Charles Cavendish

Charles Cavendish may refer to:

  • Charles Cavendish (Nottingham) (ca. 1594–1654), English political figure (MP 1624, 1628, 1640); renowned as patron of mathematicians and philosophers
  • Charles Cavendish (general) (1620-1643)
  • Lord Charles Cavendish (1704–1783), English political figure (MP 1725–41); also scientist; Copley Medal in 1757 for research on thermometers
  • Charles Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham (1793–1863), English political figure; Liberal MP (1814–18, 1821–30, 1831–57)
  • Charles Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham (1850–1907), English political figure; Conservative; in House of Lords from 1882; last Master of the Buckhounds
  • Lord Charles Arthur Francis Cavendish (1905–1944), English member of the noble family; married dancer Adele Astaire in 1932
  • Charles Cavendish, 7th Baron Chesham (born 1974), English member of the noble family; succeeded his father as 7th Baron Chesham in 2009.