Charles Cavendish, 7th Baron Chesham

Charles Gray Compton Cavendish, 7th Baron Chesham (born 11 November 1974), is the current Baron Chesham having succeeded to the title on 27 August 2009 on the death of his father, Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham.[1]

A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham was the first son of Nicholas Charles Cavendish and Suzanne Adrienne Byrne, his second wife whom he married in 1973. He is also in the line of succession to the Dukedom of Devonshire, he is a descedant of Mary Boleyn the aunt of Elizabeth I of England

Baron Chesham married Sarah Elizabeth Dawson, daughter of Bruce Dawson on 15 Jun 2002.

They have two children:

  • Hon. Isabella Alannah Suzanne Cavendish (b. 12 April 2004)
  • Hon. Oliver Nicholas Bruce Cavendish (b. 15 February 2007)[2]

Charles Cavendish also has one brother, the Hon. William George Gray Compton, b. 1980.

References

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Nicholas Cavendish
Baron Chesham
2009–present
Incumbent
Heir:
Oliver Cavendish


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