Person:George Cavendish (4)

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George Henry Compton Cavendish
b.14 Oct 1784
d.22 Jan 1809
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m. 27 Feb 1782
  1. William Cavendish1783 - 1812
  2. George Henry Compton Cavendish1784 - 1809
  3. Lady Anne Cavendish1787 - 1871
  4. Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish1789 - 1873
  5. Charles Compton Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham1793 - 1863
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Name George Henry Compton Cavendish
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 14 Oct 1784
Death[1][2] 22 Jan 1809
Reference Number? Q5540437?


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Hon. George Henry Compton Cavendish (14 October 1784 – 22 January 1809) was an English Whig politician and British Army officer, the son of Lord George Cavendish, later Earl of Burlington. He was educated at Eton College.

He was commissioned Cornet in the 7th Dragoons in 1801, and subsequently promoted Lieutenant in 1802, Captain in 1804, and Major in 1808, when in the latter year he joined his regiment serving in the Peninsular War. He was evacuated from Corunna but was drowned at the age of 24 when his transport ship, , sank in a storm off the Cornwall coast in January 1809 on arrival in British waters.[1]

He served as MP for the borough of Aylesbury from 1806 until his death in 1809, predeceasing his father.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 George Henry Compton Cavendish, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 CAVENDISH, George Henry Compton (1784-1809), of Compton Place, Suss., in The History of Parliament.
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