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Hon. Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish (5 November 1789 – 5 April 1873) was a

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officer, politician and courtier.

Early life and career

Cavendish was born in

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, the third son of

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and Lady Elizabeth Compton, daughter and heiress of the 7th Earl of Northampton. Cavendish was educated at

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and

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. He was commissioned as a

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in the

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in 1808 and was deployed to Spain and was wounded at the

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in January 1809 during the

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. In 1812 he entered Parliament for

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, a seat which he held until 1834. In 1837, he was appointed Chief Equerry and

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, but resigned the post in 1841. On 2 June 1853 he was appointed colonel of

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, a post he held until his death. He was promoted to

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in 1846, lieutenant-general in 1854 and full

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in 1862.

Marriages and issue

He married three times: Firstly, on 24 October 1811, he married Sarah Fawkener (27 May 1789 – November 1817), daughter of

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. They had four children: * Elizabeth Georgiana Harriett Cavendish (12 January 1812 – 3 January 1892), married first William Bernard Harcourt, Marquis d'Harcourt, and second Lt.-Gen. James Robertson Craufurd * Sarah Mary Compton Cavendish (27 August 1813 – 21 April 1881), married

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and had issue * Rachel Cavendish (1815 – 31 July 1816) * Lt.-Col. William Henry Frederick Cavendish (31 October 1817 – 11 March 1881), married Lady Emily Augusta Lambton, daughter of

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, and had issue On 16 June 1819, he married secondly, Frances Susan Lambton (died 23 November 1840), daughter of

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and widow of Frederick Howard (killed in action at Waterloo), and had six children: * Francis William Henry Cavendish (6 February 1820 – 12 January 1893), married firstly, Lady Eleanor FitzGibbon, daughter of

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, and married second Ianthe Skyring, with issue by both. * Henry Charles Lambton Cavendish (7 May 1821 – 6 October 1839) * Rev. Charles William Cavendish (24 September 1822 – 21 December 1890), married first Felicia Susan Lygon, daughter of

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, without issue, married second Louisa Cockburn, natural daughter of

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, with issue, and married third Mary Gregg, with issue. * George Henry Cavendish (9 January 1824 – 21 January 1889), married Emily Victorine Elizabeth Rumbold, Freifrau von Delmar, daughter of

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, and had issue * Augustus John Cavendish (13 September 1825 – 2 October 1825) * Caroline Fanny Cavendish (11 November 1826 – 25 January 1910),

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, member of the

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, fourth class On 28 January 1873, he married Susanna Emma Byerlie (died c. 1910), and died two months later.

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