Henry Cavendish (politician)
Lord Henry Cavendish (* 1673 ; † May 10, 1700 ) was an English nobleman and politician .
Life
Cavendish was the second son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire from his marriage to Lady Mary Butler, daughter of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde . As the younger son of a duke , he used the courtesy address "Lord" Henry Cavendish from 1694 .
From 1690 he undertook a grand tour through the Holy Roman Empire and the Netherlands and studied in 1691 at the University of Padua .
On 30 October 1695 he was appointed as a deputy for the Borough Derby in the English House of Commons elected and re-elected on 26 July 1698th
On August 3, 1696 he married Rhoda Cartwright († 1730), daughter of William Cartwright from Bloxham in Oxfordshire . With her he had a daughter, Mary Cavendish (1700–1778), who in 1716 married John Fane , 7th Earl of Westmorland .
He died at the age of 27 and was buried at his father's family home, Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.
literature
- Stuart Handley: CAVENDISH, Lord Henry (1673-1700), of Soho Square, Mdx. and Latimer, Bucks. In: Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley, DW Hayton (Eds.): The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1690-1715. Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0521772214 ( online ).
- Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 1, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington 2003, p. 1127.
Web links
- Lord Henry Cavendish on thepeerage.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cavendish, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1673 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1700 |