About George Henry Compton Cavendish
Lived 1784 – 1809 (aged 24). George Henry Compton Cavendish was a British politician.
George Henry Compton Cavendish (14 October 1784 – 22 January 1809) was an English Whig politician and British Army officer, the son of Lord George Cavendish, later Earl of Burlington. He was educated at Eton College.
He was commissioned Cornet in the 7th Dragoons in 1801, and subsequently promoted to Lieutenant in 1802, Captain in 1804, and Major in 1808, when in the latter year he joined his regiment serving in the Peninsular War. He was evacuated from Corunna but was drowned at the age of 24 when his transport ship, , sank in a storm off the Cornwall coast in January 1809 on arrival in British waters.
He served as MP for the borough of Aylesbury from 1806 until his death in 1809, predeceasing his father.
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British politician
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George Henry Compton Cavendish was born on 14 October 1784.
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George Henry Compton Cavendish died on 22 January 1809.
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George Henry Compton Cavendish was a politician.
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