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"4th Duke of Portland" William Bentinck Signed Free Frank Dated 1834:
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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 eldest son of Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland and Lady Dorothy,

daughter of William

Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and Charlotte Boyle,

Baroness Clifford. He was the elder brother of Lord William Bentinck and Lord Charles Bentinck. He

was educated first in Ealing under the tutelage of Samuel Goodenough graduating in 1774, followed by Westminster School (1783).

He attended Christ Church, Oxford for

two years but did not take a degree. The third Duke, who spared no expense for

his heir, sent him to The Hague in 1786 for experience

working with the crown's envoy, Sir James Harris.

He returned in 1789. He later received an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from

Oxford in 1793. He also served as a Family Trustee of the British Museum; in 1810, he loaned the famed Portland Vase to the museum. Portland was Member of

Parliament for Petersfield between

1790 and 1791 and and 1809 He served under his father as a Lord of the Treasury between

March and September 1807. He remained out of office until April 1827 when he

was appointed Lord Privy Seal by

his brother-in-law George Canning. He was

sworn of the Privy

Council the same Prime Minister in August 1827, Portland

became Lord President of the Council,

 an office he retained until the

government fell in January 1828. Over time the Duke became less of a staunch

Conservative, softening to some of the more liberal stances of Canning. Portland

also held the honorary post of Lord Lieutenant of

Middlesex between 1794 and 1841. The Duchess of Portland died

on 24 April 1844. Nearly 10 years later, Portland died at the

family seat of Welbeck Abbey,

Nottinghamshire, in March 1854, aged 85. Two of their sons predeceased their

parents; their eldest dying of a brain lesion and their third son dying of a

heart attack. The duke expressed a desire to be buried in the open churchyard

in Bolsover, Derbyshire, near the other family seat at Bolsover Castle. However, he was instead interred in the

ancient Cavendish vault, that had previously been unopened for 138 years.

He was succeeded in the dukedom by his second son (but the eldest

surviving), William. The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds

a number of papers relating to Portland: His personal and political papers are

part of the Portland (Welbeck) Collection while the Portland (London)

Collection contains papers relating to his estate business. The Portland Estate

Papers held at Nottinghamshire Archives also contain items relating to

Portland's properties.  

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