Lord Richard Cavendish (1794–1876)

The Hon.Richard Cavendish (23 December 1794 – 18 March 1876) was an English nobleman, politician, Member of Parliament, and a member of the Canterbury Association.

Cavendish was born in Waterpark, County Cork, Ireland, in 1794. He was the second son of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark and Juliana Cooper.Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet, was his grandfather. His elder brother Henry Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark succeeded his father in the baronetcy. His sister Sarah Georgiana Cavendish married Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet. His sister Catherine Cavendish married Bishop Thomas Musgrave. On 22 July 1841, he married Elizabeth Maria Margaret Hart at Uttoxeter.

He went into civil service in 1811 for the East India Company. In the 1820s, he was a Member of Parliament. By 1831, he lived in Gwalior, India. He was an envoy in Nagpur by 1835. He became a director of the East India Company. This was followed by roles as magistrate in Stafford, deputy lieutenant for Staffordshire, and deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire. In 1851, he was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

On 27 March 1848, he joined the Canterbury Association and immediately became a member of the management committee. It was an organisation set up to establish a colony to be known as Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand. Together with Lord Lyttelton, John Simeon and Edward Gibbon Wakefield, he guaranteed ₤15,000 to the Canterbury Association, which saved it from financial collapse.

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