Family and Education
b. 29 Sept. 1732, 1st s. of Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Bt. by his 1st w. Anne, da. and h. of Henry Pyne of Waterpark, co. Cork (by Anne, da. of Sir Richard Edgcumbe, K.B.). educ. Eton 1747-8; Trinity, Dublin 1750. m. 29 Aug. 1757, Sarah, da. and h. of Richard Bradshaw of Cork, 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 31 Dec. 1776. His w. was cr. Baroness Waterpark [I] 15 June 1792.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1764 – 68, 1776 – 97, 1798–1800.
P.C. [I] 1 July 1779; commr. of the Treasury for Ireland 1793 – 95; receiver gen. for Ireland 1795 – 1801.
Main residences: Doveridge Hall, Derbys.; Phoenix Park, Dublin.
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Commons 1754-1790
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CAVENDISH, Henry (1732-1804)
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