Baron Waterpark

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Baron Waterpark is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1792 (as Baroness Waterpark) for Lady Sarah Cavendish, in honour of her husband Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet. Sir Henry Cavendish was a politician who represented Lismore and Killibegs in the Irish House of Commons and served as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and as Receiver-General of Ireland. From 1768 to 1774 he sat in the British House of Commons for Lostwithiel. Cavendish is chiefly remembered for the enormous amounts of notes of parliamentary debates he recorded during this session of Parliament, using the shorthand system of Thomas Gurney. The notes include speeches by Edmund Burke, George Grenville, Lord North and Charles James Fox and are considered an important historical source. Cavendish and Lady Waterpark were both succeeded by their son Richard, the second Baron and third Baronet. His eldest son, the third Baron, represented Knaresborough, Derbyshire South and Lichfield in Parliament as a Liberal and served as a Lord-in-Waiting (Government Whip) under Lord John Russell, Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston.

The Baronetcy of Doveridge Hall had been created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1755 for Henry Cavendish. He notably represented Lismore in the Irish House of Commons. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet. The Cavendishes of Doveridge were descended from Henry Cavendish, illegitimate son of another Henry Cavendish, of Tutbury Priory. This Henry was the eldest son of Sir William Cavendish by his wife Bess of Hardwick, and thus elder brother of William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire.

[edit] Cavendish, Baronets of Doveridge Hall (1755)

Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet (1707-1776)
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet (1732-1804)
Sir Richard Cavendish, 3rd Baronet (1765-1830) (succeeded as Baron Waterpark in 1807)