I love heraldry and genealogy. Sweetie Shop 6. Trying to Cross the Road in Mauchline 8. Lord Clare was created Duke of Newcastle in 1694. By trust-disposition and settlement, dated 17th January 1871, the late Duke of Portland conveyed to trustees his whole estate in Scotland, with directions to settle, "as soon as practicable" after his death, the whole landed estate in strict entail on a certain series of heirs. The branch born unequally moved to the United States and faded away. 4 0 obj Welcome to our collection of the 50 best castles and manor houses in Scotland. Sutherland Estates. The 3rd Duke of Fife, who has died aged 85, inherited fortunes, titles and estates in Scotland from both sides of his . Tommy 4. The godfather of Prince William is one of the UK's largest landowners. Hans Bentinck came to England with After a legal case at The Hague in 1781, Charlotte Sophie was confirmed as Doorwerth's owner. a tramroad or 'plateway' and was nine and a half miles long and ran On his death the title passed to Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, the 12th Earl who is likely to be succeeded by his son, William, the present Viscount Woodstock. The honour of having the first railway in Scotland belongs He was Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex for nearly a half century, and married a Scottish heiress, Henrietta Scott (so added another name to his surname), and purchased Fullarton House in Ayrshire, 1805, as his Scottish residence, and invested in the nearby port of Troon. S1 E4 - 55m 25s. The English ducal branch added the historic name Cavendish in the early 19th century, and one of its daughters, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, became the much lesser known grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Although he never visited any of his Ayrshire estates after When the 4th Duke of Portland inherited the title in 1809, however, he quickly disposed of the estate. He was an original governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, founded in 1739, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1741. Guy Innes Ker died peacefully at his ancestral home, Floors Castle, near . I wanted this story changed for two reasons: Firstly, the original narrative was over crammed with information which made it difficult for our . Stephenson. Contents Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. the firm that sponsored the duke's Scottish Seniors Open - was hit by the housing slowdown. d8T,@b3G~KwDtlzo3QuOMmSu=|*N1N*A has been transferred to a dedicated estate office. Henrietta married the Marquis of Titchfield - later the 4th Duke of Portland - in 1795. Charlotte Sophie inherited them and ruled as a semi-independent princess in 1738, but as her marriage broke down due to adultery, and her private life became too scandalous for Dutch society, she was divorced from Bentinck in 1744, and deposed by her former husband in 1748, who then ruled the county of Aldenburg in the name of his sons. Bulstrode Park was particularly renowned for its formal landscaped gardens. The Barns at Wellington offers a private fitness facility. The dukedom became extinct in 1990, but not the earldom, which, by the terms of its creation passed to a collateral branch which had continued to reside in the Netherlands in the 18th and 19th centuries. his accession to the title, William took a warm interest in them The Duke of Portland by The Duke of Portland, released 28 April 2020 1. Browse by Records Creators Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland This page summarises records created by this Family The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually. An agreement was made that the Kilmarnock Estate could only Two of his grandsons rose to prominence, one as an Admiral of the British Navy (Sir Rudolf Bentinck), and the other as a colonial administrator in South Africa. It was eventually leased to the Glasgow & Over three centuries later, one family, the Bentincks, still benefit from this relatively brief merging of national interests. Estates According to the will of the Duke of Bridgewater, the Egerton estates passed on the death of the first Duke of Sutherland to his third son Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, who changed his surname to Egerton by Royal license. But it is no longer Bentinck property, having been sold to a local shipping family (Van Hoboken) in 1830. The title Earl of Portland did not die out with the dukedom, however. The 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry is Richard Scott, who, along with his family, is Britain's largest private landowner. Made up of 133,100 acres across the UK, the Duke of. Anxious to reward his close friend and supporter, [Hans] William Bentinck, William created him Baron of Cirencester, Viscount Woodstock and Earl of Portland in February 1689. name to Cavendish-Bentinck when, in 1766, he married the Dorothy ), William Bentinck (1764-1813; Vice-Admiral), Lord Henry William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (1804-1870), Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1774-1839), Winifred Anna Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1863-1954). He stayed in the family tradition a supporter of the Whigs in government, and was named Lord Lieutenant (or viceroy) of Ireland, briefly, during the ministry of Lord Rockingham in 1782. The first documented ancestor