Lord Henry Cavendish

{{Short description|English nobleman and politician}}

{{Other people|Henry Cavendish}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lord Henry Cavendish

| office = Member of Parliament for Derby

| image = File:British (English) School - Lord Henry Cavendish (1673–1700) - 1129272 - National Trust.jpg

| country = England

| birth_date = 1673

| death_date = 10 May 1700 (aged about 27)

| children = Hon. Mary Cavendish

| spouse = Rhoda Cartwright

| monarch = William III of England

| termstart = 1695

| termend = 10 May 1700

}}

Lord Henry Cavendish (1673 – 10 May 1700) was an English nobleman and politician, the second surviving son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/cavendish-lord-henry-1673-1700|title=Cavendish, Lord Henry (1673–1700), of Soho Square, Mdx. and Latimer, Bucks|publisher=History of Parliament Online|accessdate=9 September 2015}}

Cavendish was educated abroad, traveling through Austria, Germany, and the Low Countries, and attending the University of Padua in 1691. He was elected a member of parliament for Derby in 1695

On 3 August 1696, he married Rhoda Cartwright (d. 1730), daughter of William Cartwright, and had one daughter, the Hon. Mary Cavendish (3 January 1700 – 29 July 1778, Hammersmith), who married John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland in August 1716.{{cite book|title=Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire|date=1914|publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited|page=622|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVggAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA622|accessdate=9 December 2016|language=en}}

Cavendish died young on 10 May 1700, as reported by Edward Southwell on 11 May 1700: "My Lord Henry Cavendish, after suffering above a fortnight violently under a dead palsy died yesterday morning."

Cavendish was buried in the family vault at All Saints church Derby (now Derby Cathedral) on 17 May 1700, near his family's estate, Chatsworth. According to one newspaper account of his death, the young Cavendish was "much lamented, he being one of the most accomplished gentlemen in England."