Cavendish

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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 country of Suffolk (c. 1346–1381), which has held the following peerages:

Members of this family include:

The 3rd to 9th Dukes of Portland were descended from the Cavendish family in the female line and took the surname Cavendish-Bentinck or a variant thereof. Their principal seat, Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire came to them through the Cavendish connection.

Other people with the surname Cavendish include:

Cavendish also occurs in the names of these people:

Cavendish is also the name of several places:

Other meanings of Cavendish include:

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