Henry Cavendish, son of 1st Earl of Burlington and heiress Lady Elizabeth Compton.

He was brought up on the family estates in south Wales and his coming of age in 1868 was a major event in the town of Llandeilo.

His chances there appeared to be negligible given the growing industrial population which had been a key factor in the triumph of the Liberal candidate, Edward Sartoris at the 1868 General Election.

[4] It was reported that the Conservatives were confident of their chances in West Carmarthenshire, on the grounds that it was largely an agricultural division.

[7] In 1904 he was elected unopposed as a member of Pembrokeshire County Council to represent the Castlemartin ward.

[8] Lord Cawdor was an officer in the Royal Carmarthen Artillery, a Militia unit, where he was lieutenant-colonel in command from 24 September 1892 until he retired on 5 November 1902.