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Cavendish, Charles (1595 - 1653/4)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1595 (possibly born in this year)
Death Date: 1654-02-04

Notes

Resided on the Continent 1644--1651

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1619-08-10
    Vacated: 1654

Details of Offices

Began
MP, Nottinghamshire 1624
MP, Nottinghamshire 1628
MP, Nottinghamshire 1640

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bolsover, Derbyshire
    Acquired: 1651
    Confiscated from brother William, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Welbeck Abbey, Derbyshire
    Acquired: 1651
    Confiscated from brother William, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Cavendish's Waits

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Cavendish's Waits Cavendish, Charles (1595 - 1654) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.