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Cavendish is the surname of a British noble family, also known as the House of Cavendish, descended from Sir John Cavendish of Cavendish in the country of Suffolk (c. 1346–1381), which has held the following peerages:

• The dukedom of Devonshire
• The dukedom of Newcastle

• Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004) , British government minister.
• Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, (1920- ) Mitford sister and writer.
• Edward Cavendish (1838-1891), British politician
• Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895–1950), Minister in Winston Churchill's wartime cabinet
• Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1870-1960), Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary
• Lord Frederick Cavendish (1836-1882), British Liberal politician
• George Cavendish (1500–c.1562), English writer, biographer of Cardinal Wolsey
• Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), socialite
• Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), scientist, for whom the Cavendish Laboratory is named.
• Lord John Cavendish (1734-1796), English politician
• Louisa, Duchess of Devonshire (1832-1911) the "Double Duchess"
• Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), English writer
• Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1895-1988) Mistress of the Robes to Elizabeth II
• Peregrine Cavendish (born 1944), 12th Duke of Devonshire, horse racing devotie
• Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908), British Liberal statesman
• Thomas Cavendish (1555-1592), "The Navigator", British explorer
• Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868–1938), British politician, Governor General of Canada (1916-1921)
• William Cavendish (1505-1557), English courtier
• William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676) English soldier, politician and writer
• William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, (1698-1755) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1737-44.
• William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720-64) briefly Prime Minister of Great Britain
• William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), Lord Chamberlain to King William IV
• William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808—1891), Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1861-1891
• William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (1917–1944), killed in action, Belgium - World War II
• Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish (1920–1948), daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
• William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (born 1969), professional photographer

The 3rd to 9th Dukes of Portland were descended from the Cavendish family in the female line and took the surname Cavendish-Bentinck or a variant thereof. Their principal seat, Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire came to them through the Cavendish connection.

Other people with the surname Cavendish include:

• Ada Cavendish (1839-1895), famous British actress, made her debut at the New Royal Theatre in 1863
• Sir Thomas Cavendish (1564-1593), English admiral

Cavendish also occurs in the names of these people:

• Charles Cavendish Boyle (1849-1916), British colonial administrator
• Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894-1938), British politician
• William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), British politician and Prime Minister

Cavendish is also the name of several places:

• Cavendish, Alberta, Canada
• Cavendish, Bermuda
• Cavendish, Idaho, Nez Perce County, Idaho
• Cavendish, Missouri, Livingston County, Missouri
• Cavendish, Newfoundland, Canada
• Cavendish, Ontario, Canada
• Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Cavendish, Queensland, Australia, administrative district, (27º 25' S 152º 10' E [152.167º)
• Cavendish, Suffolk, England
• Cavendish, Vermont, United States
• Cavendish, Victoria, Australia, town (37º 31' S - 142º 02' E [142.043º)
• Cavendish Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
• Cavendish crater on the moon
• Cavendish Hall at University of Nottingham
• Cavendish Lake, Ontario, Canada
• Lac Cavendish Quebec, Canada, lake
• Fort Cavendish, Randolph County, Illinois
• Mount Cavendish, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Cavendish Square, London

Other meanings of Cavendish include:

• Cavendish banana, dominant commercial variety of banana.
• Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge
• Cavendish Tobacco is both a type, and brand, of pipe tobacco

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