Lord Frederick Cavendish
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Lord Frederick Cavendish
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| In office 6 May 1882 – 6 May 1882 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Gladstone |
| Preceded by | William Edward Forster |
| Succeeded by | George Trevelyan |
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| Born | 30 November 1836 Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Died | 6 May 1882 Phoenix Park, Dublin |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Hon. Lucy Lyttelton (1841-1925) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (30 November 1836 – 6 May 1882) was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Gladstone, who was appointed to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882.
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[edit] Background and education
Born at Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, Cavendish was the second son of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, by his wife Lady Blanche Georgiana Howard, fourth daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, and the brother of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, who had also been Chief Secretary 1870-1871. Cavendish, after being educated at home, matriculated in 1855 at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1858,[1] and then served as a cornet in the Duke of Lancaster's own yeomanry cavalry.
[edit] Political career
From 1859 to 1864 Cavendish was private secretary to Lord Granville. He travelled in the United States in 1859 to 1860, and in Spain in 1860. He entered parliament as a Liberal for the Northern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 15 July 1865, and retained that seat until his death. After serving as private secretary to the prime minister, William Gladstone, from July 1872 to August 1873 he became a junior Lord of the Treasury, and held office until the resignation of the ministry. He performed the duties of Financial Secretary to the Treasury from April 1880 to May 1882, when on the resignation of William Edward Forster, Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, he was appointed to succeed him.
In company with the Earl Spencer, Lord-Lieutenant, he proceeded to Dublin, and took the oath as chief secretary at the Castle, Dublin, on 6 May 1882; but on the afternoon of the same day, while walking in the Phoenix Park in company with Thomas Henry Burke, the Permanent Under Secretary, he was attacked from behind by several men from an extreme Irish nationalist group known as the Irish National Invincibles, who with knives murdered Mr. Burke and himself. The event was infamously known as the Phoenix Park Murders. His body being brought to England, was buried in Edensor churchyard, near Chatsworth, on 11 May, where three hundred members of the House of Commons and thirty thousand other persons followed the remains to the grave. The trial of the murderers in 1883 (see James Carey) made it evident that the death of Cavendish was not premeditated, and that he was not recognised by the assassins; the plot was laid against Mr. Burke, and Cavendish was murdered because he happened to be in the company of a person who had been marked out for destruction.
[edit] Family
Cavendish married, on 7 June 1864, Lucy Caroline Lyttelton, second daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, granddaughter of Sir Stephen Glynne and niece of William Gladstone's wife Catherine. She was maid of honour to the queen. A window to Cavendish's memory was placed in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, at the cost of the members of the House of Commons. His imposing white Carrara marble tomb can be seen in Cartmel Priory, Cumbria. There is also a memorial to him at Bolton Abbey.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Cavendish, the Hon. Frederick Charles in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922-1958.
[edit] References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
- This article incorporates text from the Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1900), a publication now in the public domain.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by New constituency |
Member of Parliament for West Riding of Yorkshire North with Sir Francis Crossley, Bt 1865–1872 Francis Sharp Powell 1872–1874 Sir Mathew Wilson, Bt 1874–1882 1865–1882 |
Succeeded by Sir Mathew Wilson, Bt Isaac Holden |
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| Preceded by Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Bt |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1880–1882 |
Succeeded by Leonard Courtney |
| Preceded by William Edward Forster |
Chief Secretary for Ireland 1882 |
Succeeded by George Trevelyan |
