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.

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Thomas Hussey
    The Lord Nugent
    Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
    1814 – 1818
    With: The Lord Nugent
    Succeeded by
    The Lord Nugent
    William Rickford
    Preceded by
    Dudley Long North
    Hudson Gurney
    Member of Parliament for Newtown
    1821 – 1830
    With: Hudson Gurney
    Succeeded by
    Hudson Gurney
    Charles Anderson-Pelham
    Preceded by
    William Yates Peel
    George Lowther Thompson
    Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)
    1831–1832
    With: Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby
    Constituency abolished
    New constituency Member of Parliament for East Sussex
    18321841
    With: Herbert Barrett Curteis 1832–37
    George Darby 1837–41
    Succeeded by
    George Darby
    Augustus Eliott Fuller
    Preceded by
    Frederick John Howard
    Member of Parliament for Youghal
    18411847
    Succeeded by
    Thomas Chisholm Anstey
    Preceded by
    Caledon Du Pré
    William Fitzmaurice
    Christopher Tower
    Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
    18471857
    With: Caledon Du Pré
    Benjamin Disraeli
    Succeeded by
    Caledon Du Pré
    William Cavendish
    Benjamin Disraeli
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    New creation Baron Chesham
    1858–1863
    Succeeded by
    William George Cavendish
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