Resultado de búsqueda
Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (17 March 1682 – 4 July 1726) was a British Army officer, peer, Whig politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1721 to 1726.
Hace 1 día · Henry Bentinck, Duke and Earl of Portland. The eldest surviving son of William and Frances he was Marquis of Tichfield, Viscount Woodstock, Baron Cirencester and in 1716 Duke of Portland. He commanded a troop of Life Guards, was a Member of Parliament and Governor of Jamaica 1721-1726.
Henry Bentinck was the heir of William III’s principal Dutch favourite, Hans Willem Bentinck, created earl of Portland in April 1689. From that time the young man was styled by his father’s subsidiary title of Viscount Woodstock.
Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (17 March 1682 – 4 July 1726) was a British Army officer, peer, Whig politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1721 to 1726.
26 de abr. de 2022 · On 9 June 1704, he married Lady Elizabeth Noel daughter of Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough and Catherine Greville at Chiswick and their seven children included: * William Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock, later Marquess of Titchfield, later 2nd Duke of Portland (1709–1762) * Lord George (1715–1759), soldier.
- Titchfield
- May 17, 1682
- Elizabeth Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
- July 4, 1726
19 de sept. de 2022 · Hans Willem Bentinck’s eldest surviving son, Henry, carried on the family legacy as a chief supporter of the Whig political agenda in Britain—that is a limited, Protestant monarchy—and was therefore created 1 st Duke of Portland by the new Hanoverian regime in 1716.
In 1716 Henry was created 1st Duke of Portland and Marquess of Titchfield, largely in memory of his illustrious father. Having inherited vast estates, he should have been extremely prosperous, but suffered heavy losses when the South Sea Bubble burst in 1720.
