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George Cavendish
George Cavendish
(c.
1500
-c.
1562
), was the great-grandson of Sir
John Cavendish
from whom the
Dukes of Devonshire
and the
Dukes of Newcastle
inherited the family name of
Cavendish
. George was an English courtier and
author
and the brother of
William Cavendish
, the third husband of
Bess of Hardwick
. He became a gentleman-usher to Cardinal
Thomas Wolsey
in his late twenties. In his retirement at
Glemsford[?]
,
Suffolk
, he wrote
Life of Cardinal Wolsey
which was published posthumously.
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