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CodeDS/UK/18963
NameCavendish; Lord; Andrew Robert Buxton (1920-2004); 11th Duke of Devonshire; British politician
Dates1920-2004
GenderMale
BiographyAndrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire KG MC PC (2 January 1920 – 3 May 2004), styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British Conservative and later Social Democratic Party politician. He was a minister in the government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (who was married to his aunt), but is best known for opening Chatsworth House to the public.

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