Baron Waterpark

Barony of Waterpark
1 Quarterly: 1st & 4th, Sable, three bucks heads caboshed argent attired or within a border of the second (Cavendish); 2nd & 3rd: Argent, two bendlets, the upper sable and lower gules (Bradshaw)
Creation date	14 June 1792
Created by	George III
Peerage	Peerage of Ireland
First holder	Sarah, Lady Cavendish
Present holder	Roderick Cavendish, 8th Baron Waterpark
Heir apparent	Hon. Luke Cavendish
Remainder to	Heirs male of the first baroness's body
Status	Extant
Former seat(s)	Doveridge Hall
Motto	Cavendo tutus ("Secure by caution")

Doveridge Hall, Derbyshire

Baron Waterpark of Waterpark in the County of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1792 for Sarah, Lady Cavendish, in honour of her husband, Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet. Sir Henry Cavendish was a politician who represented Lismore and Killybegs in the Irish House of Commons and served as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and as Receiver-General of Ireland. From 1768 to 1774 he sat in the British House of Commons for Lostwithiel.

Cavendish and Lady Waterpark were both succeeded by their son Richard, the second Baron and third Baronet. His eldest son, the third Baron, represented Knaresborough, Derbyshire South and Lichfield in the House of Commons as a Liberal and served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip) under Lord John Russell, Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston. This line of the family failed on the death of his grandson, the fifth Baron, in 1932. The late Baron was succeeded by his second cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the grandson of a younger son of the second Baron. As of 2013, the titles are held by the latter's great-nephew, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in that year.

The Cavendish baronetcy, of Doveridge Hall, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1755 for Henry Cavendish. He notably represented Lismore in the Irish House of Commons. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet. The Cavendishes of Doveridge were descended from Henry Cavendish, illegitimate son of another Henry Cavendish, of Tutbury Priory. This Henry was the eldest son of Sir William Cavendish by his wife Bess of Hardwick, and thus elder brother of William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire.

The family seat of Doveridge Hall was demolished about 1938. There were other illegitimate sons sired in Derbyshire by Henry Cavendish. One son, Robert Cavendish, was allegedly the result of a lifelong relationship with a mistress whom he kept at Ufton Manor in Oakerthorpe.

Cavendish baronets of Doveridge Hall (1755)

• Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet (1707–1776)
• Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet (1732–1804)
• Sir Richard Cavendish, 3rd Baronet (1765–1830) (succeeded as Baron Waterpark in 1807)

Barons Waterpark (1792)

• Sarah Cavendish, 1st Baroness Waterpark (1740–1807)
• Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark (1765–1830)
• Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark (1793–1863)
• Henry Anson Cavendish, 4th Baron Waterpark (1839–1912)
• Charles Frederick Cavendish, 5th Baron Waterpark (1883–1932)
• Henry Sheppard Hart Cavendish, 6th Baron Waterpark (1876–1948)
• Frederick Caryll Phillip Cavendish, 7th Baron Waterpark (1926–2013)
• Roderick Alexander Cavendish, 8th Baron Waterpark (born 1959)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Luke Frederick Cavendish (born 1990).

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Cavendish baronets, of Doveridge Hall, and Barons/Baronesses Waterpark.

Sir Henry Cavendish 1st Baronet 1707–1776 Baron(ess) Waterpark Sir Henry Cavendish 2nd Baronet 1732–1804 Sarah Cavendish 1st Baroness Waterpark (née Bradshaw) 1740–1807 Richard Cavendish 2nd Baron Waterpark 3rd Baronet 1765–1830 Henry Cavendish 3rd Baron Waterpark 1793–1863 Hon. Richard Cavendish 1794–1876 Henry Cavendish 4th Baron Waterpark 1839–1912 William Cavendish 1843–1878 Hon. Henry Cavendish 1875–1897 Charles Cavendish 5th Baron Waterpark 1883–1932 Henry Cavendish 6th Baron Waterpark 1876–1948 Brig. Gen. Frederick Cavendish 1877–1931 Frederick Cavendish 7th Baron Waterpark 1926–2013 Roderick Cavendish 8th Baron Waterpark 9th Baronet born 1959 Hon. Luke Cavendish born 1990

See also

• Duke of Devonshire