Richard Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness (born 2 November 1941), is a British
Conservative
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politician
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and
landowner.
Lord Cavendish owns
Holker Hall
Holker Hall (pronounced Hooker by some) is a privately owned country house located about 2 km to the southwest of the village of Cartmel in the ceremonial county of Cumbria and historic county of Lancashire, England. It is "the grandest ...
and its 17,000 acre estate overlooking
Morecambe Bay
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in
Cumbria
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. The
property
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became part of this branch of the Cavendish family's inheritance via his grandfather,
Lord Richard Cavendish CB.
Early life
Richard Hugh Cavendish was born as the second child and first son of Richard Edward Osborne
Cavendish (1917–1972) and his wife, Pamela Thomas (b. 1918), daughter of Hugh Lloyd Thomas (1888–1938) and Hon. Gwendoline Ada
Bellew (1891–1976), a great-granddaughter of
Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew.
Biography
Educated at
Eton College
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, he was created a
life peer
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as Baron Cavendish of Furness, ''of
Cartmel
Cartmel is a village in Furness (traditionally "Lancashire-over-the-Sands" (and in the ceremonial county of Cumbria), England, northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea. The village takes its name from the Cartmel Peninsula, a ...
in the
County of Cumbria'', on the advice of Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
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on 17 May 1990 and served as a
lord-in-waiting
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(1990–92). He and his son, Hon. Freddy Cavendish, are in
remainder
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to the
dukedom of Devonshire.
Cavendish is the
chairman
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of the Holker Estate Group and has chaired the Morecambe and Lonsdale Conservative Association (1975–78) and the
board of governors
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The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations ...
of St Anne's School, Windermere (1983–89). He is a director of Nirex Ltd (since 1993) and served as
High Sheriff of Cumbria (1978–79) and a
member
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of the
Cumbria County Council
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(1985–1990). He became president of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain in 2008. He is chairman of the Burlington Stone Company.
Cavendish is the
president
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of South Cumbria Rivers Trust.
Marriage
In 1970 Cavendish married Grania Mary Caulfeild (b. 1947), granddaughter of
Sir
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William Lindsay Murphy, who served as British
Governor of the Bahamas
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. They have one son, the Hon. Frederick Cavendish and two daughters, the Hon. Lucy Cavendish and the Hon. Emily Cavendish.
['' Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage'' 2003, vol. 1, p. 728] They have four grandchildren.
Arms
See also
*
Cavendish family
The Cavendish (or de Cavendish) family ( ; ) is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins (though with an Anglo-Saxon name, originally from a place-name in Suffolk). They rose to their highest prominence as Duke of Devonshire and Duke of ...
References
External links
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www.william1.co.uk''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage''''Lancashire Life''
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1941 births
Living people
People from Cumbria
People educated at Eton College
English businesspeople
Hugh, Baron Cavendish of Furness
High sheriffs of Cumbria
Members of Cumbria County Council
Deputy lieutenants in England
Conservative Party (UK) Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting
Conservative Party (UK) life peers
Life peers created by Elizabeth II
Peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014
Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts