James Cavendish (MP for Derby)

File:Elihu Yale, the 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Lord James Cavendish, Mr. Tunstal, and a Page - Google Art Project.jpg

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:

• William Cavendish (d. July 1751), married Barbara Chandler, no issue; his widow married secondly John Fitzwilliam
• Elizabeth Cavendish, married Richard Chandler in February 1722

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.

References

• Leo van de Pas genealogies

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