Lord Frederick Cavendish

The Right Honourable Lord Frederick Cavendish
Lord Frederick Cavendish by John D. Miller, published 1883 (after Sir William Blake Richmond, exh. RA 1874)
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office 6 May 1882
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	William Edward Forster
Succeeded by	George Trevelyan
Personal details
Born	30 November 1836 (1836-11-30) Compton Place, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Died	6 May 1882(1882-05-06) (aged 45) Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Hon. Lucy Lyttelton ​ (m. 1864)​
Parents	William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire Lady Blanche Howard
Relatives	George Lyttelton (father-in-law)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish^[1] PC (30 November 1836 – 6 May 1882) was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone. Cavendish was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882 but was killed along with Thomas Henry Burke in what came to be known as the Phoenix Park Murders only hours after his arrival in Dublin, a victim of the Irish National Invincibles organisation.