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Jun 13, 2024 · The second son of the 3rd duke of Portland, Bentinck at age 17 received a commission as ensign in the Coldstream Guards, and by 1794 he had become a lieutenant colonel. Born to wealth and rank, he was a promising, if not outstanding, young officer.
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Jun 22, 2024 · The grant of the reversionary freehold to William III's favourite, William Bentinck, first Earl of Portland, was in preparation in December 1697, shortly before the Earl's departure for France as ambassador extraordinary to Louis XIV.
3 days ago · William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland: Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons (from October 1809) Himself: Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) 23 May 1812 23 June 1812 President of the Board of Control: Tory Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool: Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich ...
3 days ago · Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, heiress of the Earl of Oxford, brought the manor, or as it is called in some records, the barony of Bolsover, to William Duke of Portland, grandfather of the present noble owner, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland.
Jun 30, 2024 · The manor descended to the earl of Portland's grandson, William Bentinck, duke of Portland, who sold it in 1742 to Hugh Bethell. Bethell bought another estate the same year, called Baswick Hill then but later Low Baswick. At inclosure in 1796 at least 881 a. were copyhold of the manor of Leven.
Jun 30, 2024 · "Portland, third Duke of" published on by Oxford University Press. (1738–1809),statesman. Portland was twice Prime Minister, first in 1783 when he presided over the government resulting
Jun 28, 2024 · His closest foreign-policy advisers were Dutch, most notably William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland; they shared little information with their English counterparts. The net result was that the Netherlands remained independent, and France never took control of the Spanish Netherlands.
