Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the

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, firstly in 1633 and secondly in 1689. What proved to be a long co-held title, Duke of Portland, was created in 1716 and became extinct in 1990 upon the death of the ninth Duke, at which point the earldom passed to the most senior

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(solely male-line) cousin, namely one of the 6th degree.

First creation (1633)

The title of Earl of Portland was first created for the politician Richard Weston, 1st Baron Weston, in 1633. He was

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from 1621 to 1628 and

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from 1628 to 1635. He had already been created Baron Weston of

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in the County of Suffolk in 1628; this title was also in the Peerage of England. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He served as Joint Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. His son, the third Earl, was killed at the

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in 1665. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his uncle, the fourth Earl. He was childless and on his death in 1688, the titles became extinct.

Second creation (1689)

The title was created for a second time in 1689 in favour of William Bentinck, the Dutch favourite and close advisor of King William III. He was made Baron Cirencester and Viscount Woodstock at the same time he was given the earldom, also in the Peerage of England. The first Earl was succeeded in 1709 by his son from his first marriage, Henry Bentinck, who became the second Earl. He had represented

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and

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in the

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. In 1716, he was created Marquess of Titchfield and Duke of Portland in the

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. His grandson,

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) ...

, was a noted politician. He was

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in 1783 and from 1807 to 1809, and he also served as

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and as

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. In 1801, he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of

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(to form

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). He was the husband of Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal 5th Prime Mini ...

, and was a descendant on his mother's side of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The third Duke was succeeded by his eldest son, William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland. The fourth Duke was also a politician and served as

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in 1827 and as Lord President of the Council from 1827 to 1828. He married Henrietta Scott, daughter of Major-General John Scott, in 1795 and assumed by Royal licence the same year the additional surname of Scott in the manner of Cavendish-Bentinck. His eldest son and heir apparent, William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield, represented two constituencies in Parliament but died unmarried in 1824, 15 years before his father. The fourth Duke was therefore succeeded by his second son, William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland. The fifth Duke is remembered as a capable architect and engineer but eccentric, who excavated an underground art gallery and library under his estate at

Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Abbey in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house residence of the Dukes of Portland. It is o ...

. The fifth Duke died unmarried and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed,

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 was the only son from the first marriage of Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck, younger son of Lord Charles Bentinck, the third son of the third Duke. Charles' first son, also named Charles, was a maternal great-grandfather of Queen

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. In 1880, the sixth Duke also succeeded his stepmother as second

Baron Bolsover Baron Bolsover, of Bolsover Castle in the County of Derby, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 April 1880 (as Baroness Bolsover) for Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck, with remainder to the heirs male of the body of ...

. He was a

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politician and served as

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from 1886 to 1892 and from 1895 to 1905. His eldest son,

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland 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 politician. Biography Portland was the elder son of William Cave ...

, was also a Conservative politician and served as a Junior

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from 1927 to 1929 and in 1932. The seventh Duke had no sons and was succeeded by his third cousin,

Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (4 July 1889 – 13 December 1980) was a British peer and grandson of George Cavendish-Bentinck. The son of Frederick W. Cavendish-Bentinck and Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck, grandson of ...

, a great-grandson of Major-General

Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck Major-General Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (2 November 1781 – 10 February 1828) known as Lord Frederick Bentinck was a British soldier and politician. The youngest child and fourth son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ...

, fourth son of the third Duke. The barony of Bolsover became extinct upon the death of the seventh Duke. The great estates which had been entailed with the dukedom for generations, including Welbeck Abbey, were separated from the title by the sixth Duke, who broke the entail and created a trust which ultimately ensured that his grand-daughter

Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck Lady Alexandra Margaret Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (6 September 1916 – 29 December 2008) was a member of the British nobility and one of the richest landowners in the country. She was a notable charity worker, art collector, and horsewoman. Fami ...

inherited the ducal wealth on the death of her father, the seventh duke.Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck Landowner who inherited a ducal fortune and refused the hand of a Belgian prince by staying in bed
obituary in ''

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'', 31 December 2008 The eighth Duke was a colonial administrator in

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and served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Kenya. He was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, a diplomat who had served as British Ambassador to Poland. The ninth Duke's only son, William James Cavendish-Bentinck (1925–1966), died before him without issue. Upon the ninth Duke's death in 1990 at the age of 93, the dukedom of Portland and the marquessate of Titchfield became extinct. The ninth Duke was succeeded in his other peerages by his sixth

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Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck und Waldeck Limpurg (2 October 1919 – 30 January 1997) was a British Army officer, peer, and intellectual. Early life and education Bentinck was born in London, Middlesex. His father C ...

