Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness


Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness , otherwise known as Hugh Cavendish, is a British Conservative politician and landowner.
Lord Cavendish owns Holker Hall and its 17,000 acre estate overlooking Morecambe Bay in Cumbria. The property became part of this branch of the Cavendish family's inheritance via his grandfather, Lord Richard Cavendish CB.

Life

Educated at Eton College, he was created a life peer as Baron Cavendish of Furness, of Cartmel in the County of Cumbria, on the advice of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 17 May 1990 and served as a Lord-in-waiting. He and his son, Hon. Freddy Cavendish, are in remainder to the dukedom of Devonshire.
Lord Cavendish is the chairman of the Holker Estate Group and has also chaired the Morecambe and Lonsdale Conservative Association as well as the board of governors of St Anne's School, Windermere. He is currently a director of Nirex Ltd and served as High Sheriff of Cumbria and a member of the Cumbria County Council. He became president of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain in 2008. He is also chairman of the Burlington Stone Company.
Lord Cavendish is the president of South Cumbria Rivers Trust.

Marriage

Hugh Cavendish married, in 1970, Grania Caulfeild, only daughter of Brigadier Toby Caulfeild, CBE, and they have one son and two daughters.

Arms