Lord Charles Cavendish

Lord Charles Cavendish FRS (17 March 1704 28 April 1783) was a British nobleman, Whig politician and scientist.

Cavendish was the youngest son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire and Rachel Russell.

On 9 January 1727, Lord Charles Cavendish married Lady Ann Grey (died 20 September 1733), daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent. They had two children: Henry Cavendish (10 October 1731 24 February 1810), considered one of the most accomplished physicists and chemists of his era; and Frederick Cavendish (24 June 1733 23 February 1812).

Cavendish entered the House of Commons for Heytesbury in 1725 and would remain a member in various seats until 1741, when he turned the "family seat" of Derbyshire over to his nephew William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington.

In 1757 the Royal Society (of which he was vice-president) awarded him the Copley Medal for his work in the development of thermometers which recorded the maximum and minimum temperatures they had reached.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Pierce A'Court
Edward Ashe
Member for Heytesbury
17251727
With: Edward Ashe
Succeeded by
Horatio Townshend
Edward Ashe
Preceded by
Charles Montagu
The Lord Carpenter
Member for Westminster
17271734
(with William Clayton)
Succeeded by
William Clayton
Sir Charles Wager
Preceded by
Godfrey Clarke
Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Bt
Member for Derbyshire
17341741
(with Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Bt)
Succeeded by
Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Bt
Marquess of Hartington