George Augustus Henry Cavendish (1754 - 1834)

Born 31 Mar 1754 in England

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Died 9 May 1834 at age 80 in England

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Biography

Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and the former Lady Charlotte Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington of the first creation, whose title had become extinct on his death in 1753.

Born in 1754, Cavendish sat as Member of Parliament for Knaresborough from 1775 to 1780, for Derby from 1780 to 1797 and for Derbyshire from 1797 to 1831. On 10 September 1831 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cavendish of Keighley, in the County of York, and Earl of Burlington, a revival of the title held by his maternal grandfather.

Lord Burlington married Lady Elizabeth Compton, daughter of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, on 27 February 1782 in London. They had at least eleven children of whom six children survived to adulthood:

1) William Cavendish (10 January 1783 – 17 January 1812)

2) George Henry Compton Cavendish (14 October 1784 – 22 January 1809)

3) Elizabeth Dorothy Cavendish (12 June 1786 - 17 September 1786)

4) Lady Anne Cavendish (11 November 1787 – 17 May 1871), married Lord Charles FitzRoy, second son of the 4th Duke of Grafton

5) Gen. Hon. Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish (5 November 1789 – 5 April 1873), married Sarah Fawkener, Frances Susan Lambton and Susanna Emma Byerlie

6) Elizabeth Cavendish (13 March 1792 - 26 May 1794)

7) The Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish (28 August 1793–10 November 1863), created Baron Chesham, married Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter of the 9th Marquess of Huntly

8) Mary Louisa Cavendish (6 March 1795 - 7 June 1795)

9) Lady Caroline Cavendish (5 April 1797 – 9 January 1867)

10) Frederick Compton Cavendish (28 October 1801 - 27 January 1802)

11) Charlotte Cavendish (23 April 1803 - 1 July 1803)

He built the Burlington Arcade in London, which opened in 1819.

Lord George Augustus Henry Cavendish passed on 4 May, 1834

Sources

• Robin Craig
• Wikipedia - self published sources only for this page.
• Painting of a young George Cavendish
• Lord Byron and his Times - George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington
• Exhibit for William Cavendish with mention of his Grandfather, George Augustus Henry Cavendish

• Clifford Pedigree: Table Showing the Descent of the Barony of Clifford
• History of Parliament online 1754-1790: CAVENDISH, Lord George Augustus Henry (1754-1834)