. He was the great-great-great-great-grandson of Willem Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704–1774), eldest son of the first Earl from his second marriage, who had been created a

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in 1732 (with a Royal licence of 1886 to use the title in England). , the titles are held by his only son, the twelfth Earl, born in Australia, who is also Count Bentinck of the

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. He is an actor known by his professional name,

Tim Bentinck Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck und Waldeck Limpurg, (born 1 June 1953), commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an English actor and writer, known for his long-running role as David Archer in the BBC ...

Other members of the Cavendish-Bentinck family

Several other members of the Cavendish-Bentinck family have also gained distinction.

Lord William Bentinck Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (14 September 177417 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British soldier and statesman who served as the Governor of Fort William (Bengal) from 1828 to 1834 and the First G ...

, second son of the third Duke, was a prominent soldier, politician and colonial administrator. The aforementioned Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck was a

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in the

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. His grandson

Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (28 May 1863 – 6 October 1931), known as Henry Cavendish-Bentinck until 1880, was a British Conservative politician. Biography Cavendish-Bentinck was the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck ...

was a Conservative politician.

, fourth son of the third Duke, was a

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in the army and a Tory MP. His only son

George Cavendish-Bentinck George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (9 July 1821 – 9 April 1891), known as George Bentinck and scored in cricket as GAFC Bentinck, was a British barrister, Conservative politician, and cricketer. A member of parliament from 1859 to ...

was a Conservative politician. Lord George Bentinck, fifth son of the fourth Duke, was a

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politician. John Charles Bentinck, grandson of the Hon. William Bentinck, eldest son from the second marriage of the 1st Earl, was also a major-general in the army. His younger son Sir Henry John William Bentinck was also a noted soldier. Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, wife of the second Duke, was a wealthy heiress and collector.

Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (' Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II, and great-gr ...

, maternal grandmother of

, was a Cavendish-Bentinck before marriage.

Seat

The seat of the Dukes of Portland was

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. Welbeck Abbey and its many acres continued in the senior branch of the family (becoming Cavendish-Bentinck) through the ancestry of a daughter of the 7th Duke. The mansion was in the early 21st century restored as a family home after many years of institutional use. The Dukes of Portland also owned the village of Pegswood in

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. The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Portland at Welbeck Abbey was the churchyard of St Winifred's Church in the nearby village of

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Place name legacies

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*Portland House in

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*A house of

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Historical documents

Two major collections of papers of the Cavendish-Bentinck Dukes of Portland have been deposited at the department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham. A complementary archive collection has been deposited at Nottinghamshire Archives.

Earls of Portland; First creation (1633)

Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, KG (1 March 157713 March 1634/1635), was Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Lord Treasurer of England under James I and Charles I, being one of the most influential figures in the early years of Charle ...

(1577–1635) *

Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (16 December 1605 – 17 March 1663) was an English diplomat and landowner who held the presidency of Munster, Kingdom of Ireland. Life He was the second, but the eldest surviving son, of the 1st Earl of Portl ...

(1605–1663) *

Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland (19 May 1639 – 3 June 1665), was the only son and heir of the Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, 2nd Earl of Portland and Lady Frances Stuart. The only son of Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, Weston wa ...

(1639–1665) *

Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland (9 October 1609 – May 1688) was a younger son of the 1st Earl of Portland, by his second wife Frances Walgrave. He was born at Nayland in Suffolk, England. His elder brother Jerome succeeded their father in 16 ...

(1609–1688)

Earls of Portland; Second creation (1689)

Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, (Dutch: ''Hans Willem Bentinck''; 20 July 164923 November 1709) was a Dutch-born English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, a ...

