Lord Frederick Cavendish

Lord Frederick Cavendish
1883 copy by John D. Miller after a 1874 William Blake Richmond portrait of Cavendish
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office
6 May 1882
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byWilliam Edward Forster
Succeeded byGeorge Trevelyan
Personal details
Born30 November 1836 (1836-11-30)
Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Died6 May 1882(1882-05-06) (aged 45)
PartyLiberal
Spouse
(m. 1864)
Parents
RelativesGeorge Lyttelton (father-in-law)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
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Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish PC (30 November 1836 – 6 May 1882) was a British Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone. Cavendish was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882 but was killed along with Thomas Henry Burke in what came to be known as the Phoenix Park Murders only hours after his arrival in Dublin, a victim of the Irish National Invincibles organisation.