Cavendish (surname)
Cavendish is an English surname of Norman origin.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Ada Cavendish (1839–1895), British actress
- Anthony Cavendish (1927–2013), British intelligence officer
- Camilla Cavendish (born 1968), British journalist
- Lord Charles Cavendish (1704–1783), British nobleman, Whig politician and scientist
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lucy Cavendish (1841–1925), British pioneer of women's education
- 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
See also
- House of Cavendish, the family of the Dukes of Devonshire and Newcastle
References
- ↑ "Cavendish Surname". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
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