Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish

Lord Charles Cavendish
Adele and Charles Cavendish (1932)
Born(1905-08-29)29 August 1905
Cark-in-Cartmel, Lancashire[1]
Died23 March 1944(1944-03-23) (aged 38)
Burial placeLismore Cathedral
Spouse
(m. 1932)
Parent(s)Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice

Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (29 August 1905 – 23 March 1944)[2] was a British peer from the Cavendish family. He was the second son of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Lady Evelyn Petty-FitzMaurice. Married to American dancer Adele Astaire, he died young of alcoholism.

  1. ^ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 September 1905. p. 1.
  2. ^ CAVENDISH, Lord Charles A. F., Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014