alice Smith, John Hardwick and Elizabeth Leeke.
Henry married Grace Talbot, the daughter of Sir George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his mother's third husband. They had no issue. Reportedly he hated his wife and had eight illegitimate children, four sons and four daughters including an Anne.
Henry had no legitimate children, and was excluded from his mother's property disbursements, as she referred to him as "my bad son Henry."
The stone inscription is as follows, placed here because of its size.
Sacred to the Memory of Henry, eldest son of William Cavendish,
Knight of Chatsworth, in the County of Derby, and of the much celebrated
Elizabeth Hardwick of Hardwick, in the same County, who afterwards
married her fourth husband, George Earl of Shrewsbury.
He was a strenuous and brave man, and particularly distinguished himself
among the English Volunteer Commanders in the campaign in the Netherlands,
in the year 1578, in which he displayed perseverence, skill, diligence,
activity, and fortitude.
When however his military engagements gave place to the enjoyment of ease,
he indulged in the liberal and sumptuous use of his fortune
in such a manner as to retain the character of splendour and festivity
and to avoid the reproach of luxurious indolence.
His Arms and Armour being deposited in this County,
and fixed in the wall, his Body lies here awaiting instead of the Clarion of Fame
the Trumpet of the Resurrection.
He died the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord 1616.
[Translation from the Latin]
SACRED to the Memory of William Cavendish
the second son of the same parents, who also here put off his earthly dress.
He was a man born to fill every honourable Station,
and in the simplicity of his virtues deserving rather than courting Glory.
Whom when James the 1st of Blessed Memory, King of Great Britain,
had honoured with the Titles first of Baron Hardwick,
and afterwards Earl of Devonshire, he appeared not so much to
do Honour to the man as to the title, with what Wisdom, Integrity, and Applause,
he sustained the Duties of his Province; Common Fame is seldom false.
He was not only the best man of his own but of every age,
nor can his character be suppressed or spoken of without difficulty.
He was capable of the utmost diligence and of unsullied faith,
with the appearance of the greatest indolence.
He claimed no Honour and yet obtained all.
To Him having ordered that he might be buried
without splendour and in a plain grave,
this Monument is erected with an affection greater than its expense.
He died the third of March in the year of our Lord 1625.
Elder son of Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick. Grandson of Thomas Cavendish and Alice Smith, John Hardwick and Elizabeth Leeke.
Henry married Grace Talbot, the daughter of Sir George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his mother's third husband. They had no issue. Reportedly he hated his wife and had eight illegitimate children, four sons and four daughters including an Anne.
Henry had no legitimate children, and was excluded from his mother's property disbursements, as she referred to him as "my bad son Henry."
The stone inscription is as follows, placed here because of its size.
Sacred to the Memory of Henry, eldest son of William Cavendish,
Knight of Chatsworth, in the County of Derby, and of the much celebrated
Elizabeth Hardwick of Hardwick, in the same County, who afterwards
married her fourth husband, George Earl of Shrewsbury.
He was a strenuous and brave man, and particularly distinguished himself
among the English Volunteer Commanders in the campaign in the Netherlands,
in the year 1578, in which he displayed perseverence, skill, diligence,
activity, and fortitude.
When however his military engagements gave place to the enjoyment of ease,
he indulged in the liberal and sumptuous use of his fortune
in such a manner as to retain the character of splendour and festivity
and to avoid the reproach of luxurious indolence.
His Arms and Armour being deposited in this County,
and fixed in the wall, his Body lies here awaiting instead of the Clarion of Fame
the Trumpet of the Resurrection.
He died the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord 1616.
[Translation from the Latin]
SACRED to the Memory of William Cavendish
the second son of the same parents, who also here put off his earthly dress.
He was a man born to fill every honourable Station,
and in the simplicity of his virtues deserving rather than courting Glory.
Whom when James the 1st of Blessed Memory, King of Great Britain,
had honoured with the Titles first of Baron Hardwick,
and afterwards Earl of Devonshire, he appeared not so much to
do Honour to the man as to the title, with what Wisdom, Integrity, and Applause,
he sustained the Duties of his Province; Common Fame is seldom false.
He was not only the best man of his own but of every age,
nor can his character be suppressed or spoken of without difficulty.
He was capable of the utmost diligence and of unsullied faith,
with the appearance of the greatest indolence.
He claimed no Honour and yet obtained all.
To Him having ordered that he might be buried
without splendour and in a plain grave,
this Monument is erected with an affection greater than its expense.
He died the third of March in the year of our Lord 1625.
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