Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham

Nicholas Charles Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham (b. 1941), is a former British Conservative politician.

A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham is the son of John Cavendish, 5th Baron Chesham and Mary Edmunds Marshall. He took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1989, and served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Government Whip in the House of Lords) from 1995 to 1997 in the Conservative administration of John Major. However, he lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament.

Political offices
Preceded by: The Earl of Arran	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1995–1997	Succeeded by: The Lord Macintosh of Haringey
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: John Cavendish	Baron Chesham 1989–Present	Succeeded by: Current Incumbent