Family and Education
b. in or aft. 1594, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Charles Cavendish† (d. 4 Apr. 1617) of Welbeck, and 2nd w. Catherine (d. 20 Apr. 1629), da. and coh. of Cuthbert, 7th Baron Ogle.CP, ‘William Cavendish, 1st of Newcastle’. educ. household of Gilbert Talbot†, 7th earl of Shrewsbury;The Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, ed. C.H. Firth (1906), 1. embassy, Savoy 1612;Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure (1939), i. 339. Oxf. 30 Apr. 1613.Al. Ox. unm. Life of Cavendish, ed. Firth, 115. Kntd. 10 Aug. 1619.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 173. d. 4 Feb. 1654.A.S. Turberville, Welbeck Abbey and its Owners (1938-9), i. 135.
Offices Held
Civic: freeman, Nottingham c.Jan. 1624–?d.
Local: commr. sewers, Yorks. (N. Riding) 30 June 1627, 28 Apr. 1632;
: of Welbeck Abbey, Notts.; later of Wellingore, Lincs.
CAVENDISH
Likenesses
Likenesses: oils, school of A. Van Dyck.
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Commons 1640-1660
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CAVENDYSSHE (CAVENDISH), Sir Charles (d. 1654), of Welbeck Abbey, Notts.; later of Wellingore, Lincs.
Will
admon. 24 May 1654.PROB6/29, f. 98.
Estates
left 1,000 marks in his father’s will.PROB11/129, f. 500v. In 1649, his estate consisted of capital messuage of Wellingore, Lincs.; manor of Barlaston, Staffs.; manor of Slingsby and lands in Slingsby, Fryton, Hovingham, North Ings and Sheriff Hutton, Yorks.; manors and boroughs of Bearl, Bothal, Brunton, Hepple, Hexam, Moralee, Newton Hall and Ogle, Northumb. in all worth £1,671 p.a.SP23/217, pp. 29, 31, 34, 43. His debts amounted to £1,360, and his estate was charged with annuities of £300 p.a.SP23/217, pp. 43-4. Margaret, countess of Newcastle reckoned his estate to be worth £2,000 p.a.Life of Cavendish, ed. Firth, 77.
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