Henry Cavendish (British Army officer)

General Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish (5 November 1789 – 5 April 1873) was a British soldier, politician and courtier. He was the third son of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington and Lady Elizabeth Compton.

In 1812 he entered Parliament for Derby, a seat which he held until 1835. In 1837, he was appointed Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria, but resigned the post in 1841. On June 2, 1853, he was appointed colonel of The Queen's Bays, a post he held until his death.

He married 3 times:

to Sarah Fawkener, daughter of William Augustus Fawkener (died c. November 1817) on 24 October 1811 and had four children:
- Elizabeth Georgiana Harriett Cavendish (died 3 January 1892), married first William Bernard Harcourt, Marquis d'Harcourt, and second Lt.-Gen. James Robertson Craufurd
- Sarah Mary Compton Cavendish (died 21 April 1881), married John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor and had issue
- Rachel Cavendish (died 31 July 1816)
- Lt.-Col. William Henry Frederick Cavendish (31 October 1817 – 11 March 1881), married Lady Emily Augusta Lambton, daughter of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and had issue
to Frances Susan Lambton (died 23 November 1840), daughter of William Henry Lambton, on 16 June 1819 and had six children:
- Francis William Henry Cavendish (6 February 1820 – 12 January 1893), married first Lady Eleanor FitzGibbon, daughter of Richard FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare, and married second Ianthe Skyring, with issue by both.
- Henry Charles Lambton Cavendish (7 May 1821 – 6 October 1839)
- Rev. Charles William Cavendish (24 September 1822 – 21 December 1890), married first Felicia Susan Lygon, daughter of Henry Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp, without issue, married second Louisa Cockburn, natural daughter of Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet, with issue, and married third Mary Gregg, with issue.
- George Henry Cavendish (9 January 1824 – 21 January 1889), married Emily Victorine Elizabeth Rumbold, Freifrau v. Delmar, daughter of Sir William Rumbold, 3rd Baronet, and had issue
- Augustus John Cavendish (13 September 1825 – 2 October 1825)
- Caroline Fanny Cavendish (11 November 1826 – 25 January 1910), maid of honour to Queen Victoria, member of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, fourth class
to Susanna Emma Byerlie (died c. 1910) on 28 January 1873, but died two months later.

References

thePeerage.com
Burke's Peerage (1939), s.v. Devonshire, Duke

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Col. Henry Cavendish

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Cavendish Edward Coke	Member of Parliament for Derby 1812–1835 With: Edward Coke 1812–1818 Thomas Wenman Coke 1818–1826 Samuel Crompton 1826–1830 Edward Strutt 1830–1835	Succeeded by Edward Strutt Lord Ponsonby
Military offices
Preceded by Sir Thomas Montresor	Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 1853–1873	Succeeded by Sir Henry Dalrymple White

Persondata
Name	Cavendish, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	5 November 1789
Place of birth
Date of death	5 April 1873
Place of death