Politician. He was a 19th century British politician, who was assassinated on May 6, 1882 in Phoenix Park in Dublin along with Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Under-Secretary. Lord Frederick Cavendish was the newly appointed British Chief Secretary of Ireland. Having taken the oath as chief secretary at the Castle in Dublin that morning, he had arrived in Ireland less than twelve hours before the fatal stabbings by five men, who were members of a radical Fenian group, the Irish National Invincibles. Burke, who had actually been the target of the crime, was attacked first. While Cavendish was making an attempt to defend Burke, his own life was taken. All five aggressors were eventually arrested, brought to trial, and executed in 1883. The crime became to be known as the "Phoenix Park Murders." Born the second son to survive to adulthood of William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Lady Blanche Howard, fourth daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, he was elected to parliament as a Liberal for the Northern Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire on July 15, 1865, retaining that office until his death. His father and his two brothers were all Members of Parliament. After being educated at home, he graduated from Trinity College at Cambridge in 1858 with B.A. degree. For his military service, he served as a cornet with the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry. His political career began with being private secretary to Lord Granville from 1859 to 1864. This followed with serving as private secretary to Prime Minister William Gladstone from July of 1872 to August of 1873 then being a junior Lord of the Treasury. Prime Minister Gladstone's wife was an aunt of his wife, Lucy Lyttelton. Before being appointed by Gladstone to the office of Chief Secretary of Ireland, he served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from April of 1880 to May of 1882. After the assassination, his remains were returned to England for burial. Among the estimated 30,000 mourners at his funeral, 300 were members of the House of Commons, who were transported by a special train to the funeral. With the trial of journalist Richard Pigott, who was the forger of "The Parnell Letters," the assassination continued to be covered in the newspaper until 1888. His wife Lucy served as a maid of honor to Queen Victoria. Married for eighteen years, the couple was childless. He is honored inside St Peter's Church at Edensor, a stained glass window donated by the House of Commons; inside Cartmel Priory church, a Carrara marble sculptured memorial by Thomas Woolner; inside St Margaret's Church in Westminster, a stained glass window and a bronze plaque; outside the courthouse in Barrow-in-Furness, a larger-than-life statue; and a memorial at Bolton Abbey Priory in North Yorkshire.