Charles Compton Cavendish 1st Lord Chesham

Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham (28 August 1793 – 12 November 1863) was a British

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politician.

Early life

Cavendish was the fourth son of

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, third son of the former Prime Minister

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, and his wife Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of the architect Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Compton, daughter of

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Career

In 1814, at the age of 21, Cavendish was elected Member of Parliament for

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, a seat he held until 1818, and later sat for Newtown from 1821 to 1830, for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) from 1831 to 1832, for East Sussex from 1832 to 1841, for

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from 1841 to 1847 and for

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from 1847 to 1857. In 1858, he was raised to the peerage as

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

, of Chesham in the County of Buckingham.

Personal life

Lord Chesham married Lady Catherine Susan Gordon, daughter of

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, in 1814. Together, they were the parents of three children: * William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham * Hon. Susan Sophia Cavendish, who married Thomas Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre * Hon. Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish, who married, as his second wife, George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford. He died in November 1863, aged 70. He was succeeded in the barony by his son

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References

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * *

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