Richard Frederick Cavendish

1871 - 1946  (74 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 43 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Richard Frederick Cavendish
  Birth	31 Jan 1871	Osborne
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jan 1946
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  + 1. Duke Victor Christian William Cavendish,   b. 31 May 1868, London, Middlesex, England d. 6 May 1938  (Age 69 years) ▻ Evelyn Emily Mary FitzMaurice,  m. 30 Jul 1892 + 2. Richard Frederick Cavendish,   b. 31 Jan 1871, Osborne d. 7 Jan 1946  (Age 74 years) ▻ Moyra de Vere Beauclerk,  m. 31 Jul 1895   3. John Spencer Cavendish,   b. 25 Mar 1875   d. 20 Oct 1914  (Age 39 years)
  Person ID	I201372	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2006

  
  

  Father	Edward Cavendish,   b. 28 Jan 1838   d. 18 May 1891 (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Emma Elizabeth Lascelles,   b. 17 Nov 1838, London, Middlesex, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F21339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Moyra de Vere Beauclerk,   b. 20 Jan 1876   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	31 Jul 1895
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Vere Cavendish,   b. 22 Jan 1897, London, Middlesex, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alix Cavendish,   b. 5 Aug 1901   d. 29 Jun 1925 (Age 23 years) + 3. Mary Katharine Cavendish,   b. 20 Jul 1903   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John Edward Compton Cavendish,   b. 10 Oct 1907   d. 29 May 1908 (Age 0 years)   5. Diana Cavendish,   b. 15 Sep 1909   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Sybil Moyra Cavendish,   b. 10 Aug 1915   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Richard Edward Osbourne Cavendish,   b. 23 Nov 1917   d. 1972 (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F31951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2001

  
  

• Notes

  a British aristocrat , author , magistrate and a politician . He crossed the floor from being a supporter of the Liberal Unionists to being a member of the Liberal Party in 1904. Therefore he was one of the few Liberal MPs who lost their seat in the 1906 election . He was on Asquith's list of Peers in case the Parliament Act was not passed by the Lords. He was a prominent figure in the Cavendish dynasty, as a grandson of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire and a younger son of Lord Edward Cavendish MP. His grandson Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness is the heir presumptive to his cousin Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire after William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington . He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge . He was elected to serve North Lonsdale in 1895 and later North Lancashire as a Member of Parliament . He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1912 . As President of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society , he visited Lancaster in 1925 . He was the Lord of the Manor, residing at Holker Hall (where his descendants remain to this day) and owned the Swan Hotel at Newby Bridge. He was an active freemason and a keen golfer . He was appointed chairman of the Royal Commission on Systems of Election in December 1908, with the mandate "to secure a fully representative character for popularly elected legislative bodies" and "to consider whether, and how far, they, or any of them, are capable of application in this country in regard to the existing electorate". The commission reported in 1910, recommending the abolition of two member constituencies "as soon as possible"; this was implemented. The commission also recommended the adoption of an alternative vote system , which was not implemented. He married Lady Moyra de Vere Beauclerk, a daughter of the 10th Duke of St Albans and they had seven children. Ordinarily, as the male-line grandson of a Duke he would not be entitled to use the prefix "Lord" before his Christian name, but because his elder brother Victor Cavendish, acceded as the 9th Duke of Devonshire, he was elevated to the rank of a son of a duke along with his younger brother Lord John Cavendish. Was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.). Was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.). Was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.)