Lord George Cavendish

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Lord George Augustus Cavendish (d. May 2, 1794) was a British politician. He was the second son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire.

In 1753, he inherited Holker Hall from his cousin Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet. He replanted the park there, and added a number of unusual trees.

He entered Parliament in 1751 for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and in 1754, took up the family seat of Derbyshire, which he occupied, with one interruption, until his death forty years later.

Political offices
Preceded by: The Earl of Powis	Comptroller of the Household 1761–1762	Succeeded by: Humphrey Morice
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by: Welbore Ellis Richard Plumer George Dodington Edward Hungate Beaghan	Member for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis with Welbore Ellis, George Dodington, Edward Hungate Beaghan 1751–1754	Succeeded by: Welbore Ellis Lord John Cavendish George Bubb Dodington John Tucker
Preceded by: Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bt Lord Frederick Cavendish	Member for Derbyshire with Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bt 1754–1761, Sir Henry Harpur, Bt 1761–1768, Godfrey Bagnall Clarke 1768–1775, Hon. Nathaniel Curzon 1775–1780 1754–1780	Succeeded by: Hon. Nathaniel Curzon Lord Richard Cavendish
Preceded by: Hon. Nathaniel Curzon Lord Richard Cavendish	Member for Derbyshire with Hon. Nathaniel Curzon 1781–1784, Edward Miller Mundy 1784–1794 1781–1794	Succeeded by: Edward Miller Mundy Lord John Cavendish