Earl of Portland
Earldom of Portland | |
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William Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock | |
Remainder to | Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Viscount Woodstock Baron Cirencester |
Former seat(s) | Welbeck Abbey |
Motto | Craignez honte ("Fear shame")[1] |
Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, 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 agnatic (solely male-line) cousin, namely one of the 6th degree.[1]
First creation (1633)
The title of Earl of Portland was first created for the politician Richard Weston, 1st Baron Weston, in 1633.[2] He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1621 to 1628 and Lord High Treasurer from 1628 to 1635. He had already been created Baron Weston of Nayland 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 Battle of Lowestoft 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.[1]
Second creation (1689)
Dukedom of Portland Extinct | |
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difference), adopted in 1802 when the Bentincks adopted the Cavendish name[3] | |
Creation date | 6 July 1716 |
Created by | George I |
Peerage | Peerage of Great Britain |
First holder | Henry Bentinck, 2nd Earl of Portland |
Last holder | Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke |
Remainder to | the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
Subsidiary titles | Marquess of Titchfield Earl of Portland Viscount Woodstock Baron Cirencester Baron Bolsover (1880–1977) |
Extinction date | 30 July 1990 |
Former seat(s) | Welbeck Abbey Bothal Castle |
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,
His grandson,
The third Duke was succeeded by his eldest son,
The fifth Duke died unmarried and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed,
His eldest son,
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 granddaughter Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck inherited the ducal wealth on the death of her father, the seventh duke.[5]
The eighth Duke was a colonial administrator in
The ninth Duke was succeeded in his other peerages by his sixth
Other members of the Cavendish-Bentinck family
Several other members of the Cavendish-Bentinck family have also gained distinction.
Seat
The seat of the Dukes of Portland was Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire. 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 Northumberland.
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 Holbeck.
Place name legacies
- Portland, Victoria
- Portland House in London
- A house of Welbeck College
- Portland College in Nottinghamshire
Historical documents
Two major collections of papers of the Cavendish-Bentinck Dukes of Portland have been deposited at the department of
Earls of Portland; First creation (1633)
- Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (1577–1635)
- Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (1605–1663)
- Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland (1639–1665)
- Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland (1609–1688)
Earls of Portland; Second creation (1689)
- Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (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 (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
- 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
- Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck, 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
Counts Bentinck, of the Holy Roman Empire (1732)
In 1732, the title Count Bentinck (Graf Bentinck), of the Holy Roman Empire, was created by Emperor Charles VI in the Duchy of Guelders for Willem Bentinck, the second surviving son of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland.
- 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 Tim Bentinck
The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son,
Family tree
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See also
- Baron Bolsover
- Bentinck family
- Bentinck family (Dutch Wikipedia)
- Duchess of Portland
- Edward Herbert (judge), created Earl of Portland in the Jacobite peerage in 1690 by James II of England while both were in exile
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "Line of descent of the Earls and Dukes of Portland" (PDF). University of Nottingham. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1905). Armorial Families: a Directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. Edinburgh. p. 335. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Archard, Charles J. (1907). "The Eccentric Duke and His Underground Tunnels". The Portland Peerage Romance. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- Daily Telegraph, 31 December 2008
- ^ The Dukedom of Portland became extinct upon the 9th Duke's death and the Earldom of Portland reverted to the male line of the 1st Earl of Portland with Henry Noel acceding as 11th Earl of Portland.
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
- New International Encyclopedia. 1905. .