About Lord Richard Cavendish
Lived 1752 – 1781 (aged 29). Lord Richard Cavendish was a politician.
Lord Richard Cavendish (19 June 1752 – 7 September 1781) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the second son of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Charlotte. His sister Dorothy later married British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.
Cavendish was educated in Hackney and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1773, he entered the House of Commons as MP for Lancaster after winning a by-election on 15 September following the death of the incumbent Francis Reynolds. At this time, he moved to No. 1 Savile Row, London, where he resided until 1781. In 1781, he went abroad in hopes of recovering his failing health; but he continued to decline and died unmarried in Naples.
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Lord Richard Cavendish was born on 19 June 1752.
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Lord Richard Cavendish died on 7 September 1781.
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