Baron Bolsover, of
Bolsover Castle
Bolsover Castle is in the town of Bolsover (), in the north-east of the English county of Derbyshire. Built in the early 17th century, the present castle lies on the earthworks and ruins of the 12th-century medieval castle; the first structure of ...
in the County of Derby, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
. It was created on 23 April 1880 (as Baroness Bolsover) for Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck, with remainder to the heirs male of the body of her late husband Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck (1819–1877), younger son of
Lord Charles Bentinck
Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck (20 May 178028 April 1826), known as Lord Charles Bentinck, was a British soldier and politician and a great-great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
Background
Bentinck was the third son of Brit ...
, third son of
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (14 April 173830 October 1809) was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) ...
. Lady Bolsover was the daughter of the Very Reverend
Henry Montague Browne, Dean of Lismore, second son of
James Caulfeild Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine.
[''DEATH OF THE BARONESS BOLSOVER'' Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Saturday, August 12, 1893; pg. 5; Issue 2517] She was succeeded according to the special remainder by her stepson
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, (28 December 1857 – 26 April 1943), known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier, and Conservative politician. He notably ser ...
, who became the second Baron Bolsover. He was the only child from Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck's first marriage, to Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins-Whitshed.
The barony remained united with the dukedom until the death of the sixth Duke's son, the seventh Duke, in 1977. The dukedom was passed on to a cousin while the barony became extinct.
Barons Bolsover (1880)
* Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck, 1st Baroness Bolsover (1834–1893)
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William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 2nd Baron Bolsover, 6th Duke of Portland (1857–1943)
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William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Baron Bolsover, 7th Duke of Portland (1893–1977)
See also
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Lady Ottoline Morrell
Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (16 June 1873 – 21 April 1938) was an English aristocrat and society hostess. Her patronage was influential in artistic and intellectual circles, where she befriended writers including Aldous Huxley, Siegfr ...
, daughter of the 1st Baroness and half-sister of the 2nd Baron
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Duke of Portland
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are rank ...
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Baron Cavendish of Bolsover (held by the
Dukes of Newcastle-upon-Tyne of the 1665 creation)
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Baron Kilmaine
Baron Kilmaine is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1722 in favour of the soldier the Hon. James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, James O'Hara. Two years later he succeeded his father ...
Notes
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Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1880
Peerages created with special remainders
Baron
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