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Family and Education
b. 24 June 1630, 4th but o. surv. s. William Cavendish, earl of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 1st w.; bro. of Charles Cavendish‡, Visct. Mansfield. educ. privately; travelled abroad 1644-7. m. c.1652, Frances (d. 23 Sept. 1695), da. of Hon. William Pierrepont‡ of Thoresby, Notts., 4s. d.v.p. 5da. (1 d.v.p.). Collins, Peerage (1812 edn.) i. 319. KG 17 Feb. 1677. d. 26 July 1691; will 26 May 1691, confirmed 1694. UNL, Pw1/285-89; Notts. Arch. DD/P/6/1/19/33-6; DD/4P/35/73-76.
Offices Held

Master of the robes 1660 – 62; gent. of the bedchamber 1662 – 85; PC 15 June 1670 – Dec. 1688; gov. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1666–?74, Dalton, English Army Lists, i. 73, 141; CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 384; 1673, p. 112; Bodl. Carte 72, f. 113. Berwick 1666–86; Dalton, ii. 37; CSP Dom. 1675–6, p. 450. commr. for sewers, Hatfield Chase Aug. 1660, ?for recusants, Derbys. 1675, for Tangiers 1680; CTB, 1672–5, p. 792. steward of roy. manor of Newark, 10 Aug. 1670. CTB, 1669–72, p. 498.

Ld. lt. Northumb. (jt.) 1670 – 76, (sole) 1676 – 89, Notts. 1677 – 89, Yorks. 1688 – 89; custos rot. Northumb. 1675 – 89, Derbys. and Notts. 1677 – 89; c.j. in eyre (Trent North) 1677–89; CSP Dom. 1676–7, p. 574. recorder, Nottingham, 1682–8, Recs. of the Bor. of Nottingham 1625–1702 ed. W.T. Baker, 66–67, 80–81, 326. Berwick-upon-Tweed 1685–6, CSP Dom. Feb.-Dec. 1685, p. 67; 1686–87, pp. 231, 263. Newcastle upon Tyne 1685–8, CSP Dom. Feb.-Dec. 1685, pp. 54, 81–82; June 1687-Feb. 1689, p. 238. East Retford 1685–8. CSP Dom. Feb.-Dec. 1685, p. 86.

Capt. indep. tp. 1666; col. of ft. 1667, 1673–4, Dalton, i. 134; HMC Portland, ii. 149. 1688–9. Dalton, ii. 174–5; UNL, Pw1/161.

Parlimentarian
CAVENDISH, Henry, Visct. Mansfield (1630-91), of Bolsover, Derbys. and Welbeck Abbey, Notts.
Associated with: Welbeck Abbey, Notts.; Bolsover Castle, Derbys. and Newcastle House, Clerkenwell, Mdx.HMC Buccleuch, i. 340.;
Likenesses

Oil on canvas, attrib. to Mary Beale, 1676, English Heritage, Kenilworth Castle.

Author
Harrison,Richard
Eagles, Robin
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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