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William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (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).
William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, PC (24 June 1768 – 27 March 1854), styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1809, was a British politician who served in various positions in the governments of George Canning and Lord Goderich.
Portland was the elder son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, and his wife, Winifred Anna (née Dallas-Yorke). He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark in 1922, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1943, and served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury under Stanley Baldwin from 1927 to 1929 and under Ramsay MacDonald ...
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck may refer to: William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809), British Whig and Tory statesman and Prime Minister Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), British statesman and governor of India
Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck 1897–1990 9th Duke of Portland, 10th Earl of Portland [5] Henry Noel Bentinck 1919–1997 11th Earl of Portland, 10th Count Bentinck: William James Cavendish-Bentinck 1925–1966: Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck 12th Earl of Portland, 11th Count Bentinck b. 1953: William Jack Henry Bentinck b. 1984
Bentinck is a Dutch surname brought to England by William Bentinck, an advisor to William III of England. Cavendish was added to the family name by Bentinck's great-grandson the 3rd Duke of Portland , who married in 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish , daughter of the 4th Duke of Devonshire .
William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield (21 August 1796 – 5 March 1824)—styled Viscount Woodstock until 1809—was a British Member of Parliament (MP) and son of a duke. Born into the noble Bentinck family , his grandfather William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , served as both Prime Minister of Great ...
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