Talk:Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire
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Category alphabetisation
editalphabetised by family name unless category refers specifically to peerage or nobility. Jdcooper 15:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Murdered?
editThe article is allocated to "Murdered politicians" category, but it doesn't make it clear whether the man was murdered or not. --Mal 12:20, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
In all likelihood, Adams didn't murder him in the traditional sense but he did probably withhold treatment (he did this in other cases - plus, Adams wasn't just a serial killer - he was also a Plymouth Brethren fundamentalist who would automatically have had a grudge against such a high-ranking Mason (though the duke wouldn't have realised this)). If that counts, then the category can be put back. See pages 97-101 of 'Stranger in Blood' - Cullen, 2007. Malick78 17:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
In the Estate section, there is this sentence, "The Duke's surprise death meant that his estate had to pay 80% death duties, which would have been avoided had he lived a few months longer." Why would that have been the case? To avoid the tax, was there a particular date he needed to live until or did he need to be a particular age? I think it would be useful to (briefly) explain this in the article.
Major Rearrangement
editI have divided the section Career into sections Early Life, Political Career and Other Civil Posts (latter to be completed). In time I will add further section on Military Career.Cloptonson (talk) 21:08, 25 September 2012 (UTC) The latter section, with citations to Who Was Who and Kelly's Handbook, was inserted today, Saturday 20 October 2011.Cloptonson (talk) 19:29, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
Avoiding death duties
edit'The Duke's surprise death meant that his estate had to pay 80% death duties, which would have been avoided had he lived a few months longer.' Why would these have been avoided. Valetude (talk) 17:40, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
- That's been there a while and I'm unsure too as to what it means. Presumably the law changed soon after, but I'm not certain.Malick78 (talk) 11:13, 3 September 2013 (UTC)