Lord George Cavendish (died 1794)
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Lord George Augustus Cavendish (died 2 May 1794) was a British politician.
Life
George Augustus Cavendish was born in London, the second son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire. He was educated in Chesterfield and at St John's College, Cambridge.[1]
In 1753, he inherited Holker Hall from his cousin Sir William Lowther, 3rd Baronet. He replanted the park there, and added a number of unusual trees.
He entered Parliament in 1751 for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and in 1754, took up the family seat of Derbyshire, which he occupied, with one interruption, until his death forty years later.
The painting illustrated is credited to Mather Brown but a very similar portrait has the attribution by Derby Museum and Art Gallery: "after Joseph Wright of Derby".[2]
References
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- ↑ Lord G. A. Cavendish, BBC, accessed July 2011
Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1751–1754 With: Welbore Ellis George Dodington Edward Hungate Beaghan |
Succeeded by Welbore Ellis Lord John Cavendish George Bubb Dodington John Tucker |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1754–1780 With: Sir Nathaniel Curzon 1754–61 Sir Henry Harpur 1761–68 Godfrey Bagnall Clarke 1768–75 Hon. Nathaniel Curzon 1775–80 |
Succeeded by Hon. Nathaniel Curzon Lord Richard Cavendish |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1781–1794 With: Hon. Nathaniel Curzon 1781–84 Edward Miller Mundy 1784–94 |
Succeeded by Edward Miller Mundy Lord John Cavendish |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1761–1762 |
Succeeded by Humphry Morice |
Honorary titles | ||
Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire 1766–1782 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Devonshire |
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