George Cavendish
George Cavendish (c.
1500-c.
1562), was the great-grandson of Sir
John Cavendish from whom the
Dukes of Devonshire and the
Dukes of Newcastle inherited the family name of
Cavendish. George was an English courtier and
author and the brother of
William Cavendish, the third husband of
Bess of Hardwick. He became a gentleman-usher to Cardinal
Thomas Wolsey in his late twenties. In his retirement at Glemsford,
Suffolk, he wrote
Life of Cardinal Wolsey which was published posthumously.
