* 18 August — formation of Somerset CCC by a team of amateurs at a meeting in Sidmouth, Devonshire, immediately after a match against a local side.

The name " Devonshire tea " comes from the county of Devon in England, where it is a local speciality.

In addition to Fitzroy Square and nearby Fitzroy Street, there are numerous locations named for the FitzRoy family and Devonshire / Portland family, both significant local landowners.

A discussion arose at the Plymouth meeting of the Devonshire Association in 1916 when it was suggested that this word should be recorded in the list of local verbal provincialisms.

The University also has a campus in Buxton, Derbyshire, known as the Devonshire Campus, a grade II * listed building which dominates the local landscape and has a dome which is over in diameter, bigger than that of St Paul's Cathedral in London.

These " tribes " were areas of land partitioned off to the " adventurers " ( investors ) of the Company – Devonshire, Hamilton, Paget, Pembroke, Sandys, Smith's, Southampton and Warwick ( thus far, this usage of the word " tribes " is unique to the Bermuda example ).

The origin of this English word is uncertain, but it may be related to " loblolly ", a word from an obscure Devonshire dialect where " lob " is probably an onomatopoeic description of bubbling.

Lord Edgecumbe recommended the Duke of Devonshire and Duke of Grafton to sit for him, and other peers soon followed, including the Duke of Cumberland, third son of George II, in whose portrait, according to Nicholas Penny " bulk is brilliantly converted into power ".

His son Robert Dowland was also a musician, working for some time in the service of the first Earl of Devonshire, and taking over his father's position of lutenist at court when John died.

In December 1756, Pitt, who now sat for Okehampton, became Secretary of State for the Southern Department, and Leader of the House of Commons under the premiership of the Duke of Devonshire.

In August 1862, aged 14, Grace played for West Gloucestershire against a Devonshire team.

Bess became famous for her building projects, especially two of them: Chatsworth, now the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire ( whose family name is still " Cavendish ", because they are descended from the children of her second marriage ), and Hardwick Hall, of which it has been said: " Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall ", because of the number and size of its windows.

In the 1530s, he wrote poetry in the Devonshire MS declaring his love for a woman ; employing the basic acrostic formula, the first letter of each line spells out SHELTUN.

He was also devoted to family members: when Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire was later appointed ( Minister for Colonial Affairs from 1963 to 1964 amongst other positions ) he described his uncle's behaviour as " the greatest act of nepotism ever ".

Ronald Reagan would later visit Devonshire Downs for a political rally when he was running for his first term as President of the United States of America.

The building was architecturally adventurous, drawing on Paxton's experience designing greenhouses for the sixth Duke of Devonshire.

Cornelia Gilman was perhaps the person of that name who was the wife of Samuel Gilman, another director of the firm, and the man who gave his name to the nearby town of Gilman, Illinois The town of Chatsworth is perhaps named for Chatsworth House, the home of the Duke of Devonshire.

These London residences, known as townhouses, corresponding to the hôtel particulier of Paris, generally took for their name the title or family name of their owner, such as Devonshire House, Grosvenor House, Spencer House, Northumberland House etc.

Nearby stands the elegant and imposing monument to Samuel Turner ( 1805 – 1878 ), treasurer of the Devonshire Hospital and Buxton Bath Charity, built in 1879 and accidentally lost for the latter part of the 20th century during construction work before being found and restored in 1994.

The Duchess of Devonshire campaigned for the Whigs — particularly for a distant cousin, Charles James Fox — at a time when the King ( George III ) and his Ministers had a direct influence over the House of Commons, principally through their power of patronage.

The Duchess of Devonshire is famous not only for her marital arrangements, her catastrophic affairs, her beauty and sense of style and best clothes, and her political campaigning, but also for her love of gambling.

The painting remained in Morgan's family until 1994, when it was put up for sale at Sotheby's and was purchased by the 11th Duke of Devonshire for the Chatsworth House collection.

It is still owned by the Dukes of Devonshire, but it is lived in for only a short part of the year.

William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, was his uncle ( see the Duke of Devonshire for further history of this branch of the family ).

The Department is named to commemorate British chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish for contributions to science and his relative William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, who served as Chancellor of the University and donated money for the construction of the laboratory.

A cream tea ( also known as a Devonshire tea, Devon cream tea or Cornish cream tea )

The county of Devon is also known as Devonshire, although this is not an official name and is not often used outside the county.

The title of Duke of Devonshire is still extant.

It is the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, and has been home to his family, the Cavendish family, since Bess of Hardwick settled at Chatsworth in 1549.

The church's spire embellishes the views from the house, garden and park, and inside there is a remarkable monument to Bess of Hardwick's sons Henry Cavendish and William, 1st Earl of Devonshire.

St Peter's in Edensor is also where the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Duke of Devonshire and their wives are buried.

It also runs the Devonshire Arms Hotel and the Devonshire Fell Hotel & Bistro on the Bolton Abbey estate and owns the Cavendish Hotel at Baslow on the edge of Chatsworth Park, which is let to a tenant.

In its place is the Devonshire Police Station, the LAPD Division that handles the Northridge area.

A highlight of the collection is the four Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, very rare 15th century tapestries, woven in the Netherlands, depicting the hunting of various animals ; not just their age but their size make these unique.

Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family.

Although in modern usage the county of Devon is now rarely called ' Devonshire ', the title remained ' Duke of Devonshire '.

The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Devonshire is Edensor, the closest village to Chatsworth House.

The Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby is housed in one of the town's historic buildings.

Sweetwater is an unincorporated community within the township, and other smaller unincorporated areas include Dacosta, Devonshire, Nesco and Weekstown.

The film, directed by Saul Dibb, is based on the biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman.

Lismore Castle is a stately home located in the town of Lismore in County Waterford in Ireland, belonging to the Duke of Devonshire.