Cavendish family
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Cavendish is the surname of a British noble family, also known as the House of Cavendish, descended from Sir John Cavendish
of Cavendish
in the county of Suffolk
(c. 1346–1381), which has held the following peerages:
Members of this family include:
The 3rd to 9th Dukes of Portland were descended from the Cavendish family in the female line and took the surname Cavendish-Bentinck or a variant thereof. Their principal seat, Welbeck Abbey
in Nottinghamshire
, came to them through the Cavendish connection.
John Cavendish
Sir John Cavendish of Cavendish came from Cavendish, Suffolk, England. He and the village gave the name Cavendish to the aristocratic families, of the Dukedoms of Devonshire, Newcastle and Portland.-Biography:...
of Cavendish
Cavendish, Suffolk
Cavendish is a village and civil parish in the Stour Valley in Suffolk, England. It is from Bury St Edmunds and from Newmarket.It is believed that Cavendish is called so because a man called Cafa used to own a pasture or 'edisc' there, and it therefore became known as Cafa's Edisc and eventually...
in the county of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
(c. 1346–1381), which has held the following peerages:
- The dukedom of Devonshire
- The dukedom of Newcastle
Members of this family include:
- Amanda Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (born 1944)
- Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of DevonshireAndrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of DevonshireAndrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire KG, MC, PC , styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British Conservative politician...
(1920–2004), British government minister - Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireDeborah Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireDeborah Vivien Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire DCVO , née The Hon. Deborah Freeman-Mitford is the youngest and last surviving of the six noted Mitford sisters whose political affiliations and marriages were a prominent feature of English culture in the 1930s and 1940s...
(born 1920), Mitford sister and writer - Edward CavendishLord Edward CavendishLieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Cavendish was a 19th century British politician.Born in Marylebone, Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, Lady Blanche Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire...
(1838–91), British politician - Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of DevonshireEdward Cavendish, 10th Duke of DevonshireEdward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MBE, TD , known as Marquess of Hartington , was the head of the Devonshire branch of the Cavendish family...
(1895–1950), Minister in Winston Churchill's wartime cabinet - Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireEvelyn Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireEvelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire was born Lady Evelyn Emily Mary FitzMaurice, the daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife, Maud....
(1870–1960), Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary - Lady Celina Cavendish (born 1971)
- Lord Frederick CavendishLord Frederick CavendishLord Frederick Charles Cavendish was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone...
(1836–82), British Liberal politician - Lord Frederick Cavendish (soldier)Lord Frederick Cavendish (soldier)Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish was a British field marshal and Whig politician, a younger son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire.-Military career:...
- George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754–1834)
- George Henry Compton CavendishGeorge Henry Compton CavendishGeorge Henry Compton Cavendish was an English politician, the son of Lord George Cavendish, later Earl of Burlington....
(1784–1809), English politician - George Cavendish (writer) (1500–c.1562), English writer, biographer of Cardinal Wolsey
- Lord George Augustus Cavendish (?–1794), British politician
- Lord George Henry CavendishLord George Henry CavendishLord George Henry Cavendish was the second son of William Cavendish and Louisa O'Callaghan...
(1810–1880), British politician - Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireGeorgiana Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireGeorgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire , formerly Lady Georgiana Spencer, was the first wife of the 5th Duke of Devonshire, and mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Her father, the 1st Earl Spencer, was a great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. Her niece was Lady Caroline Lamb...
(1757–1806), socialite - Lady Grania Mary Caulfield Cavendish (born 1947)
- Henry CavendishHenry CavendishHenry Cavendish FRS was a British scientist noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air". He described the density of inflammable air, which formed water on combustion, in a 1766 paper "On Factitious Airs". Antoine Lavoisier later reproduced Cavendish's experiment and...
(1731–1810) scientist - Lord Ian Charles Cavendish (born 1973)
- Lady Jasmine Cavendish (born 1975)
- Sir Jeremy Cavendish (born 1985)
- John CavendishJohn CavendishSir John Cavendish of Cavendish came from Cavendish, Suffolk, England. He and the village gave the name Cavendish to the aristocratic families, of the Dukedoms of Devonshire, Newcastle and Portland.-Biography:...
(c.1346–81) - Lord John CavendishLord John CavendishLord John Cavendish PC was a British politician.-Background:Cavendish was the youngest son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Catherine, daughter of John Hoskins. Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Lord George Cavendish and Field Marshal Lord...
