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Sir Henry Cavendish, Politician and Master of Shorthand, Who Recorded Parliamentary Debates, Born

September 29, 1732

Sir Henry Cavendish, politician and master of shorthand, who recorded parliamentary debates, born

Ireland

Birth in Castletown, Co. Clare of Thomas OGorman, physician, wine trader and courtier in France; made a chevalier by Louis XV

Henry Boyle, the future Earl of Shannon, is unanimously elected Speaker of the Irish parliament