Lucy Cavendish | |
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 Lucy Cavendish at about the time of her marriage | |
| Born | Lucy Caroline Lyttelton 5 September 1841 Hagley Hall, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 22 April 1925 (aged 83) |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton Mary Glynne |
| Relatives | Lyttelton family |
Lucy Caroline Cavendish, also known as Lady Frederick Cavendish (née Lyttelton; 5 September 1841 – 22 April 1925), was a pioneer of women's education.
A daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, she married into another aristocratic family, the Cavendishes, in 1864. Eighteen years later her husband, Lord Frederick Cavendish, was murdered in Dublin by Irish republicans (a victim of the Phoenix Park murders). After his death she devoted much of her time to the cause of girls' and women's education, for which she was honoured in her lifetime with an honorary degree, and posthumously when, in 1965, Cambridge University named its first post-graduate college for women after her.