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Biography of Frederick Charles Cavendish 1836-1882

Paternal Family Tree: Cavendish

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Maria Mordaunt 1771

Before 6th May 1682 Frederick Charles Cavendish was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland.

In 1829 [his father] William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 20) and [his mother] Blanche Georgiana Howard (age 16) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 55) and [his grandmother] Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 45). They were second cousins.

On 30th November 1836 Frederick Charles Cavendish was born to William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 28) and Blanche Georgiana Howard (age 24) at Compton Place Eastbourne. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.65%.

On 27th April 1840 [his mother] Blanche Georgiana Howard (age 28) died.

On 7th June 1864 Frederick Charles Cavendish (age 27) and Lucy Caroline Lyttelton (age 22) were married. No issue. He the son of William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire (age 56) and Blanche Georgiana Howard. They were third cousins.

Phoenix Park Killings

On 6th May 1882 Frederick Charles Cavendish (age 45) was assassinated at Phoenix Park, Dublin during the Phoenix Park Killings. He was buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].

After 6th May 1882. Cartmel Priory, Lancashire [Map]. Monument to Frederick Charles Cavendish (deceased). Sculpted by Thomas Woolner (age 56). Marble effigy on alabaster tomb chest. See Phoenix Park Killings.

On 11th May 1882. St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 62) sent a wreath of everlasting flowers for the funeral of Frederick Charles Cavendish (deceased) whose memorial is in the Cavendish chapel.

On 22nd April 1925 [his former wife] Lucy Caroline Lyttelton (age 83) died at her home The Glebe, Penshurt. She was buried at the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. Memorial at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire.

Lucy Caroline Lyttelton: On 5th September 1841 she was born to George William Lyttelton 4th Baron Lyttelton and Mary Glynne Lady Lyttelton at Hagley Hall, Worcestershire. In 1863 she was appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. On 7th June 1864 Frederick Charles Cavendish and she were married. No issue. He the son of William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire and Blanche Georgiana Howard. They were third cousins.

Frederick Charles Cavendish 1836-1882 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Frederick Charles Cavendish 1836-1882

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Frederick Charles Cavendish 1836-1882

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hale

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Augustus Henry Cavendish 1st Earl Burlington 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Noel Countess Burlington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Cavendish 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Compton 4th Earl of Northampton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Compton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Fox Countess Northampton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Berkeley Lucy 3rd Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lucy 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Cotton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Compton Countess Burlington 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Noel Duchess Beaufort 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Somerset Countess Northampton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Symes Berkeley 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Norborne

Father: William Cavendish 7th Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandMother: Louisa O'Callaghan

Frederick Charles Cavendish 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Howard 2nd Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Howard 3rd Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Uvedale Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4th Earl Carlisle 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Capell Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Byron 3rd Baron Byron

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Byron 4th Baron Byron 14 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chaworth Baroness Byron 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Byron Countess Carlisle 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Berkeley Baroness Byron 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Temple Baroness Berkeley

GrandFather: George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford

Mother: Blanche Georgiana Howard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hale

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Noel Countess Burlington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Spencer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Churchill Countess Sunderland 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Georgiana Caroline Carteret 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Worsley Countess Granville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Poyntz 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Poyntz 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Lewis Mordaunt 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Maria Mordaunt 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England