Baron Waterpark is a title in the
Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1792 for Sarah, Lady Cavendish, in honour of her husband,
Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet. Sir Henry Cavendish was a politician who represented
Lismore and
Killybegs in the
Irish House of Commons and served as Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and as Receiver-General of Ireland. From 1768 to 1774 he sat in the
British House of Commons for
Lostwithiel. Cavendish and Lady Waterpark were both succeeded by their son Richard, the second Baron and third Baronet. His eldest son, the third Baron, represented
Knaresborough,
Derbyshire South and
Lichfield in the House of Commons as a
Liberal and served as a
Lord-in-Waiting (government
whip) under
Lord John Russell,
Lord Aberdeen and
Lord Palmerston. This line of the family failed on the death of his grandson, the fifth Baron, in 1932. The late Baron was succeeded by his second cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the grandson of a younger son of the second Baron. the titles are held by the latter's great-nephew, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in 2013. The
Cavendish Baronetcy, of Doveridge Hall, was created in the
Baronetage of Great Britain in 1755 for
Henry Cavendish. He notably represented
Lismore in the
Irish House of Commons. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Baronet.