Lord James Cavendish (MP for Derby)

Portrait of Lord James Cavendish, painted by German artist Godfrey Kneller

Lord James Cavendish FRS (bef. 1707 – 14 December 1751) of Staveley Hall, Derbyshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons and the British House of Commons. He was a son of the 1st Duke of Devonshire and a member of the Cavendish family.