(1649–1709) ** Willem Bentinck (1681–1688), eldest son of the 1st Earl, died young * Henry Bentinck, 2nd Earl of Portland (1682–1726), second son of the 1st Earl, created Duke of Portland in 1715

Dukes of Portland (1716)

* Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682–1726), second son of the 1st Earl *

William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1 March 1709 – 1 May 1762), styled Viscount Woodstock from 1709 to 1716 and Marquess of Titchfield from 1716 to 1726, was a British peer and politician. Portland was the son of Henry Bentinck, 1s ...

(1709–1762), eldest son of the 1st Duke * William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809), eldest son of the 2nd Duke * William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (1768–1854), eldest son of the 3rd Duke ** William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield (1796–1824), eldest son of the 4th Duke, predeceased his father unmarried * William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (1800–1879), second son of the 4th Duke, died unmarried * William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857–1943), grandson of Lt.-Col. Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck, third son of the 3rd Duke * William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893–1977), eldest son of the 6th Duke, died without male issue * Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888–1980), great-grandson of Maj.-Gen.

, fourth son of the 3rd Duke, died without issue * Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland (1897–1990), younger brother of the 8th Duke, dukedom became extinct upon his death ** William James Cavendish-Bentinck (1925–1966), only son of the 9th Duke, predeceased his father without issue

Earls of Portland; Second creation (1689; Reverted)

* Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland (1919–1997), great-great-great-great-grandson of Willem Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck, third son of the 1st Earl * Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland (born 1953), only son of the 11th Earl The

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is the present holder's eldest son, William Jack Henry Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock (born 1984).

Counts Bentinck, of the Holy Roman Empire (1732)

In 1732, the title Count Bentinck (''

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Bentinck''), of the

, was created by

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in the

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for Willem Bentinck, the second surviving son of

. * Willem Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704–1774), son of the 1st Earl of Portland and his second wife, Jane Martha Temple * William Gustavus Frederick Bentinck, 2nd Count Bentinck (1762–1835), grandson of the 1st Count * John Charles Bentinck, 3rd Count Bentinck (1763–1833), brother of the 2nd Count * Charles Anthony Ferdinand Bentinck, 4th Count Bentinck (1792–1864), son of the 3rd Count * Henry Charles Adolphus Frederick William Bentinck, 5th Count Bentinck (1846–1903), son of the 4th Count The 5th Count Bentinck renounced the title in 1875, thus his younger brother William became the 6th Count. However, in 1886, the former 5th Count was granted a Royal Licence which allowed him and his descendants the use of the title Count (or Countess) before their Christian names. * William Charles Philip Otto Bentinck, 6th Count Bentinck (1848–1912), brother of the 5th Count * William Frederick Bentinck, 7th Count Bentinck (1880–1958), son of the 6th Count * Charles Bentinck, 8th Count Bentinck (1885–1964), first cousin of the 7th Count * Godard Adrian Henry Jules Bentinck, 9th Count Bentinck (1887–1968), brother of the 8th Count * Henry Noel Bentinck, 10th Count Bentinck (1919–1997), grandson of the 5th Count and first cousin once removed of the 9th Count; already the 10th Count Bentinck since 1968, in 1990 he also became the 11th Earl of Portland after inheriting the English peerage from a distant cousin * Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 11th Count Bentinck (born 1953), son of the 10th Count; he is also the 12th Earl of Portland and is known as the actor

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son, William Jack Henry Bentinck (born 1984), whose

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is Viscount Woodstock.

Family tree

References

External links

Biographies of the Earls and Dukes of Portland and their predecessors
with links to online catalogues, from Manuscripts and Special Collections at the University of Nottingham *

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First creation (1633)

Second creation (1689)

Other members of the Cavendish-Bentinck family

Seat

Place name legacies

Historical documents

Earls of Portland; First creation (1633)

Earls of Portland; Second creation (1689)

Dukes of Portland (1716)

Earls of Portland; Second creation (1689; Reverted)

Counts Bentinck, of the Holy Roman Empire (1732)

Family tree

See also

References

External links