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Richard Cavendish (23 December 1794 – 18 March 1876) was an English nobleman, politician,

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, and a member of the Canterbury Association.

Biography

Cavendish was born in Waterpark,

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, Ireland, in 1794. He was the second son of

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 ...

and Juliana Cooper.

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 ...

, was his grandfather. His elder brother

Henry 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 ...

succeeded their father in the family titles. His sister Sarah Georgiana Cavendish married

Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet (23 December 1789 – 22 February 1883) was a British Whig politician. He was the eldest son of Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet of Sedgley, near Manchester and Weston House, near Chipping Norton, Warwickshire and w ...

. His sister Catherine Cavendish married Bishop Thomas Musgrave. On 22 July 1841, he married Elizabeth Maria Margaret Hart at

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. He went into civil service in 1811 for the

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. In the 1820s, he was a

. By 1831, he lived in

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, India. He was an envoy in

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by 1835. He became a director of the East India Company. This was followed by roles as magistrate in

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, deputy lieutenant for

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, and deputy lieutenant for

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. In 1851, he was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. On 27 March 1848, he joined the Canterbury Association and immediately became a member of the management committee. It was an organisation set up to establish a colony to be known as

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in the South Island of New Zealand. Together with Lord Lyttelton, John Simeon and Edward Gibbon Wakefield, he guaranteed £15,000 to the Canterbury Association, which saved it from financial collapse. He joined the

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in 1864 and became a committee member. He resided at Thornton Hall, near

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, and Crakemarsh in Stafford. He died on 18 March 1876 at Thornton Hall. The worth of his probate was £160,000. The locality Cavendish inland from Ashburton on the true right bank of the

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was named by

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after Richard Cavendish.

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was named by a marine survey party in early 1850 after Richard Cavendish.

Personal life

On 22 July 1841, he married Elizabeth Maria Margaret Hart, daughter of Thomas Hart. They had nine children: *Marianne Cavendish (died 1888) *Catherine Elizabeth Cavendish (died 1931) *Emily Maria Georgiana Cavendish (died 1929) *Elizabeth Dorothy Cavendish (died 1904) *Cecilia Augusta Cavendish (died 1909) *unknown son Cavendish *unknown daughter Cavendish *William Thomas Cavendish (1843–1878) *Charles Tyrell Cavendish (1849–1903) He died on 18 March 1876.

References

External links

thepeerage.com
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