William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland, (16 March 1893 – 21 March 1977), styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British peer and
Conservative Party
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politician.
Biography
Portland was the elder son of
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 ...
, and his wife,
Winifred Anna (née Dallas-Yorke). He was elected to the
House of Commons
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as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Newark
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in 1922, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1943, and served as a Junior
Lord of the Treasury
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under
Stanley Baldwin
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from 1927 to 1929 and under
Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay MacDonald (; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 ...
in 1932. He also held the honorary posts of
Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire
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between 1939 and 1962 and was the second
Chancellor
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of the
University of Nottingham
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between 1954 and 1971. In 1948 he was made a
Knight of the Garter
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. He also held the appointment of the
honorary air commodore of
No. 616 Squadron RAF.
Marriage and children
Portland married
Ivy Gordon-Lennox, daughter of Colonel
Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox and granddaughter of
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, and 1st Duke of Gordon, (27 February 181827 September 1903), styled Lord Settrington until 1819 and then Earl of March until 1860, was a British Conservative politician.
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, on 12 August 1915. They had two daughters:
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Lady (Alexandra Margaret) Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (6 September 1916 – 21 December 2008)
* Lady (Victoria) Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck (9 October 1918 – 29 August 1955)
He died in March 1977, aged 84, and was interred at the traditional burial place of the Dukes of Portland, in the churchyard of St Winifred's Church at
Holbeck
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.
He was succeeded in the dukedom by his third cousin
Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck. Subsidiary title
Baron Bolsover
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became extinct on the death. The
family seat
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of
Welbeck Abbey
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passed to his elder daughter,
Lady Anne, who never married; it then passed to the son of her deceased younger sister Lady Margaret who died 1955 aged 36. Her husband was Don Gaetano Parente,
Principe di
Castel Viscardo
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The town lies about 60 km southwest of Perugia and about 35 km northeast of Terni.
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, Italy. The nephew's name was
William Henry Marcello Parente
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(born 18 February 1951), who served as
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
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in 2003–04.
Portland was a second cousin of
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
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.
;Footnote
Wealth
Little is published of his wealth. His probate was sworn in 1977 at , three times that of his father's assets passing at point of death (in real terms).
[https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations]
Ancestry
Arms
References
* http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/portland1907/portland1.htm "The Portland Peerage Romance (1907)"
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130113035008/http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Bentinck.html "The Descendants of Willem Bentinck and Charlotte Aldenburg"
* Michael Rhodes "High Sheriffs for 2003-4" alt.talk.royalty, 21 March 2003
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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