Henry Anson Cavendish, 4th Baron Waterpark (14 April 1839 – 3 August 1912), was a British

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and sportsman.

Early life

Cavendish was born on 14 April 1839. He was the son of Henry Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark, a member of parliament, and his wife, the Honourable Elizabeth Jane Anson, daughter of

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. He was educated at

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and afterwards left Britain to study French and German.

Career

On his return to Britain he entered the

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and remained there until the death of the 3rd Baron on 31 March 1863, on which the bulk of the 3rd Baron's estate passed to the new 4th Baron, his only son. As a sportsman, Lord Waterpark travelled to

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in 1868, where he hunted big game, and to Canada and the United States in 1869, fishing in a salmon river in

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and (with

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, among others) hunting

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and other big game in the United States, including in the

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. In 1872, he became Master of the Meynell Hunt in

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. Lord Waterpark was commissioned as a

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in the

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Troop of the part-time

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cavalry on 23 January 1863, and was promited to

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on 9 June 1866 and to

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on 28 June 1871. and was a magistrate for that county and a Deputy Lieutenant of

. In 1899 he became chairman of Derbyshire County Council, for two years.

Personal life

In 1873, Lord Waterpark married Emily Stenning, baptised 30 March 1845 in

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, Surrey, and they had five children: * Mary (29 December 1873 – 15 May 1967) * Henry Anson (3 March 1875 – 22 October 1897) * Winifred (2 April or 26 June 1880 – 8 December 1971) * Norah Lilian (27 October 1881 – 12 February 1932) * Charles Frederick, 5th Baron Waterpark (11 May 1883 – 27 January 1932). Lord Waterpark died on 3 August 1912 and was succeeded in his titles and estate by his surviving son, Charles Frederick Cavendish, who became the 5th Baron Waterpark.

References

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