Cavendish
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Cavendish may refer to:
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[edit] People
- The House of Cavendish, a British noble family
- Ada Cavendish (1839–1895), British actress
- Camilla Cavendish (born 1968), British journalist
- Charles Cavendish (1793–1863), British Liberal politician
- George Cavendish (writer) (c. 1494–1562) English writer and biographer of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
- Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), British physicist, discoverer of hydrogen
- Lord Ian Charles Cavendish (born 1973)
- Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673), English aristocrat, writer, and philosopher
- Mark Cavendish (born 1985), Manx cyclist
- Michael Cavendish (born c. 1565), English composer
- Michael Robert Cavendish (born c. 1972), legal ethics writer and theorist
- Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (born 1944), British Peer and owner of Pratt's Club
- Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781), British MP
- Lord Richard Cavendish (1871–1946), British MP, aristocrat, author, magistrate
- Richard Cavendish (occult writer) (born 1930), British writer on topics dealing with the occult
- Sid Cavendish (1876–1954), English footballer with Southampton and Clapton Orient
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Thomas Cavendish (1564–1593), English Admiral
- Henry Jones (writer) (1831–1899), pen name "Cavendish", English author on card games and tennis
[edit] Places
- Australia
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Cavendish, Alberta
- Cavendish, Newfoundland
- Cavendish, Ontario
- Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
- Cavendish Beach, Prince Edward Island
- Cavendish Bay, Newfoundland
- Cavendish Lake, Ontario
- Lac Cavendish, Quebec
- England
- New Zealand
- Mount Cavendish, Christchurch
- United States
- Other
- Cavendish (crater), a crater on the moon
[edit] Academic facilities
- Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge
- Cavendish School (disambiguation), various schools
- Cavendish Hall, one of the University of Nottingham Halls of Residence
[edit] Other uses
- Cavendish banana, the dominant commercial variety of banana
- Cavendish tobacco, a process of cutting and curing tobacco
- Cavendish Invitational, high stakes bridge tournament in Las Vegas
- Cavendish experiment weighing the Earth
- Cavendish Motor Services, a bus company part-owned by Renown Travel, operating several routes in East Sussex, England
- "Cavendish Foods", a fictional supermarket chain appearing on the British sitcom To the Manor Born
[edit] See also
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