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William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, twice served as Prime Minister: from 2 April to 18 December 1783 and from 31 March 1807 to 4 October 1809. He was born on 14 April 1738, the eldest son and third of six children born to the second Duke of Portland and his wife Margaret Cavendishe Harley. Portland's mother was the heir of the second Earl of ...
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 (1807–1809).
Their son, William Cavendish, was created Earl (1628), Marquess (1643) and Duke (1665) of Newcastle. Following the death of the 2nd Duke in 1691 these Cavendish estates passed to his daughter, Margaret, wife of John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare. Lord Clare was created Duke of Newcastle in 1694.
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Portland was born William Henry, Lord Titchfield in April 1738 into an aristocratic family at Bulstrode Park in Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was briefly MP for the seat of Weobley in 1761 but was elevated to the House of Lords upon the death of his father the following year.
Portland and his wife had three sons and seven daughters, who included William Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock, later Marquess of Titchfield, later 2nd Duke of Portland (1709–1762) Lord George (1715–1759), soldier; Lady Anne (d. 1749), married Col. Daniel Paul
20 de nov. de 2009 · WILLIAM BENTINCK, 2nd DUKE OF PORTLAND, K.G., styled Viscount Woodstock 1709- 16, Marquess of Titchfield 1716-26; born 1 March 1709; died 1 May 1762, in his 54th year, and was buried, 8 May, in Westminster Abbey, in the Duke of Ormonde's vault.
