Cavendish (surname)
English surname
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Cavendish (/ˈkævəndɪʃ/ KAV-ən-dish) is an English toponymic surname, deriving from a placename in Suffolk.
Etymologically, the placename is believed to derive from Old English Cafa/Cafna, a personal byname from caf 'bold, daring', plus edisc 'enclosure; enclosed pasture'.[1][2][3]
Spelling has varied considerably over time;[4]: 31 Cavendish, Suffolk was first recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book, as Kavandisc,[3]. The derived surname appears as Kanauadisc in 1086,[4] de Cavendis in 1201,[3] Cavenedis circa 1190[4] and in 1242,[3] and de Cavendish in 1302.[5] Shortened forms of the name (via Middle English spellings like Cauendish and Caundish) have included Candish and Cantis/Candis,[6][3] though the latter has also been independently derived from Candace/Candice,[citation needed] originally a Biblical given name.
Notable people surnamed Cavendish
- Ada Cavendish (1839–1895), British actress
- Anthony Cavendish (1927–2013), British intelligence officer
- Camilla Cavendish (born 1968), British journalist
- Lord Charles Cavendish (1704–1783), British nobleman, Whig politician and scientist
- Charles Cavendish (1793–1863), British Liberal politician
- George Cavendish (writer) (c. 1494 – 1562) English writer and biographer of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
- Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), British physicist, discoverer of hydrogen
- Lucy Cavendish (1841–1925), British pioneer of women's education
- Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673), English aristocrat, writer, and philosopher
- Mark Cavendish (born 1985), Manx cyclist
- Michael Cavendish (c. 1565–1628), English composer
- Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (born 1944), British peer and owner of Pratt's Club
- Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781), British MP
- Lord Richard Cavendish (1871–1946), British MP, aristocrat, author, magistrate
- Richard Cavendish (occult writer) (1930–2016), British writer on topics dealing with the occult
- Robin Cavendish (1930–1994), British advocate for disabled people
- Sid Cavendish (1876–1954), English footballer with Southampton and Clapton Orient
- Thomas Cavendish (1560–1592), English admiral, and namesake of Cavendish tobacco
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Notable people with the middle name Cavendish
- John Cavendish Browne, 3rd Baron Kilmaine
- Cavendish Boyle (1849–1916), British civil servant and magistrate
- Henrietta Cavendish Holles (1694–1755), Countess of Oxford
- Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, British Army officer
- Albert Cavendish Shillingford (1882–1938), Dominican businessman
- Robert Cavendish Spencer, English naval officer and noble
Notable people with the given name Cavendish
- Cavendish W. Cannon, American diplomat
- Cavendish Morton (actor), British actor
- Cavendish Morton (artist), British painter
See also
- Cavendish family, the family of the dukes of Devonshire and Newcastle
