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Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Cavendish of Furness
DL FRSA
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
14 September 1990 – 22 April 1993
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byThe Baroness Blatch
Succeeded byThe Viscount Astor
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
17 May 1990
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Richard Hugh Cavendish

(1941-11-02) 2 November 1941 (age 82)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
SpouseGrania Caulfield
RelationsCavendish family
Children1 son, 2 daughters
Residence(s)Holker Hall, Cumbria
Alma materEton College

(Richard) Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness DL FRSA (born 2 November 1941), otherwise known as Hugh Cavendish, is a British Conservative politician and landowner.

Lord Cavendish owns Holker Hall and its 17,000 acre estate overlooking Morecambe Bay in Cumbria. The property became part of this branch of the Cavendish family's inheritance via his grandfather, Lord Richard Cavendish CB.

Life

Educated at Eton College, he was created a life peer as Baron Cavendish of Furness, of Cartmel in the County of Cumbria,[1] on the advice of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 17 May 1990 and served as a Lord-in-waiting (1990–92).[2] He and his son, Hon. Freddy Cavendish, are in remainder to the dukedom of Devonshire.

Lord Cavendish is the chairman of the Holker Estate Group[3] and has also chaired the Morecambe and Lonsdale Conservative Association (1975–78) as well as the board of governors of St Anne's School, Windermere (1983–89). He is currently a director of Nirex Ltd (since 1993) and served as High Sheriff of Cumbria (1978–79) and a member of the Cumbria County Council (1985–1990). He became president of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain in 2008. He is also chairman of the Burlington Stone Company.[4]

Lord Cavendish is the president of South Cumbria Rivers Trust.[5]

Marriage

Hugh Cavendish married, in 1970, Grania Caulfeild, only daughter of Brigadier Toby Caulfeild, CBE (a descendant of the 1st Viscount Charlemont), and they have one son and two daughters.[6]

Arms

Coat of arms of Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness
Crest
A serpent nowed Proper.
Escutcheon
Sable, three bucks’ heads cabossed argent.
Motto
Cavendo Tutus [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "No. 52146". The London Gazette. 22 May 1990. p. 9485.
  2. ^ www.parliament.uk
  3. ^ www.holker.co.uk
  4. ^ www.burlingtonstone.co.uk
  5. ^ https://scrt.co.uk/about-us/meet-our-team/lord-cavendish/
  6. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, pg 728
  7. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.

External links

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