Edward Berkeley Portman (31 January 1771 – 19 January 1823,

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) of Bryanston House,

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was an 18th-century English housing developer and politician. He was the son of

Henry Portman Henry William Portman (died 11 January 1796) was an 18th-century housing developer, the ancestor of the Viscounts Portman. Biography He was the son and heir of Henry William Berkeley Portman (d.1761), MP, by his wife Anne Fitch. His grandfather ...

, and ultimately a descendant of the Tudor landowner Sir William Portman. Edward continued his father's work developing the family lands in

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into the

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. He was appointed

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for 1798–99. He also sat as

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for

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between 1802 and 1806 and for

between 1806 and 1823.

Marriage and issue

On 21 August 1798, he married Lucy Whitby (10 Mar 1778 - 25 Mar 1812), daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby. Among their children were: *Marianne Portman, married George Drummond (son of George Harley Drummond and Margaret Munro) in 1831, died 1 December 1842 * Edward Berkley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman (1799–1888) *Harriet Ella Portman, married William Stratford Dugdale (MP) (son of

Dugdale Stratford Dugdale Dugdale Stratford Dugdale (1773–1836) was a Member of Parliament for Warwickshire from 1802 to 1831. Early life Dugdale Stratford Dugdale was the first surviving son of Richard Geast (later Dugdale), barrister, of Blythe Hall, by Penelope ...

and Hon. Charlotte Curzon, daughter of

Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (2 February 1730 – 21 March 1820), styled Lord Curzon between 1794 and 1802, was a British Tory politician. Background and education Curzon was the second son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet of Kedles ...

) in 1827, died 17 April 1903 (1807-1903) *Reverend Henry Fitzharding Berkeley Portman (1811–1893) After Lucy's death in 1812, he married as his second wife Mary Hulse, daughter of Sir Edward Hulse, 3rd Baronet Hulse, on 22 March 1816. The couple had no children.

References

Bibliography

* John Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'', London 1834, vol. I
p. 62-64
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