Lord Richard Cavendish

Lt.-Col. Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish, (31 January 1871 – 7 January 1946) was a British aristocrat, author, magistrate, and politician from the Cavendish family. He took a prominent role in public life in Lancashire, particularly in agricultural development.

Early life and family Richard was born at Devonshire House in Mayfair, the second of three sons of Lord Edward Cavendish (1838–1891), third son of the 7th Duke of Devonshire. His mother was Emma Lascelles (1838–1920), daughter of the Hon. William Lascelles, and granddaughter of the Earl of Harewood and the Earl of Carlisle.

He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club.

In 1908, his elder brother, Victor succeeded his father's elder brother, the 8th Duke of Devonshire. He and his younger brother, John Spencer, were raised to the rank of duke's sons in honour of their late father and styled as lords.

Military career During the First World War, Lord Richard served abroad and was wounded and mentioned in dispatches. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1918 and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919. As a lieutenant-colonel, he commanded a battalion of The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). During the Second World War, he was honorary colonel of the 56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Elizabeth Vere, Marchioness of Salisbury (22 January 1897 – 5 June 1982), married Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury Alix Cavendish (5 August 1901 – 29 June 1925), died unmarried Mary Katherine, Countess of Crawford (20 July 1903 – 20 November 1994) married David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford, mother of Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford John Edward Compton Cavendish (10 October 1907 – 29 May 1908) Diana, Viscountess Gage (15 September 1909 – 10 July 1992), married 1935 Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby (divorced 1937); Lt-Col. Hon. Ian Douglas Campbell-Gray (1942; he died 1946); married 1971 Henry Gage, 6th Viscount Gage Sybil Moyra Cavendish (10 August 1915 – 3 August 2004), married Lawrence Gregson Fell Dykes Richard Edward Osborne Cavendish (23 November 1917 – 14 August 1972), married Pamela June Dolores Lloyd-Thomas, father of Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness (third in line to succeed his cousin Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire as Duke of Devonshire after William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington and his son)

His wife died in 1942. He died four years later at Holker Hall.

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