Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham

Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham

Nicholas Charles Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham (1941-2009), was a British Conservative politician.

A member of the Cavendish family headed by the Duke of Devonshire, Chesham was the son of John Cavendish, 5th Baron Chesham and Mary Edmunds Marshall. He took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1989, and served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Government Whip in the House of Lords) from 1995 to 1997 in the Conservative administration of John Major. However, he lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament. He married first on 4 November 1965 to Susan Donne Beauchamp. They divorced in 1969. Nicholas then married Suzanne Adrienne Byrne, in 1973. He died on 27 August 2009.[1]

They had two sons:

References

  1. ^ Succession confirmation for 7th Baron, Retrieved 1 September 2009
Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Inglewood
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1995–1997
Succeeded by
The Lord Macintosh of Haringey
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Cavendish
Baron Chesham
1989–2009
Succeeded by
Charles Cavendish

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