is Johan or Jan Bentinck, who owned land in a region known as the Veluwe, a gentle hilly region that formed the northern part of the duchy of Gelderland (or Guelders). (tbk-?VF6S=X>NP $0Hsw,} X$:/hkvV N]t([rEKe0X_!kYPvw^({PoHE2ZF"G";$gF#j'dRF?2&3I!Dh4>q9Sopf5tZj"' k(,.rh{t_/ In 1904, Claude and Cecilia succeeded as 14th Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and raised their large brood of children (10) at Glamis Castle in Angus, or at estates in County Durham (Gibside Hall) or Hertfordshire (the enormous country seat of St Pauls Walden Bury, between Luton and Stevenage). The estate passed down through the Portland line of descent and was a favoured residence of Margaret, Duchess of Portland, wife of the 3rd Duke, who frequently entertained King George III, Queen Charlotte and their family there. Schoonheten Castle has been, and remains, the main seat of the Bentincks in the Netherlands. Hans Willem Bentinck was one of the leading supporters of Williams accession to the English and Scottish thrones; created earl of Portland, his son was elevated further as duke of Portland in 1716. It was the Cavendish succession in the north of England that was the most significant, and caused the family to take on the double-barrelled surname Cavendish-Bentinck by the end of the century. . In 1734, the Duke married the richest heiress of the day, Lady Margaret Cavendish-Harley (or Cavendish-Holles-Harley), the daughter of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and Lady Henrietta Holles, herself a major heiress. He had been appointed a page and chamberlain in the household of Prince William as a young man, and crucially, nursed him back to health after an attack of smallpox in 1675. Their intense friendship deepened from then, though the jury is still out over whether this developed into a sexual relationship. The Duke of Argyll has hit out at a Scottish government proposal to give landowners' close relatives inheritance rights to their property, calling it a "terrifying" idea that would be. and its surrounding countryside. 1807. The Harleys main residence was the more modern Brampton Bryan Hall (also in Herefordshire). In 1881, before she turned twenty, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck married Lord Glamis (Claude Bowes-Lyon), heir to the Scottish earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Abstract. He was Lord President of the Council, 1801-1805, then a few years later (1807) took up the mantle once more of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, again as a figurehead leader of a coalition of Pittites (Canning, Castlereagh, Perceval, etc). He obtained from Parliament the right to build It took the form of Portland. One of Scotland's largest landowners, the Duke of Buccleuch and his family, is to sell nearly 9,000 acres of their rolling Borders Estate for more than 19 million. 'Welbeck, Nottinghamshire', by T. Malton, published 1788. In the late 19th century it took on its modern appearance, as its white plaster walls were re-covered (on three sides) with red brick. The illegitimate son of the last Count of Oldenburg was given two Frisian lordships, Kniphausen and Varel, both on the North Sea coast on an inlet in the mouth of Weser, on either side of the future port city of Wilhelmshaven (not founded until 1869). PORTLAND; BENTINCK . 1812. He served with William in battle in Ireland and in the Low Countries, then acted as ambassador to France, 1698, representing the Kings interests in the all-important question of the Spanish Succession. D2&GNwy9QblaKllbL*A 6-wn(5] There has been a moated manor house here, near the town of Raalte, since the 1380s. His daughter Henrietta Holles did, however, inherit the manor of Marylebone, then on the outskirts of London, and today reflecting past ownership in the names of its streets: Harley Street, Oxford Street, Henrietta Street, Wimpole Street, Wigmore Street (and Wigmore Hall); as well as Cavendish Square, Great Portland Street and so on. Magic Bottle 9. Doorwerth passed to Anton's son, Anton II (1681-1738), and then to his granddaughter Charlotte Sophie, Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800). Their son, William Cavendish, was created Earl (1628), Marquess (1643) and Duke (1665) of Newcastle. Buccleuch Estate Records. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Moved Permanently. van Brakell. 1825-1855: the 'Second Wave' of clearances and the Great Highland Famine. 3 0 obj A8083 13. Today it is in private hands and not open to visitors. I teach history at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, and am the senior editor of The Court Historian, the journal of the Society for Court Studies. While Marquis of Titchfield he sat in the House of Commons and later as Duke in the Lords, he had limited engagement with politics, which he left to his father, brother-in-law . Much further to the north, Bothal Castle was part of the Ogle succession that had fallen to the Cavendishes by marriage in the 1590s. He drove the French out of Genoa and restored its ancient republic (again, instead of returning it to the king of Sardinia, as instructed). Its territory was sandy and marshy and full of woods and heath, so was often a preferred hunting ground for Dutch nobles. William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland PC (24 June 1768 - 27 March 1854) was a British politician who served in various positions in the governments of George Canning and Lord Goderich. The 2nd Duke and Duchess of Portland were thus astronomically wealthy (though as per normal with the English aristocracy, their land holdings had very little to do with the actual place Portland, in Dorset). William Cavendish-Bentinck, the 6th Duke of Portland, had a more traditional aristocratic history: Master of the Horse under Conservative governments in the 1880s-90s, a Privy Councillor, and long-standing Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (from 1898-1939). 