Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark FSA (13 July 1765 – 1 June 1830), was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.Edmund Lodge, The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing (Saunders and Otley, 1833), 441.
Early life Waterpark was the son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet and Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark.
Waterpark succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1804 and his mother's barony in 1807, at which point the two titles merged.The Present Peerage of the United Kingdom (John Stockdale, 1821), 145.
Career He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Portarlington between 1790 and 1797.ThePeerage.com (entry #65883) http://www.thepeerage.com/p6589.htm#i65883 He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Personal life On 6 August 1789, he was married to Juliana Cooper, the daughter of Thomas Cooper. Together they had nine children.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry Cavendish.Edmund Lodge, The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing (Saunders and Otley, 1833), 441.
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