Charles Compton William Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham PCHer Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons or House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.The Privy Council, the...
(13 December 1850 – 9 November 1907) was a
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politician who served as the last
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.
A member of the Cavendish family headed by the
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, Chesham was the eldest son of William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham and his wife Henrietta Frances Lascelles. He took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1882, and later served in the
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administration of
Lord SalisburyRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC , known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years...
as
Master of the BuckhoundsThe Master of the Buckhounds was an officer in the Master of the Horse's department of the British Royal Household. The holder was also His/Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot. It was a political office, so the holder, who was always a nobleman, changed with every change of government...
from 1900 to 1901, when the office was abolished.
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Charles Compton William Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham PCHer Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons or House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.The Privy Council, the...
(13 December 1850 – 9 November 1907) was a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
ConservativeThe Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservatives, the Conservative Party, or Tory Party is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom...
politician who served as the last
Master of the BuckhoundsThe Master of the Buckhounds was an officer in the Master of the Horse's department of the British Royal Household. The holder was also His/Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot. It was a political office, so the holder, who was always a nobleman, changed with every change of government...
.
A member of the Cavendish family headed by the
Duke of DevonshireDuke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the aristocratic Cavendish family. This branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the richest and most influential aristocratic families in England since the 16th century, and have been rivalled in political influence...
, Chesham was the eldest son of William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham and his wife Henrietta Frances Lascelles. He took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1882, and later served in the
ConservativeThe Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservatives, the Conservative Party, or Tory Party is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom...
administration of
Lord SalisburyRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC , known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years...
as
Master of the BuckhoundsThe Master of the Buckhounds was an officer in the Master of the Horse's department of the British Royal Household. The holder was also His/Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot. It was a political office, so the holder, who was always a nobleman, changed with every change of government...
from 1900 to 1901, when the office was abolished. Lord Chesham was admitted to the
Privy CouncilHer Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons or House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.The Privy Council, the...
in 1901, and also served as a
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to the
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(later
King George VGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 1910 through World War I until his death in 1936...
) from 1901 to 1907.
Lord Chesham married Lady Beatrice Constance Grosvenor, daughter of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, in 1877. He died in November 1907, aged 56, after a hunting accident. There is a bronze statue commemorating his life and deeds located in the Market Square in
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,
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which has Grade II
Listed Building status.
Lord Chesham was succeeded in the barony by his second but eldest surviving son John Compton Cavendish. His daughter Lilah Constance Cavendish married
Mervyn Edward Manningham-BullerSir Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller, 3rd Baronet was a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament.-Life:...
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