Wiliam Cavendish was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland; married to Georgiana Spencer (see DCHQ200467), a celebrated socialite. This picture was published in Le Beau Monde, or Literary and Fashionable Magazine. This image is one of a collection by the famous local antiquarian, Thomas Bateman, of Middleton by Youlgreave. (1821-1861). Bateman organized his collection by inserting them into a 4 volume copy of Lysons Magna Britannia, Derbyshire, creating a fascinating and unique illustrated record of the county. The purchase of the collection for Derbyshire Libraries was made possible by the generous bequest of Miss Frances Webb of Whaley Bridge, well known local historian, who died in December 2006.