Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase
1879. _Kaliprasanna’s Life of sir L. Cavagnari_ 1881, _portrait_;
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_Shadbolt’s Afghan campaign_ (1882) 37–41, _portrait_; _Graphic
xx_, 4, 29, 261, 304 (1879), _portraits_.
CAVE, SIR STEPHEN (_eld. son of Daniel Cave of Cleve hill near
Bristol 1789–1872_). _b._ Clifton 28 Dec. 1820; ed. at Harrow and
Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1843, M.A. 1846; barrister I.T. 20 Nov.
1846; M.P. for New Shoreham 29 April 1859 to 24 March 1880;
paymaster general and vice pres. of board of trade 10 July 1866 to
Dec. 1868; P.C. 10 July 1866; judge advocate and paymaster general
25 Feb. 1874 to Nov. 1875; paymaster general Nov. 1875 to 24 March
1880; went on a special mission to Egypt, Dec. 1875; chairman of
West India committee; G.C.B. 20 March 1880. _d._ Chambéry, Savoy 6
June 1880, personalty sworn under £350,000 21 Aug. 1880. _I.L.N.
lxvii_, 581 (1875), _portrait_; _Graphic xi_, 574, 589 (1875),
_portrait_.
CAVE-BROWNE-CAVE, SIR JOHN ROBERT, 10 Baronet. _b._
Stretton-en-le-Field near Ashby-de-la-Zouch 4 March 1798;
succeeded 22 Aug. 1838; sheriff of Derbyshire 1844. _d._ Stretton
hall 11 Nov. 1855.
CAVENDISH, FREDERICK CHARLES (_2 son of 7 Duke of Devonshire, b.
1808_). _b._ Compton place, Eastbourne 30 Nov. 1836; ed. at Trin.
coll. Cam., B.A. 1858; private sec. to Earl Granville, pres. of
the council 1859–64; M.P. for north division of west riding of
Yorkshire 15 July 1865 to death; private sec. to W. E. Gladstone,
July 1872 to Aug. 1873; a lord of the treasury, Aug. 1873 to Feb.
1874; financial sec. to the treasury, April 1880 to May 1882;
chief sec. to Earl Spencer, lord lieutenant of Ireland, May 1882,
sworn in at the Castle, Dublin 6 May; stabbed to death in Phœnix
park, Dublin by assassins calling themselves “the Invincibles” 6
May 1882. _bur._ in churchyard of Edensor near Chatsworth 11 May,
a memorial window placed in St. Margaret’s church, Westminster at
cost of members of House of Commons 22 Feb. 1883, statue of him at
Barrow in Furness uncovered 2 June 1885. _C. Brown’s Life of Lord
Beaconsfield ii_, 237 (1882), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xlviii_, 144
(1866), _portrait, lxxx_, 456, 477, 502 (1882), _portrait_.
CAVENDISH, GEORGE HENRY (_2 son of hon. Wm. Cavendish 1783–1812_).
_b._ 19 Aug. 1810; M.P. for North Derbyshire 27 May 1834 to 24
March 1880; raised to rank of an Earl’s son 1837 and to that of a
Duke’s son 1858. _d._ Ashford hall near Bakewell 23 Sep. 1880.
CAVENDISH, HENRY FREDERICK COMPTON (_3 son of 1 Earl of Burlington
1754–1834_). _b._ 5 Nov. 1789; lieut. 10 hussars 22 June 1808;
lieut. col. 1 life guards 10 Jany. 1837 to 9 Nov. 1846; colonel 2
dragoon guards 2 June 1853 to death; general 9 Nov. 1862; M.P. for
Derby 17 June 1818 to 29 Dec. 1834. _d._ Burlington gardens,
London 5 April 1873.
CAW, JOHN YOUNG. _b._ Perth about 1810; ed. at St. Andrew’s and
Trin. coll. Cam.; connected with Bank of Manchester, then with
Manchester and Salford bank; member of Literary and Philosophical
Society of Manchester 1841, librarian 1854–6; F.S.A.; author of
_The necessity and advantage of a bankers clearing house_ 1847;
_Some remarks on the deserted village of Oliver Goldsmith_ 1852.
_d._ Fountain villa, Cheetham hill near Manchester 22 Oct. 1858.
CAWDOR, JOHN FREDERICK CAMPBELL, 1 Earl of (_elder son of John
Campbell 1 baron Cawdor who d. 1 June 1821 aged 71_). _b._ London
8 Nov. 1790; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1812, D.C.L. 1841; F.R.S. 11
June 1812; M.P. for Carmarthen 20 Dec. 1813 to 1 June 1821;
created Viscount Emlyn of Emlyn and Earl of Cawdor 5 Oct. 1827;
lord lieut. of Carmarthenshire 15 May 1852 to death. _d._
Stackpoole court, Pembrokeshire 7 Nov. 1860.
CAWLEY, CHARLES EDWARD (_son of Samuel Cawley of Gooden house,
Middleton near Manchester_). _b._ Gooden house 7 Feb. 1812; civil
engineer in London and Manchester; engineer to Manchester, Bury,
and Rossendale railway; M.I.C.E. 30 June 1846; alderman of Salford
1859 to death; arbitrator to Board of Trade 1868; M.P. for Salford
17 Nov. 1868 to death. _d._ The Heath, Kersal near Manchester 2 or
9 April 1877. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. l_, 175–7 (1877);
_Graphic xv_, 356 (1877), _portrait_.
CAY, JOHN (_eld. son of Robert Hodshon Cay of North Charlton,
Northumberland, judge admiral of Scotland_). _b._ Edinburgh 31
Aug. 1790; ed. at high school and univ. of Edin.; admitted
advocate 1812; sheriff of Linlithgowshire 1822 to death; F.R.S.
Edin. 1821; member of Royal Scottish Society of Arts; author of
_An analysis of the Scottish reform act 2 parts 1837–40_;
_Analysis of the burgh registration act_; _Outlines of the
procedure at elections for members of parliament_. _d._ Edinburgh
13 Dec. 1865. _Journal of Jurisprudence x_, 24 (1866).
CAYLEY, CHARLES BAGOT (_younger son of Henry Cayley of St.
Petersburg, merchant 1768–1850_). _b._ near St. Petersburg 9 July
1823; ed. at King’s coll. London and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1845;
published _Dante’s Divine comedy, translated in the original
ternary rhyme 4 vols._ 1851–5; _Psyche’s Interludes_ 1857 a small
vol. of poems; _The Psalms in metre_ 1860; _Filippo Malincontri or
student life in Venetia, an autobiography translated from the
Italian 2 vols._ 1861; _The Iliad of Homer, homometrically
translated_ 1877; author with F. Garrido of _History of political
and religious persecutions 2 vols._ 1876. _d._ suddenly of heart
disease at 4 South crescent, Bloomsbury, London, night of 5–6 Dec.
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