Viscount Portman, in the
County of Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created on 28 March 1873 for the former
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
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and
Liberal
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Member of Parliament
Edward Portman, 1st Baron Portman. He had already been created Baron Portman, of
Orchard Portman
Orchard Portman is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 150.
The parish includes the hamlet of Thurlbear and the nearby Thurlbear ...
, on 27 January 1837, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His son, the second Viscount, represented
Shaftesbury
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and
Dorset
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in the
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as a Liberal. the titles are held by one of the latter's great-great-grandsons, the tenth Viscount, since 1999.
The family post-1728 are descended in the male line from a junior line of Berkeley of
Stoke Gifford
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one of whom married the daughter of Joan Portman, the great-granddaughter of
Sir William Portman,
Lord Chief Justice of England
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between 1555 and 1557. He acquired land in
Marylebone
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, London, which developed under
Henry William Portman into the
Portman Estate
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The Portman Estate also has two rural estates in Buckinghamshire and Herefordshire. In add ...
– a cornerstone of the family's wealth. The judge's grandson was created a baronet in 1612 (see
Portman Baronets). In its third generation
Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet
Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet (5 September 1643 – 18 March 1690) FRS was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1690.
Portman was the son of Sir William Portman, 5th Baronet and his wife Anne Colles, daughte ...
died in 1690 without progeny, the bulk of estates passed to a husband of the family: Henry Seymour (d.1728), MP, 5th son of
Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet
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of
Berry Pomeroy
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, Devon (by
coverture
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applying to his wife Anne Portman, second daughter of
Sir John Portman, 1st Baronet). Seymour took the surname Portman in lieu of his patronymic, but left no issue. The property then devolved to another cousin, William Berkeley (d.1737) of
Pylle
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The village is very close to ...
, Somerset, who likewise took the surname Portman. His great-grandson was
Edward Berkeley Portman (1771–1823),
MP for
Dorset
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and father of
Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman (9 July 1799 – 19 November 1888) was a British Whig politician.
He was an active supporter of the Royal Agricultural Society of England from its commencement in 1838, and served as president in 184 ...
.
The family seat was
Bryanston House, near
Bryanston
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, Dorset, since 1928 a large private school.
Viscounts Portman (1873)
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Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman (9 July 1799 – 19 November 1888) was a British Whig politician.
He was an active supporter of the Royal Agricultural Society of England from its commencement in 1838, and served as president in 184 ...
(1799–1888)
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Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman (1829–1919)
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Henry Berkeley Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman
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(1860–1923)
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Claud Berkeley Portman, 4th Viscount Portman
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(1864–1929)
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Edward Claud Berkeley Portman, 5th Viscount Portman (1898–1942)
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Seymour Berkeley Portman, 6th Viscount Portman
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(1868–1946)
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Gerald Berkeley Portman, 7th Viscount Portman
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(1875–1948)
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Gerald William Berkeley Portman, 8th Viscount Portman (1903–1967)
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Edward Henry Berkeley Portman, 9th Viscount Portman (1934–1999)
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Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, 10th Viscount Portman
Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, 10th Viscount Portman (born 30 July 1958) is a British peer and property developer.
Biography
Portman is the eldest son of Edward Portman, 9th Viscount Portman by his first wife Rosemary Joy Farris. He was ...
(b. 1958)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's son the Hon. Luke Henry Oliver Richard Berkeley Portman (b. 1984).
The young elite 1–10
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Line of succession
The title follows the most common primogeniture
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of British peerages
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, it passes to the next male heir bypassing daughters/other female family members.
# Hon. Luke Oliver Berkeley Portman (b. 1984)
# Hon. Matthew Bernardo Berkeley Portman (b. 1990)
# Hon. Daniel Edward Berkeley Portman (b. 1995)
# Hon. Alexander Michael Berkeley Portman (b. 1967)
# Maximilian Edward Berkeley Portman (b. 1996)
# Jago Alexander Berkeley Portman (b. 2000)
# Hon. Justin Trevor Berkeley Portman (b. 1969)
# Lucas Alexander Berkeley Portman (b. 2001)
# Viktor Portman (b. 2007)
# Hon. Piers Richard Berkeley Portman (b. 1971)
# Inigo Portman (b. 2005)
# Michael Henry Berkeley Portman (b. 1962)
# Guy Ralph Berkeley Portman (b. 1996)
# Henry Edmund Berkeley Portman (b. 1997)
# Jonathan Guy Berkeley Portman (b. 1965)
# Jack Christopher Berkeley Portman (b. 2009)
# Lt.-Col. Michael Berkeley Portman (b. 1947)
# Edward Berkeley Portman (b. 1983)
Wealth
See also
* Portman Baronets
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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External links
Portman Estate
London
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