Lord James Cavendish (MP for Derby)
Lord James Cavendish FRS (bef. 1707 – 14 December 1751) was a British nobleman and politician.
Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire and Lady Mary Butler.
He sat as Member of Parliament for Derby between 1701 and 1702, 1705 and 1707, 1707 and 1710, and from 1715 to 1742. That year he was appointed Auditor of Foreign Accounts or Imposts in Ireland, and did not stand again for Derby at the ensuing by-election.
He married Anne Yale (d. 1734), daughter of Elihu Yale, and had two children:
- William Cavendish (d. July 1751), married Barbara Chandler, no issue; his widow married secondly John Fitzwilliam
- Elizabeth Cavendish, married Richard Chandler in February 1722
As his only son predeceased him by a few months, his heir was his son-in-law Richard Chandler, who subsequently adopted the name of Cavendish.[1]
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