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Lord Richard Cavendish (1794–1876)
Richard Cavendish may refer to: * Richard Cavendish (Denbigh Boroughs MP) (died c. 1601), English courtier and politician * Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781), Member of the Parliament of Great Britain * Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark FSA (13 July 1765 – 1 June 1830), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Early life Waterpark was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark. Waterpark suc ... (1765–1830), Anglo-Irish politician and peer * Lord Richard Cavendish (1794–1876), Member of Parliament, member of the Canterbury Association * Lord Richard Cavendish (1871–1946), British aristocrat, author, magistrate and politician * Richard Cavendish (occult writer) (1930–2016), British writer on topics dealing with the occult {{hndis, Cavendish, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cavendish (Denbigh Boroughs MP)
Richard Cavendish (died c. 1601) of Trimley St Martin, Suffolk, and of Nottinghamshire was an English courtier and politician. He was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Denbigh Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency), Denbigh Boroughs in 1572 and 1584. Life He was the second son of Sir Richard Gernon, alias Cavendish, by his wife Beatrice Gould, and was a native of Suffolk. He was for some time a member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In 1568 and 1569 Cavendish was engaged in conveying to Mary, Queen of Scots letters and tokens to further her marriage with Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk; in 1569 the earls of Shrewsbury and Huntingdon in the latter year tried to capture Cavendish and prevent the circulation of his writings. He then appeared as a witness against the Duke of Norfolk at his trial on 16 January 1572, when the duke reproached him. To the parliament which met 8 May 1572 he was returned for Denbigh Boroughs, in opposition to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781)
Lord Richard Cavendish (19 June 1752 – 7 September 1781) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the second son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Charlotte. Cavendish was educated in Hackney and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1773, he entered the House of Commons as MP for Lancaster after winning a by-election on 15 September following the death of the incumbent Francis Reynolds. At this time he moved to No. 1 Savile Row, London, where he resided until 1781. He was one of the few attendees at his brother Devonshire's wedding in 1774. In 1778 and 1779 he served with the navy as a gentleman volunteer. In 1781, he went abroad in hopes of recovering his failing health; but he continued to decline and died unmarried in Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,04 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark
Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark FSA (13 July 1765 – 1 June 1830), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Early life Waterpark was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark. Waterpark succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1804 and his mother's barony in 1807, at which point the two titles merged. Career He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Portarlington between 1790 and 1797. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Personal life On 6 August 1789, he was married to Juliana Cooper, the daughter of Thomas Cooper. Together they had nine children. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry Cavendish.Edmund Lodge, ''The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing'' (Saunders and Otley, 1833), 441. References 1765 births 1830 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Richard Cavendish (1794–1876)
Richard Cavendish may refer to: * Richard Cavendish (Denbigh Boroughs MP) (died c. 1601), English courtier and politician * Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781), Member of the Parliament of Great Britain * Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark FSA (13 July 1765 – 1 June 1830), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Early life Waterpark was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark. Waterpark suc ... (1765–1830), Anglo-Irish politician and peer * Lord Richard Cavendish (1794–1876), Member of Parliament, member of the Canterbury Association * Lord Richard Cavendish (1871–1946), British aristocrat, author, magistrate and politician * Richard Cavendish (occult writer) (1930–2016), British writer on topics dealing with the occult {{hndis, Cavendish, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Richard Cavendish (1871–1946)
Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish, (31 January 1871 – 7 January 1946), known as Richard Cavendish until 1908, was a British aristocrat, author, magistrate, and politician. Background and education A prominent figure from the Cavendish family, he was a younger son of Lord Edward Cavendish, third son of the 7th Duke of Devonshire. The 8th Duke of Devonshire was his uncle and the 9th Duke of Devonshire his elder brother. His mother was Emma Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. William Lascelles. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club. Political career Cavendish was elected in the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Lonsdale. He crossed the floor from being a supporter of the Liberal Unionists to being a member of the Liberal Party in 1904. Therefore, he was one of the few Liberal MPs who lost their seat in the 1906 election. In December 1908 he was appointed chairman of the Royal Commission on S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
