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William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland KG (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.
William Bentinck, segundo duque de Portland KG (1 Marzo de 1709 - 1 de mayo de 1762), llamado vizconde de Woodstock de 1709 a 1716 y marqués de Titchfield de 1716 a 1726, fue un par y político británico.
26 de abr. de 2022 · William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland KG (1 March 1709 – 1 May 1762), styled Viscount Woodstock from 1709 to 1715 and Marquess of Titchfield from 1715 to 1726, was a British peer. Portland was the son of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland and his wife Elizabeth Noel, daughter of Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough.
William was in his minority when he succeeded as 2nd Duke of Portland in 1726. His education had been completed largely at the hands of John Achard, a Swiss scholar who spent many years residing at the family seat of Bulstrode. The 2nd Duke did not really play any part in public life.
William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland KG , styled Viscount Woodstock from 1709 to 1716 and Marquess of Titchfield from 1716 to 1726, was a British peer and politician.
From July 1794 to March 1795 he commanded the 'Tremendous'. Between 1798 and 1802 Bentinck served as Governor of St Vincent and the Grenadines. In 1800, his grandmother Charlotte Sophie, Countess Bentinck, died, and bequeathed him an estate at Doorwerth in The Netherlands.
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC, FRS (14 April 1738 – 30 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) and as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom ...
