Wyndham Spencer Portal by Alexander Bassano

The Portal baronetcy, of Malshanger, Church Oakley, in the County of Southampton, is a title in the

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. It was created on 18 April 1901 for Wyndham Portal, Chairman of the

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. His son, the second Baronet, became chairman of the family's banknote paper mill company in

Laverstoke Laverstoke is a village in north west Hampshire, England. In the early 18th century, Laverstoke Mill was purchased by the Portals, a family of Huguenot immigrants from Languedoc who were establishing a successful paper making business. Henry de ...

, Portals Limited, which had manufactured banknote paper for the

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since 1724, and deputy chairman of the London and South Western Railway Company. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet. He was also chairman of Portals Ltd,The Basingstoke Gazette, 12 August 2012: ''Portal family from Overton helped organise the 1948 Olympic Games''
Retrieved 2012-10-31. and served as Minister of Works during the

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. He was created Baron Portal, of Laverstoke in the County of Southampton, in 1935, and Viscount Portal, of Laverstoke in the County of Southampton, in 1945. Both titles were in the

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. Lord Portal was childless and on his death the peerages became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his 84-year-old uncle, the fourth Baronet. He was President of the Trustee Savings Banks Association. On his death the title passed to his son, the fifth Baronet. He was chairman and director of Portals Ltd. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1984. Sir Bertram Portal (1866–1949), third son of the first Baronet, was a

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in the

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Portal baronets, of Malshanger (1901)

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* Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal, 1st Baronet (1822–1905) *Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Baronet (1850–1931) * Sir Wyndham Raymond Portal, 3rd Baronet (1885–1949) (created Baron Portal in 1935)

Barons Portal (1935)

* Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Baron Portal (1885–1949) (created Viscount Portal in 1945)

Viscounts Portal (1945)

* Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Viscount Portal (1885–1949)

Portal baronets, of Malshanger (1901; reverted)

* Sir Spencer John Portal, 4th Baronet (1864–1955) *Sir Francis Spencer Portal, 5th Baronet (1903–1984) *Sir Jonathan Francis Portal, 6th Baronet (born 1953)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012

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