John Cavendish, 5th Baron Chesham

John Charles Compton Cavendish, 5th Baron Chesham, PC (18 June 1916 – 23 December 1989), was a British Conservative politician.

[1] He fought in the Second World War as a captain in the Army, also briefly serving as an air observation post pilot with No.

Chesham took his seat in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1952, and later served in the Conservative administrations of Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

A motoring enthusiast, Chesham first started motorcycling when he attended Cambridge University, riding Rex-Acme, AJS, Rudge and competing on an Excelsior at Brooklands.

He joined the Royal Automobile Club as executive vice-chairman from April, 1966,[2] then a newly created salaried position, until 1970.