The Hon. William Hunter Cavendish (c. 1735 - 1818) Baptized January 24,1734 Parish Church, Doveridge Derbyshire England 2nd son of Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Pyne. Came to Virginia from Ireland about 1756/1760. He was a lawyer; a landowner/farmer at Greenbriar; a Quarter-Master General during the Revolutionary war 1778-82; a founding board member of Washington College, Lexington, Virginia 1796; and an early American politician. He represented Greenbrier County in the Virginia House of Delegates 1790 - 1799 and 1802 - 1803, where he was affiliated with the Federalist Party.[1]