Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham (28 August 1793 – 12 November 1863) was a British

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 Liberal

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 politician.

Cavendish was the fourth son of George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, third son of the former Prime Minister

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 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

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, and his wife Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of the architect Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

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. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Compton, daughter of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton

Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton

Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, DL was a British peer and diplomat.He was the eldest son of Hon. Charles Compton, in turn youngest son of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, and his wife Mary, only daughter of Sir Berkeley Lucy, 3rd Baronet. Compton was educated at Westminster...

. In 1814, at the age of 21, Cavendish was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Aylesbury

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, a seat he held until 1818, and later sat for Newtown

Newtown (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1821 to 1830, for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)

Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1831 to 1832, for East Sussex

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 from 1832 to 1841, for Youghal

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 from 1841 to 1847 and for Buckinghamshire

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 from 1847 to 1857. In 1858 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Chesham, of Chesham in the County of Buckingham.

Lord Chesham married Lady Catherine Susan Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly

George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly

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, in 1814. He died in November 1863, aged 70. He was succeeded in the barony by his son William George Cavendish

William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham

William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham was a British Liberal politician.A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham was the son of Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham and Lady Catherine Susan Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly...

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