Original sentence: Having finally secured the barony after many years as a commoner, he was further honoured when he was made Earl of Devonshire on 7 August 1618.He was the second son of Sir William Cavendish (courtier) and Bess of Hardwick.William Cavendish was created Baron Cavendish of Hardwick in 1605, thanks to the repeated representations of his niece, Arbella Stuart.William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (December 27 1552 – March 3 1626) was a politician and a supporter of colonizing Virginia
Edited sentence: Cavendish's second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Boughton of Couston, Warwickshire, widow of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, Yorkshire, by whom he had a son, John, made a knight of the Bath when Prince Charles was created Prince of Wales in 1618.He died on 3 March 1626, and was buried at Edensor.He participated in the colonisation of the Bermudas, and Devonshire Parish was called after him.He was M.He was created Baron Cavendish of Hardwick in 1605, on the christening of the Princess Sophia in May 1605, thanks to the representations of his niece, Arbella Stuart.He was in attendance on James I in a progress in Wiltshire in 1618, and on 2 August was created Earl of Devonshire, while the court was staying at the Bishop of Salisbury's palace; he was reported to have paid £10,000 for the title.His first wife was Anne, daughter of Henry Kighley of Kighley, Yorkshire, by whom he had three sons and three daughters.His mother's death in 1608, and his elder brother Henry's death in 1616, gave him a vast fortune.Of the former Gilbert, who has been credited with the authorship of 'Horae Subsecivae' [see Brydges, Grey], died young; and James died in infancy.She made him a rich allowance in his youth.Sir John died on 18 Jan 1617-18.The second son of Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick, he was educated with the children of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, whom his mother married after his father's death.William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (December 27 1552 – March 3 1626) was an English politician and courtier.a supporter of colonizing Virginia.for Newport in 1588; high sheriff of Derbyshire, where the estates of his family lay, in 1595; and justice of the peace in 1603