Charles Gray Compton Cavendish, 7th Baron Chesham (b. 11 November 1974), is the current Baron Chesham

Baron Chesham

Baron Chesham, of Chesham in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1858 for the Hon. Charles Cavendish, who had earlier represented Aylesbury, Newtown, East Sussex, Youghal and Buckinghamshire in the House of Commons as a Liberal...

 having succeeded to the title on 27 August 2009 on the death of his father, Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham

Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham

Nicholas Charles Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham , was a British Conservative politician.A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham was the son of John Cavendish, 5th Baron Chesham and Mary Edmunds Marshall...

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A member of the Cavendish family

House of Cavendish

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 Cavendish is the surname of a British noble family, also known as the House of Cavendish, descended from Sir John Cavendish of Cavendish...

 headed by the Duke of Devonshire

Duke of Devonshire

Duke of Devonshire is a title in the peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family. This branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the richest and most influential aristocratic families in England since the 16th century, and have been rivalled in political influence perhaps only...

, Chesham was the first son of Nicholas Charles Cavendish and Suzanne Adrienne Byrne, his second wife who he married in 1973. He is also in the line of succession to the Dukedom of Devonshire.

Baron Chesham married Sarah Elizabeth Dawson, daughter of Bruce Dawson on 15 Jun 2002.

Charles Cavendish also has one brother, the Hon. William George Gray Compton, b. 1980.