

OBITUARY. 



LORD WATERPARK. 



The death took place at his seat.Doveridge, Stafford- 

 shire, on Saturday morning, of Henry Anson Caven- 

 dish, fourth Lord Waterpark in the peerage of Ireland. 



Lord Waterpark was tlie only son of the third baron 

 by his marriage with Elizabeth Jane (Extra Lady of 

 the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria), daughter of 

 Thomas, first Viscount Anson, and sister of the first 

 Earl of Lichfield. He was born in 1839 and educated 

 at Harrow. Lord Waterpark was in the Foreign 

 OflBce for a few years after leaving school, but loft 

 the Service after his succession to the title in 18C3. For 

 many years he took an active part in local affairs, 

 and was a member of the Derbyshire County Council. 

 In 1893 he was appointed vice-chairman of that body, 

 and he became chairman six years later. He resigned 

 in 1901. He was once a prominent figure in the 

 hunting field, and for a time was Master of the Meynell 

 Hounds. He maintained his interest in the pack to 

 the end, and frequently presided at the annual busi- 

 ness meetings. 



Lord Waterpark married, in 1873, Emily, daughter 

 of the late Mr. John Stenning, and had a family of 

 two sons and three daughters. His second daughter 

 is the wife of Mr. George Ashton Strutt, of Brailsf ord, 

 Derbyshire, elder son of Mr. George Herbert Strutt, 

 of Bridge Hill. His elder son, the Hon. Henry 

 Cavendish, a subaltern in the Kiiie Brigade, died in 

 1897 tinmarried, and the successor to the title is his 

 younger son, the Hon. Charles Frederick Cavendish, 

 a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who was born in i 

 1883. The heir presumptive is now Mr. Henry 

 Sheppard Hart Cavendish, a great-grandson of the I 

 second baron through the latter's second son. 



