Charles Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham

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Charles Compton William Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham, PC (December 13, 1850-November 9, 1907), was a British Conservative politician who served as the last Master of the Buckhounds.

A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Cheshire was the eldest son of William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham and his wife Henrietta Frances Lascelles. He took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1882, and later served in the Conservative administration of Lord Salisbury as Master of the Buckhounds from 1900 to 1901, when the office was abolished. Lord Chesham was admitted to the Privy Council in 1901, and also served as a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales (later King George V) from 1901 to 1907.

Lord Chesham married Lady Beatrice Constance Grosvenor, daughter of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, in 1877. He died in November 1907, aged 56, after a hunting accident. Lord Chesham was succeeded in the Barony by his second but eldest surviving son John Compton Cavendish.

Political offices
Preceded by:
The Earl of Coventry		 Master of the Buckhounds
1900–1901		 Succeeded by:
Office abolished
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by:
William Cavendish		 Baron Chesham
1882–1907		 Succeeded by:
John Cavendish
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