Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781)

Lord Richard Cavendish (19 June 1752 – 7 September 1781) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the second son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Charlotte.^[1]

Cavendish was educated in Hackney and at Trinity College, Cambridge.^[2]

In 1773, he entered the House of Commons as MP for Lancaster, and moved to No. 1 Savile Row, London, where he resided until 1781. He was one of the few attendees at his brother Devonshire's wedding in 1774. In 1781, he went abroad in hopes of recovering his failing health; but he continued to decline and died unmarried in Naples.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1128. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
1 2 Namier, Lewis; Brooke, John (1985). The House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell & Brewer. p. 20. ISBN 9780436304200. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

"CAVENDISH, Lord Richard (1752-81)". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Francis Reynolds Sir George Warren	Member of Parliament for Lancaster 1773–1780 with Sir George Warren	Succeeded by Wilson Braddyl Abraham Rawlinson
Preceded by Lord George Augustus Cavendish Hon. Nathaniel Curzon	Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1780–1781 with Hon. Nathaniel Curzon	Succeeded by Hon. Nathaniel Curzon Lord George Augustus Cavendish

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