(1734–96), English politician - Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of NewcastleHenry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of NewcastleHenry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, PC , styled Viscount Mansfield until 1676, was the only son of the William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and his first wife, Elizabeth Basset. His maternal grandparents were William Basset and Judith Austen, daughter of Thomas...
(1630–91) - Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish (1920–48), daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Sr. was a prominent American businessman, investor, and government official....
- Louisa, Duchess of Devonshire (1832–1911), the "Double Duchess"
- Lucy CavendishLucy CavendishLucy Caroline Cavendish, Lady Frederick Cavendish was a pioneer of women's education....
(1841–1925) - Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623–73), English writer
- Mark CavendishMark CavendishMark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season...
(born 1985), British cyclist - Mary Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireMary Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireMary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, GCVO, CBE was born Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil, daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury...
(1895–1988), Mistress of the Robes to Elizabeth II - Lady Maude Cavendish (born 2009)
- Michael CavendishMichael CavendishMichael Cavendish was an English composer of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.A grandson of Bess of Hardwick and first cousin to Arabella Stuart, he spent much time at court and was for a time composer to the future King Charles I of England. In 1598 he published a set of songs with lute...
(c.1565–1628), English composer - Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of DevonshirePeregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of DevonshirePeregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, KCVO, CBE , is a British peer. He is the only surviving son of the 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, the former Deborah Mitford. He succeeded to the dukedom following the death of his father on 3 May 2004...
(born 1944), 12th Duke of Devonshire, horse racing devotee - Richard Hugh Cavendish, aka Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of FurnessHugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of FurnessHugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness FRSA , who usually uses the name Hugh Cavendish, is a British Conservative politician and landowner. He owns Holker Hall, and its 17,000 acre estate, that overlooks Morecambe Bay in Cumbria...
(born 1941), Baron Cavendish of Furness - Lord Richard CavendishLord Richard CavendishLord Richard Cavendish was the second son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Charlotte....
, British MP - Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of DevonshireSpencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of DevonshireSpencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire KG, GCVO, PC, PC , styled Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1834 and 1858 and Marquess of Hartington between 1858 and 1891, was a British statesman...
(1833–1908), British Liberal statesman - Thomas CavendishThomas CavendishSir Thomas Cavendish was an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliberately tried to emulate Sir Francis Drake and raid the Spanish towns and ships in the Pacific and return by circumnavigating the globe...
(1555–1592), "The Navigator", British explorer - Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of DevonshireVictor Cavendish, 9th Duke of DevonshireVictor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire , known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 11th since Canadian Confederation....
(1868–1938), British politician, Governor General of Canada (1916–21) - William Cavendish (courtier) (1505–57), English courtier
- William Cavendish, 1st Duke of NewcastleWilliam Cavendish, 1st Duke of NewcastleWilliam Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne KG KB PC was an English polymath and aristocrat, having been a poet, equestrian, playwright, swordsman, politician, architect, diplomat and soldier...
(1592-1676), English soldier, politician and writer - William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 3rd Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC was a British nobleman and Whig politician, the son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire and Hon. Rachel Russell....
(1698–1755), Lord Lieutenant of IrelandLord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the British King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
1737–44. - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 4th Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC , styled Lord Cavendish before 1729 and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of Great Britain...
(1720–64), briefly Prime Minister of Great Britain - William Cavendish, 6th Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 6th Duke of DevonshireWilliam George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire KG, PC , styled Marquess of Hartington until 1811, was a British peer, courtier and Whig politician...
(1790–1858), Lord Chamberlain to King William IV - William Cavendish, 7th Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 7th Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire KG, PC , styled as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and known as The Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was a British landowner, benefactor and politician.-Background and education:Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish, eldest...
(1808—91), Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1861–91, for whom Cavendish LaboratoryCavendish LaboratoryThe Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the university's School of Physical Sciences. It was opened in 1874 as a teaching laboratory....
is named - William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of HartingtonWilliam John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of HartingtonWilliam John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington was the eldest son of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire and Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. He was the husband of Kathleen Agnes Kennedy, sister of future U.S. President John F. Kennedy.-Politics:Lord Hartington was a member of...
(1917–44), killed in action, Belgium - World War II - William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington aka Bill Burlington (born 1969), professional photographer
- Walter Francis Frederick Cavendish, Lord Cavendish of Hartwell (born 1985), Businessman, Farming
The 3rd to 9th Dukes of Portland were descended from the Cavendish family in the female line and took the surname Cavendish-Bentinck or a variant thereof. Their principal seat, Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire was the principal abbey of the Premonstratensian order in England and later the principal residence of the Dukes of Portland.-Monastic period:...
in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, came to them through the Cavendish connection.