Lord Edward Cavendish

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Cavendish (28 January 1838 – 18 May 1891) was a 19th century British politician.

Born in Marylebone, Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife, Lady Blanche Howard (a daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle and a niece of the 6th Duke of Devonshire). His father and his two surviving brothers were all Members of Parliament (MPs): his eldest brother Spencer, MP for North Lancashire 1857–91 and later 8th Duke of Devonshire, led the Liberal Party and was asked three times to be Prime Minister by Queen Victoria; the middle brother, Frederick was MP for the West Riding and Chief Secretary for Ireland and was assassinated in 1882.

Cavendish was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade. On retirement from the regular army he joined the 2nd Derbyshire Militia (later the Sherwood Foresters), but transferred to the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in 1888.

Cavendish served as MP for West Derbyshire. Like his eldest brother, he became a Liberal Unionist in reaction to the Liberal Party's policy on Irish Home Rule. Upon his death in Marylebone aged 53, his son, Victor, was elected unopposed to replace him, later becoming the 9th Duke of Devonshire.

Cavendish married Emma Lascelles, a daughter of the Rt. Hon. William Lascelles, on 3 August 1865. They had three sons:
* 1) Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868–1938)
* 2) Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish MP (1871–1946)
* 3) Lord John Spencer Cavendish (1875–1914) was killed in action in World War I.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Edward Cavendish
2= 2. William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
3= 3. Blanche Georgiana Howard
4= 4. William Cavendish
5= 5. Louisa O'Callaghan
6= 6. George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
7= 7. Georgiana Cavendish
8= 8. George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington
9= 9. Elizabeth Compton
10= 10. Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Baron Lismore
11= 11. Frances Ponsonby
12= 12. Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
13= 13. Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower
14= 14. William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
15= 15. Georgiana Spencer
16= 16. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
17= 17. Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford
18= 18. Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton
19= 19. Ann Somerset
20= 20. Thomas O'Callaghan
21= 21. Sarah Davis
22= 22. John Ponsonby
23= 23. Elizabeth Cavendish
24= 24. Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle
25= 25. Isabella Byron
26= 26. Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
27= 27. Louisa Egerton
28= 28. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (= 16)
29= 29. Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford (= 17)
30= 30. John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer
31= 31. Margaret Georgiana Poyntz