Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet (13 April 1707 – 31 May 1776) was a British politician who held several appointments in the

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Biography

Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish and Mary Tyrell. He was descended from Sir William Cavendish, an ancestor shared with the

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. Cavendish studied at

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, matriculating on 17 August 1724. He held the office of High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1741. He was responsible for the construction of Doveridge Hall, in

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. He subsequently moved to

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, where he became Teller of the Exchequer in the Irish government and Collector for

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in 1743. He became Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland in 1747. Cavendish was created a

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on 7 May 1755, of Doveridge in the County of Derby, in the

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. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Lismore in 1761, serving until 1768. He was invested as a member of the

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on 9 June 1768. Cavendish married firstly Anne Pyne, the daughter of Henry Pyne and Anne Edgecumbe, on 9 January 1730. Together they had six children. He married secondly Catherine Prittie, daughter of Henry Prittie and Elizabeth Harrison, on 4 October 1748, and they had one son. He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son,

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 ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavendish, Henry, 1st Baronet, Sir 1707 births 1776 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Henry Irish MPs 1761–1768 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Waterford constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland High Sheriffs of Derbyshire People from Derbyshire Dales (district)