Baron Waterpark is a title in the
Peerage of IrelandThe Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. This practice ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922...
. It was created in 1792 for Sarah, Lady Cavendish, in honour of her husband
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd BaronetSir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet PC , was an Irish politician.Cavendish was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne...
. Sir Henry Cavendish was a politician who represented
LismoreLismore was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...
and
KillybegsKillybegs was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...
in the
Irish House of CommonsThe Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
and served as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and as Receiver-General of Ireland. From 1768 to 1774 he sat in the
British House of CommonsThe House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members...
for
LostwithielLostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
. Cavendish and Lady Waterpark were both succeeded by their son Richard, the second Baron and third Baronet.
Baron Waterpark is a title in the
Peerage of IrelandThe Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. This practice ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922...
. It was created in 1792 for Sarah, Lady Cavendish, in honour of her husband
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd BaronetSir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet PC , was an Irish politician.Cavendish was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne...
. Sir Henry Cavendish was a politician who represented
LismoreLismore was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...
and
KillybegsKillybegs was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...
in the
Irish House of CommonsThe Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
and served as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and as Receiver-General of Ireland. From 1768 to 1774 he sat in the
British House of CommonsThe House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members...
for
LostwithielLostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
. Cavendish and Lady Waterpark were both succeeded by their son Richard, the second Baron and third Baronet. His eldest son, the third Baron, represented
KnaresboroughKnaresborough was a parliamentary constituency which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, and then one MP until its abolition in 1885.-Before the Great Reform Act:...
, Derbyshire South and
LichfieldLichfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
in the House of Commons as a
LiberalThe Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the mid 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become...
and served as a
Lord-in-WaitingMost Lords in Waiting are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom...
(government
whipThe whip is a role in party politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature. Whips are party 'enforcers', who typically offer both inducements and punishments to party members...
) under
Lord John RussellJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....
,
Lord AberdeenGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG KT FRS PC , styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.-Early life:Born in Edinburgh on 28 January 1784, he...
and
Lord PalmerstonHenry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century...
. This line of the family failed on the death of his grandson, the fifth Baron, in 1932. The late Baron was succeeded by his second cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the grandson of a younger son of the second Baron. As of 2007 the titles are held by the latter's nephew, the seventh Baron, who succeeded in 1948. The
Cavendish Baronetcy, of Doveridge Hall, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1755 for Henry Cavendish. He notably represented
LismoreLismore was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:...
in the
Irish House of CommonsThe Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet.
The Cavendishes of Doveridge were descended from Henry Cavendish, illegitimate son of another Henry Cavendish, of Tutbury Priory. This Henry was the eldest son of Sir William Cavendish by his wife
Bess of HardwickElizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury , known as Bess of Hardwick, was the third surviving daughter of John Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire...
, and thus elder brother of
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire was an English politician and courtier.-Life:The second son of Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick, he was educated with the children of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, whom his mother married after his father's death. She made him a rich...
. The family seat of Doveridge Hall was demolished about 1938.
Cavendish, Baronets of Doveridge Hall (1755)
- Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet (1707–1776)
- Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet PC , was an Irish politician.Cavendish was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne...
(1732–1804)
- Sir Richard Cavendish, 3rd Baronet (1765–1830) (succeeded as Baron Waterpark in 1807)
Barons Waterpark (1792)
- Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark (1740–1807)
- Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark (1765–1830)
- Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark
Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark , was a British Whig politician.Waterpark was the son of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark, and his wife Juliana . He succeeded his father in the barony in 1830 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the...
(1793–1863)
- Henry Anson Cavendish, 4th Baron Waterpark (1839–1912)
- Charles Frederick Cavendish, 5th Baron Waterpark (1883–1932)
- Henry Sheppard Hart Cavendish, 6th Baron Waterpark (1876–1948)
- Frederick Caryll Phillip Cavendish, 7th Baron Waterpark (b. 1926)