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Lord James Cavendish FRS (bef. 1707 – 14 December 1751) of Staveley Hall, Derbyshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons between 1701 and 1707 and in the
Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire of
Cavendish married with £8,000 Anne Yale (died 1734), daughter of Governor Elihu Yale on 6 July 1708. They had two children:
* William Cavendish (died July 1751) who married Barbara Chandler, daughter of the Prince-Bishop of Durham, Edward Chandler of Durham Castle. They had no children, and his widow married secondly John Fitzwilliam, son of Richard Fitzwilliam, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam and brother-in-law of Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke
* Elizabeth Cavendish, married Richard Chandler in February 1722, one of the two sons of Edward Chandler
As his only son predeceased him by a few months, his heir was his son-in-law Richard Chandler, who subsequently adopted the name of Cavendish.Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1751 (25 Geo. 2). c. 28
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Lord James Cavendish FRS (bef. 1707 – 14 December 1751) of Staveley Hall, Derbyshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons between 1701 and 1707 and in the British House of Commons
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between 1707 and 1742. He was also a member of the Cavendish family.
Early life
Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire of Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales, north-east of Bakewell and west of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield, England. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to the House of Cavendish, Cavendish family sin ...
, member of the House of Cavendish, and his wife Lady Mary Butler, daughter of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
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of Kilkenny Castle, member of the Butler Dynasty.
At the death of his father, his brother inherited the Dukedom, becoming the 2nd Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire (1672 – 4 June 1729) was a British nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire and Lady Mary Butler. A prominent Whig, he was sworn of the Privy Coun ...
, and was married to Rachel Russell, Lady of the Bedchamber of Queen Anne and granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Bedford of Woburn Abbey. He travelled abroad in France and Italy from 1696 to 1698 and attended Padua University in 1697, in the region of Venetia.
Career
Cavendish was returned as Member of Parliament for Derby in both the general elections of 1701. He did not stand in1702
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Events
January–March
* January 2 – A total solar eclipse is visible from the southe ...
, but was elected in a contest at the 1705 English general election
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, defeating the sitting Tories. He voted for the Court candidate in the contest for Speaker on 25 October 1705 and supported the Court on the regency bill proceedings on 18 February 1706.
He was returned unopposed for Derby at the 1708 general election. He acted as a teller on the petition of defeated Whig candidates at Coventry and later voted for the naturalization bill in 1709 and for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. At the 1710 British general election
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, he was defeated in a contest for Derby and decided not to stand in 1713
Events
January–March
* January 17 – Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia out of Albemarle County, North Carolina, in a second offensive against the Tuscarora. Heavy snows force the troops to take ref ...
.
Cavendish was returned as MP for Derby at the 1715 general election
Events
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and voted for the septennial bill in 1716 and the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts in 1719. He was returned unopposed at the 1722
Events
January–March
* January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel ''Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London.
* February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as ...
and 1727
Events
January–March
* January 1 – (December 21, 1726 O.S.) Spain's ambassador to Great Britain demands that the British return Gibraltar after accusing Britain of violating the terms of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. Britain ...
general elections. In the latter parliament he took an independent line, and voted against the Government on the Hessians 1730, the army 1732, and the repeal of the Septennial Act 1734, but with them on the civil list 1729, and the Excise Bill 1733.
He was elected in a contest at Derby in 1734
Events
January– March
* January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Province of Georgia, Georgia in North America ...
and voted for the place bill 1740. He was returned unopposed at the 1741 general election, but on 8 March 1742 he vacated his seat to take up the post of Auditor of Foreign Accounts or Imposts in Ireland. He did not stand again for Derby at the ensuing by-election.
Death and legacy
Cavendish married with £8,000 Anne Yale (died 1734), daughter of Governor Elihu Yale on 6 July 1708. They had two children:
* William Cavendish (died July 1751) who married Barbara Chandler, daughter of the Prince-Bishop of Durham, Edward Chandler of Durham Castle. They had no children, and his widow married secondly John Fitzwilliam, son of Richard Fitzwilliam, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam and brother-in-law of Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke
* Elizabeth Cavendish, married Richard Chandler in February 1722, one of the two sons of Edward Chandler
As his only son predeceased him by a few months, his heir was his son-in-law Richard Chandler, who subsequently adopted the name of Cavendish./ref>
References
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