James Cavendish (MP for Derby)

James Cavendish (standing) with William Cavendish (left), Elihu Yale (center), and other people (right)

Lord James Cavendish FRS (bef. 1707 – 14 December 1751) was a British politician, the third son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire.

He married Anne Yale (d. 1734), daughter of Elihu Yale, and had two children:

He was appointed Auditor of Foreign Accounts or Imposts in Ireland in 1742, and did not stand again for Derby at the ensuing by-election.

As his only son predeceased him by a few months, his heir was his son-in-law Richard Chandler, who subsequently adopted the name of Cavendish.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Lord Henry Cavendish
George Vernon
Member of Parliament for Derby
1701–1702
With: Sir Charles Pye 1701
John Harpur 1701–1702
Succeeded by
John Harpur
Thomas Stanhope
Preceded by
John Harpur
Thomas Stanhope
Member of Parliament for Derby
1705–1707
With: Sir Thomas Parker
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Parliament of England
Member of Parliament for Derby
1707–1710
With: Sir Thomas Parker 1707–1710
Richard Pye 1710
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Levinge, Bt
John Harpur
Preceded by
Edward Mundy
Nathaniel Curzon
Member of Parliament for Derby
1715–1742
With: William Stanhope 1715–1722, 1727–1730
Thomas Bayley 1722–1727
Charles Stanhope 1730–1736
John Stanhope 1736–1742
Succeeded by
John Stanhope
Viscount Duncannon


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