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Authorised form of nameCavendish; Lord; James (c 1673 - 1751)
Datesc 1673 - 1751
NationalityBritish
Date of birthc. 1673
Date of death14 December 1751
ActivityCareer:
MP for Derby (1701-1702, 1705-1710, 1715-1742); Auditor of Foreign Revenues (Ireland) (1742-death)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/04/1719
RelationshipsSon of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (FRS 1663) and his wife, Mary, daughter of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde; married Anne, daughter of Elihu Yale, Governor of Fort St George (FRS 1717); uncle of Lord Charles Cavendish (FRS 1727)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Sedgwick
Notes:
Proposed by William Jones; Robert Balle
CodeNA7395
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