Lord James Cavendish (MP for Derby)
Lord James Cavendish
Early life
Cavendish was the third son of
James was a grandson of Countess
His father was part of the
Career
Cavendish was returned as
He was returned unopposed for Derby at the 1708 general election. He acted as a teller on the petition of defeated Whig candidates at Coventry and later voted for the naturalization bill in 1709 and for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. At the 1710 British general election, he was defeated in a contest for Derby and decided not to stand in 1713.[1]
Cavendish was returned as MP for Derby at the
He was elected in a contest at Derby in 1734 and voted for the place bill 1740. He was returned unopposed at the 1741 general election, but on 8 March 1742 he vacated his seat to take up the post of Auditor of Foreign Accounts or Imposts in Ireland. He did not stand again for Derby at the ensuing by-election.[2]
Death and legacy
Cavendish married with £8,000 Anne Yale (died 1734), daughter of Governor Elihu Yale on 6 July 1708.[3] Her sister married Dudley North.
They had two children:
- William Cavendish (died July 1751) who married Barbara Chandler, daughter of the Richard Fitzwilliam, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam and brother-in-law of Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke
- Elizabeth Cavendish, married Richard Chandler in February 1722, one of the two sons of Edward Chandler
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 by private Act of Parliament (
References
- ^ "CAVENDISH, Lord James (c.1678-1751), of Staveley, Derbys. and Latimer, Bucks". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "CAVENDISH, Lord James (aft.1673-1751), of Staveley, Derbys". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ Alexander O. Vietor (1961). "An Elihu Yale Conversation Piece". The Yale University Library Gazette. p. 158-160.
- ^ Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1751 (25 Geo. 2). c. 28