The son of the first earl of Burlington; educated at Cambridge, he was MP for Derby borough (1812-34).

REFERENCES TO Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 October 1824 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)