Charles Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham

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

Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham, who built Latimer House.

Early life

Cavendish was the fourth son of George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, third son of the former Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, 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 Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton.^[1]

Career

In 1814, at the age of 21, Cavendish was elected Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, 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 Youghal from 1841 to 1847 and for Buckinghamshire from 1847 to 1857. In 1858, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Chesham, of Chesham in the County of Buckingham.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Lord Chesham married Lady Catherine Susan Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly, in 1814. Together, they were the parents of three children:^[1]

• William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham^[1]
• Hon. Susan Sophia Cavendish, who married Thomas Trevor, 22nd Baron Dacre^[1]
• Hon. Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish, who married, as his second wife, George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford.^[1]

He died in November 1863, aged 70. He was succeeded in the barony by his son William.^[1]

See also

• Duke of Devonshire
• Earl of Burlington

Notes

1. "Chesham, Baron (UK, 1858)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,^{[page needed]}
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.^{[unreliable source]}

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Cavendish

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Hussey The Lord Nugent	Member of Parliament for Aylesbury 1814 – 1818 With: The Lord Nugent	Succeeded by The Lord Nugent William Rickford
Preceded by Dudley Long North Hudson Gurney	Member of Parliament for Newtown 1821 – 1830 With: Hudson Gurney	Succeeded by Hudson Gurney Charles Anderson-Pelham
Preceded by William Yates Peel George Lowther Thompson	Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1831–1832 With: Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for East Sussex 1832 – 1841 With: Herbert Barrett Curteis 1832–37 George Darby 1837–41	Succeeded by George Darby Augustus Eliott Fuller
Preceded by Frederick John Howard	Member of Parliament for Youghal 1841–1847	Succeeded by Thomas Chisholm Anstey
Preceded by Caledon Du Pré William Fitzmaurice Christopher Tower	Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire 1847–1857 With: Caledon Du Pré Benjamin Disraeli	Succeeded by Caledon Du Pré William Cavendish Benjamin Disraeli
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Chesham 1858–1863	Succeeded by William George Cavendish