Cavendish

Cavendish

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People with the last, or sur name of Cavendish:

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• Cavendish is also the surname of a British noble family, also known as the House of Cavendish, descended from Sir John Cavendish of Cavendish (c. 1346?1381), which has held the following peerages:
• The Dukes of Devonshire
• The Dukes of Newcastle
• Family members:
• Andrew Cavendish (1920-2004) 11th Duke of Devonshire, British minister in the government
• Edward Cavendish (1838-1891), British politician
• Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895?1950), Minister in Winston Churchill's wartime cabinet
• Frederick Cavendish (1836-1882), British Liberal politician
• George Cavendish (1500?c.1562), English writer, biographer of Cardinal Wolsey
• Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), scientist, for whom the Cavendish Laboratory
• Lord John Cavendish (1734-1796), English politician
• Peregrine Cavendish (born 1944), 12th Duke of Devonshire, horse racing devotie
• Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908), British Liberal statesman
• Thomas Cavendish (1555-1592), "The Navigator", British explorer
• Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868?1938), British politician, Governor General of Canada (1916-1921)
• William Cavendish (1505-1557), English courtier
• William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676) English soldier, politician and writer
• William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), Lord Chamberlain to King William IV
• William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808?1891), Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1861-1891
• William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (1917?1944), killed in action, Belgium - World War II
• Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish (1920?1948), daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
• William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (born 1969), professional photographer
• Ada Cavendish (1839-1895), famous British actress, made her debut at the New Royal Theatre in 1863
• Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), English philosopher
• Sir Thomas Cavendish (1564-1593), English admiral

People with the first or middle name of Cavendish:

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• Charles Cavendish Boyle (1849-1916), British colonial administrator
• Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894-1938), British politician
• William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), British politician and Prime Minister

Places:

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• Cavendish, Alberta, Canada
• Cavendish, Bermuda
• Cavendish, Idaho, Nez Perce County, Idaho
• Cavendish, Missouri, Livingston County, Missouri
• Cavendish, Newfoundland, Canada
• Cavendish, Ontario, Canada
• Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Cavendish, Queensland, Australia, administrative district, (27º 25' S 152º 10' E )
• Cavendish, Suffolk, England
• Cavendish, Vermont, United States
• Cavendish, Victoria, Australia, town (37º 31' S - 142º 02' E )
• Cavendish Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
• Cavendish crater on the moon
• Cavendish Hall at University of Nottingham
• Cavendish Lake, Ontario, Canada
• Lac Cavendish Quebec, Canada, lake
• Fort Cavendish, Randolph County, Illinois
• Mount Cavendish, Christchurch, New Zealand

Other:

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• Cavendish banana, dominant commercial variety of banana.
• Cavendish Tobacco is both a type, and brand, of pipe tobacco