Charles Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham

Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham (28 August 1793 – 12 November 1863), was a British Liberal politician.

Cavendish was the fourth son of George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, third son of the former Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of the architect Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Compton, daughter of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton. In 1814, at the age of 21, Cavendish was elected Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, a seat he held until 1818, and later sat for Newtown from 1821 to 1830, for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) from 1831 to 1832, for East Sussex from 1832 to 1841, for Youghal from 1841 to 1847 and for Buckinghamshire from 1847 to 1857. In 1858 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Chesham, of Chesham in the County of Buckingham.

Lord Chesham married Lady Catherine Susan Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly, in 1814. He died in November 1863, aged 70. He was succeeded in the barony by his son William George Cavendish.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Hussey The Lord Nugent	Member of Parliament for Aylesbury with The Lord Nugent 1814–1818	Succeeded by The Lord Nugent William Rickford
Preceded by Dudley Long North Hudson Gurney	Member of Parliament for Newtown with Hudson Gurney 1821–1830	Succeeded by Hudson Gurney Charles Anderson-Pelham
Preceded by William Yates Peel George Lowther Thompson	Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) with Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby 1831–1832	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Preceded by (constituency created)	Member of Parliament for East Sussex with Herbert Barrett Curteis 1832-1837 George Darby 1837-1841 1832–1841	Succeeded by George Darby Augustus Eliott Fuller
Preceded by Frederick John Howard	Member of Parliament for Youghal 1841–1847	Succeeded by Thomas Chisholm Anstey
Preceded by Caledon George Du Pre William Edward Fitzmaurice Christopher Tower	Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire with Caledon George Du Pre Benjamin Disraeli 1847–1857	Succeeded by Caledon George Du Pre William George Cavendish Benjamin Disraeli
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (new creation)	Baron Chesham 1858–1863	Succeeded by William George Cavendish

[edit] See also

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
www.thepeerage.com