CAVENDISH – THE HON CHARLES WILLIAM HUGH
| Born: 1878/09/13 Rank: 2ND LIEUT. Regiment: LANCERS – 17TH GPS: S25°48.371 E28°29.394 |
Reason for death: KILLED IA Place of death: DIAMOND HILL / DONKERHOEK Date of death: 1900/06/11 Memorial: DIAMOND HILL – EAST OF PRETORIA |
Note: LIEUT. CAVENDISH WAS THE ELDEST SON OF CHARLES COMPTON WILLIAM CAVENDISH, 3RD BARON CHESHAM, LORD CAVENDISH (1850-1907) AND BEATRICE CONSTANCE GROSVENOR, LADY CHESHAM (1858-1911), DAUGHTER OF THE 1ST DUKE OF WESTMINSTER. LORD CHESHAM WAS ELECTED TO COMMAND THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WAR. TOGETHER WITH GEORGIANA ELIZABETH SPENCER-CHURCHILL, COUNTESS HOWE (1860-1906), LADY CHESHAM WAS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IDEA BEHIND, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF, THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY HOSPITAL AT DEELFONTEIN. IN THE KAROO.
