Hon. Richard Cavendish

Richard Cavendish (23 December 1794 – 18 March 1876) was an English nobleman, politician, Member of Parliament, and a member of the Canterbury Association.

Biography Cavendish was born in Waterpark, County Cork, Ireland, in 1794. He was the second son of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark and Juliana Cooper. Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet, was his grandfather. His elder brother Henry Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark succeeded their father in the family titles. His sister Sarah Georgiana Cavendish married Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet. His sister Catherine Cavendish married Bishop Thomas Musgrave. On 22 July 1841, he married Elizabeth Maria Margaret Hart at Uttoxeter. Mount Cavendish in Christchurch's Port Hills was named by a marine survey party in early 1850 after Richard Cavendish.

Personal life On 22 July 1841, he married Elizabeth Maria Margaret Hart, daughter of Thomas Hart. They had nine children: Marianne Cavendish (died 1888) Catherine Elizabeth Cavendish (died 1931) Emily Maria Georgiana Cavendish (died 1929) Elizabeth Dorothy Cavendish (died 1904) Cecilia Augusta Cavendish (died 1909) unknown son unknown daughter William Thomas Cavendish (1843–1878) Charles Tyrell Cavendish (1849–1903)

He died on 18 March 1876.