Lord Frederick Cavendish

For other people with the same name, see Frederick Cavendish (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Lord Frederick Cavendish by John D. Miller,
published 1883 (after Sir William Blake Richmond, exh. RA 1874)
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office
6 May 1882
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byWilliam Edward Forster
Succeeded byGeorge Trevelyan
Personal details
Born30 November 1836 (1836-11-30)
Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Died6 May 1882(1882-05-06) (aged 45)
Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
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(m. 1864)​
Parents
RelativesGeorge Lyttelton (father-in-law)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Cavendish impaling Lyttelton, funeral hatchment of Lucy Lyttelton, wife of Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish, St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
Statue in Barrow-in-Furness

Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish[1] PC (30 November 1836 – 6 May 1882) was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone. Cavendish was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882 but was killed along with Thomas Henry Burke in what came to be known as the Phoenix Park Murders only hours after his arrival in Dublin, a victim of the Irish National Invincibles organisation.

  1. ^ As the son of an earl whom he predeceased, Cavendish did not himself hold a noble title, but was entitled to the style of "Lord" as a courtesy.