Spencer Compton CAVENDISH

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Spencer Compton

Cavendish

1833 - 1908

Spencer Compton

Cavendish

, Liberal M.P. (1857-91); war secretary in Lord Russell's government (1866); postmaster general under Gladstone (1868-70); chief secretary for Ireland (1870-74); led Liberal party inHouse of Commons (1875-80); declined offer of premiership (1880); secretary of state for India under Gladstone (1880-82), war secretary (1882-85); partly responsible for sending Gordon back to Sudan, failed to secure government's support of mission; consistently opposed Gladstone's Irish home rule policy, favoring coercion; with Joseph Chamberlain, founded new party of Liberal Unionists; declined premiership (1886, 1887); joined Salisbury's coalition government as president of council (1895-1902), continued under Balfour (1902-03); opposed to fiscal policy and, as a free trader, opposed to tariff reform; resigned (1903).

Born: London, , , England 23rd Jul 1833	Baptised:
Died: 1908	Buried:
Family: Cavendish

Titles:

Devonshire
[D]

Ancestors

1. Spencer Compton Cavendish ( d'Alten ) 1833 - 1908	2. William Cavendish ( Howard ) 1808 - 1891	4. William Cavendish ( O'Callaghan ) 1783 - 1812
		5. Louisa O'Callaghan ( Cavendish ) 1779 - 1863
	3. Blanche Georgiana Howard ( Cavendish ) 1812 - 1840	6. George Howard ( Cavendish ) 1773 - 1848
		7. Georgina Dorothy Cavendish ( Howard ) 1783 - 1858

Siblings

1831 - 1834
2.

(

) * 1835
3.

(

) 1836 - 1882
4.

(

) 1838 - 1891

Spouses

1. 1892
Louise Fredericke Auguste
d'Alten
(
Montagu
,
Cavendish
) 1832 - 1911

Descendants

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Sources

Family Archivists: see
Cavendish

Census

1881 census (son - Devonshire House, London, , , England)
1891 census (lodger - Ascott House, Wing, Beds., , England)

Timeline

23rd Jul 1833	Born London, England
3rd Apr 1881	Son in 1881 census (census) London, England
1891	Spencer Compton Cavendish ( d'Alten ) 1833 - 1908 inherited the title Devonshire [D]
1891	Lodger in 1891 census (census) Wing, Beds., England
1892	Married Louise Fredericke Auguste d'Alten ( Montagu , Cavendish ) 1832 - 1911
1908	Died

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