Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  An haifi Henry Cavendish a ranar 10 ga Oktoba 1731 a Nice, inda danginsa ke zaune a lokacin. Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Lady Anne de Grey, 'yar ta huɗu ta Henry Grey, 1st Duke na Kent, kuma mahaifinsa shi ne Lord Charles Cavendish, ɗan na uku na William Cavendish, 2nd Duke na Devonshire. Iyalin sun gano asalin su a cikin ƙarni takwas zuwa zamanin Norman, kuma suna da alaƙa da yawancin dangin aristocratic na Burtaniya. Mahaifiyar Henry ta mutu a shekara ta 1733, watanni uku bayan haihuwar ɗanta na biyu, Frederick, kuma jim kadan kafin ranar haihuwar Henry ta biyu, ta bar Ubangiji Charles Cavendish ya kawo 'ya'yansa maza biyu. Cavendish ya kasance nau'ikan "The Honorable Henry Cavendish".Tun daga shekara 11 Henry ya halarci Makarantar Newcome, wata makaranta mai zaman kanta kusa da London. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 18 (a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba 1748) ya shiga Jami'ar Cambridge a Kwalejin St Peter, wanda yanzu aka sani da Peterhouse, amma ya bar shekaru uku bayan haka a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu 1751 ba tare da samun digiri ba (a lokacin, al'ada ce ta yau da kullun). Daga nan sai ya zauna tare da mahaifinsa a Landan, inda ba da daɗewa ba ya sami dakin gwaje-gwajensa.  Tambaya: A wace shekara ce Henry ya halarci Jami'ar Cambridge?
1748 (shekara ta biyu)