[2] His older brother was the lawyer, writer and politician Stephen Cave.
[2] Cave was also the great nephew of Thomas Daniel of Bristol through his grandmother Anne Cave nee Daniel (1763-1851) who was Thomas's older sister by one year.
[4] He served as Justice of the Peace for Devonshire and Gloucestershire representing both counties also as Deputy Lieutenant.
[5] Cave was first director of the Union Bank of London and after a merger of the Union of London and Smith's Bank Ltd.[5] On 21 July 1896, he was created a baronet, of Cleve Hill, in the parish of Mangotsfield, in the County of Gloucester, of Sidbury Manor, in the parish of Sidbury, in the County of Devon, and of Stoneleigh House, in the parish of Clifton, in the City and County of Bristol.
[3] His oldest having predeceased him in 1901, Cave was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Charles.