Baron Waterpark of Waterpark in the County of Cork, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1792 for Sarah, Lady Cavendish, in honour of her husband,

Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet PC (29 September 1732 – 3 August 1804) was an Anglo-Irish politician noted for his extensive recording of parliamentary debates in the late 1760s and early 1770s. Early life Cavendish was the son of Sir Henry C ...

. Sir Henry Cavendish was a politician who represented Lismore and

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in the

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and served as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and as Receiver-General of Ireland. From 1768 to 1774 he sat in the

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for

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. Cavendish and Lady Waterpark were both succeeded by their son Richard, the second Baron and third Baronet. His eldest son, the third Baron, represented

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, Derbyshire South and

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in the House of Commons as a

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and served as a

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(government

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) under

Lord John Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and ag ...

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and

Lord Palmerston Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period ...

. This line of the family failed on the death of his grandson, the fifth Baron, in 1932. The late Baron was succeeded by his second cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the grandson of a younger son of the second Baron. , the titles are held by the latter's great-nephew, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in that year. The Cavendish baronetcy, of Doveridge Hall, was created in the

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in 1755 for

Henry Cavendish Henry Cavendish ( ; 10 October 1731 – 24 February 1810) was an English natural philosopher and scientist who was an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. He is noted for his discovery of hydrogen, which he termed "infl ...

. He notably represented Lismore in the

. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet. The Cavendishes of Doveridge were descended from Henry Cavendish, illegitimate son of another Henry Cavendish, of Tutbury Priory. This Henry was the eldest son of Sir William Cavendish by his wife

Bess of Hardwick Elizabeth Cavendish, later Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury ( Hardwick; c. 1527 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, was a notable figure of Elizabethan English society. By a series ...

, and thus elder brother of

William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire (27 December 1552 – 3 March 1626) was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier. Early life William Cavendish was the second son of Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick. He was educate ...

. The family seat of Doveridge Hall was demolished about 1938. There were other illegitimate sons sired in Derbyshire by Henry Cavendish. One son Robert Cavendish was allegedly the result of a lifelong relationship with a mistress whom he kept at Ufton Manor in Oakerthorpe.

Cavendish baronets of Doveridge Hall (1755)

Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet (13 April 1707 – 31 May 1776) was a British politician who held several appointments in the Kingdom of Ireland. Biography Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish and Mary Tyrell. He was descended from Sir W ...

(1707–1776) *

(1732–1804) * Sir Richard Cavendish, 3rd Baronet (1765–1830) (succeeded as Baron Waterpark in 1807)

Barons Waterpark (1792)

Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark ( Bradshaw; 1 August 1740 – 4 August 1807) was an Anglo-Irish peeress. Early life Sarah was born on 1 August 1740. She was the only daughter, and heiress, of Richard Bradshaw and, his wife, Deborah (né ...

(1740–1807) *

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) *

Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark (8 November 1793 – 31 March 1863), was a British nobleman and Whig politician. Waterpark was the son of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark, and his wife Juliana (née Cooper). He succeeded his ...

(1793–1863) *

Henry Anson Cavendish, 4th Baron Waterpark Henry Anson Cavendish, 4th Baron Waterpark (14 April 1839 – 3 August 1912), was a British aristocrat and sportsman. Early life Cavendish was born on 14 April 1839. He was the son of Henry Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark, a member of parliamen ...

(1839–1912) * Charles Frederick Cavendish, 5th Baron Waterpark (1883–1932) * Henry Sheppard Hart Cavendish, 6th Baron Waterpark (1876–1948) * Frederick Caryll Phillip Cavendish, 7th Baron Waterpark (1926–2013) * Roderick Alexander Cavendish, 8th Baron Waterpark (born 1959) The

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is the present holder's son Hon. Luke Frederick Cavendish (born 1990).

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1792 establishments in Ireland 1755 establishments in Great Britain Noble titles created in 1792

Cavendish baronets of Doveridge Hall (1755)

Barons Waterpark (1792)

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