Lord Charles Cavendish

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Lord Charles Cavendish FRS (before 1705—April 28, 1783) was a British nobleman, Whig politician and scientist.

Lord Charles Cavendish was born in the early 1700s, presumably on the family estate. However, documentary evidence confirming specifics of his earliest years has been lost to posterity. A younger son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, he entered the House of Commons in 1725 for Heytesbury and would remain a member in various seats until 1741, when he turned the "family seat" of Derbyshire over to his nephew William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington.

He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1757 by the Royal Society (of which he was vice-president) for his work in the development of thermometers which recorded the maximum and minimum temperatures they had reached.

He married Lady Ann Grey (died September 20, 1733), daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, on January 9, 1727. They had two children:

  • Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), considered one of the most accomplished physicists and chemists of his era
  • Frederick Cavendish (birth and death years undocumented)
Preceded by
Pierce A'Court		 Member for Heytesbury
1725–1727		 Succeeded by
Horatio Townshend
Preceded by
Charles Montagu
The Lord Carpenter		 Member for Westminster
1727–1734
with William Clayton		 Succeeded by
William Clayton
Sir Charles Wager
Preceded by
Godfrey Clarke
Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Bt		 Member for Derbyshire
1734–1741
with Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Bt		 Succeeded by
Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Bt
Marquess of Hartington


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