Lord Edward Cavendish

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Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Cavendish (28 January 1838 – 18 May 1891) was a 19th century British politician.

Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, Lady Blanche Howard (a daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and a niece of the 6th Duke of Devonshire). His father and his two surviving brothers were all Members of Parliament: his eldest brother Spencer, MP for Lancashire North 1857–91 and later 8th Duke of Devonshire, led the Liberal Party and was asked three times to be Prime Minister by Queen Victoria; the middle brother, Frederick was MP for the West Riding and Chief Secretary for Ireland and was assassinated in 1882.

Cavendish served as MP for West Derbyshire. Like his eldest brother, he became a Liberal Unionist in reaction to the Liberal Party's policy on Irish Home Rule. Upon his death, his son, Victor, was elected unopposed to replace him, later becoming the 9th Duke of Devonshire.

Cavendish married Emma Lascelles, a daughter of the Rt. Hon. William Lascelles, on 3 August 1865. They had three sons:

• 1) Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868–1938)
• 2) Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish MP (1871–1946)
• 3) Lord John Spencer Cavendish (1875–1914) was killed in action in World War I.

Preceded by John George Dodson Viscount Pevensey	Member for East Sussex with John George Dodson 1865–1868	Succeeded by John George Dodson George Burrow Gregory
Preceded by Lord George Henry Cavendish Augustus Peter Arkwright	Member for North Derbyshire with John Frederic Cheetham 1880–1885	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by Constituency created	Member for West Derbyshire 1885–1891	Succeeded by Hon. Victor Cavendish