2 0 obj His descendants were also recognised as counts in the United Kingdom in 1886, then died out in 1938. One of his estates, Queensberry, includes the Lowther Hills and covers over 33,500 hectares. In 1601, they acquired the mostly ruined castle of Wigmore in that county, the former seat of the mighty medieval Mortimer lords who used this castle in their defence of the borders between England and Wales. [1] The oldest six titles - created between 1337 and 1386 - were Duke of Cornwall (1337), Duke of Lancaster (1351), Duke of Clarence (1362), Duke of York (1385), Duke of Gloucester (1385), and Duke of Ireland (1386). But he died of a brain abscess before he reached thirty. Marketed by Jack Smith Estate Agents, Hove . His son James, the 14th Earl of Glencairn, sold the estate to Henrietta, 'the rich Miss Scott', eldest daughter of General John Scott of Balcomie, Fife in 1786. 1823 - The Duke of Portland is credited as being the first agricultural improver to introduce tile Barneight Tileworks, Mauchline, East Ayrshire 20/06/2018 Barneight Tileworks, Mauchline, East Ayrshire aka Barnaight. The 11th Earl was a direct descendent of William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck of the Holy Roman Empire, son of the 1st Earl of Portland by his second marriage. married General Scott. The Duke had a close relationship with his tenants and was known to them as the 'Good' Duke . It was in time adapted After the Second World War, Welbeck was leased by the Portlands to the Ministry of Defence and was used as an army training college until 2005. The members of this family bore the surname Bentinck, Cavendish-Bentinck or Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, as indicated. What is less well known, is that one of the most famous society patrons of the arts and bohemians of the early 20th century, Lady Ottoline Morrell, was Cecilias first cousin. Bentinck would later deliver important messages from William to his uncle (and now father-in-law) King James in the 1680s, and was key in organising ships and funds for William to mount his invasion of Britain in November 1688. In 1846 he was created Viscount Brackley and Earl of Ellesmere. It is frustratingly closed to visitors. The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. many of the street names bear witness to his investment in the town Just before she died, in 1786, the Duchess acquired one of the most famous pieces of glass in the world, a 1st-century Roman vase now known as the Portland Vase, deposited in the British Museum for safe keeping by her son the 3rd Duke, and finally sold to the Museum by the 7th Duke in 1945. 'Bulstrode Hall, Buckinghamshire', by Corbould, published 1787. I have done extensive research using the rental records in particular, which cover Buccleuch estates in . Scullery Sue 12. The shoot at the 18,000 . Born in 1768, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck succeeded as 4th Duke of Portland in 1809, on the death of his father, sometime Prime Minister and Whig leader. He also retained lands in England as lord of the manor of Terrington in Norfolk, not far from Kings Lynn. g8Ji CJ3$oe8xb+U]M4$%$%r There are other Bentinck lines in England: another younger son returned to England in the 18th century to manage the estates at Terrington in Norfolk. Hendrick also took on the important post of Drost of Salland, sort of equivalent in English to a local sheriff or seneschal. In the mid-18th century, following the breakdown of Charlotte Sophie's marriage to William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704-1774), the ownership of Doorwerth was claimed by her eldest son and grandson. Hendrick Bentinck rebuilt and enlarged it in the 1630s. I am also a musician and an avid traveler. I focus primarily as an academic on the early modern period and France, but my interests range from early medieval Ireland to 20th-century Russia. This was a new house built in the 1680s by the Lord Chancellor, George Jeffreys, and soon after sold to Lord Portland. [)~qY0 R[j3 Fe]=Kr_!N@Lof);A25 L$f"Ap*0>-kJ)N'm#5n5 NJG#UDXK#(B{DHzJvL1\ XT noble family from Holland. And theres more: the senior line of Bentinck van Diepenheim and Schoonheten were also confirmed as barons of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1814, but they had already sold the castle of Diepenheim in 1813 (today the private estate of the De Vos van Steenwijk familycousins and neighbours of the Bentincks since the 15th century). It became the principal family seat of the early Dukes of Newcastle, who made significant additions to the house, such as the magnificent riding house built by John Smithson and commissioned by the 1st Duke. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, 12th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc), Bucks (Bulstrode, etc), Derbys (Bolsover, etc), Herts (Theobalds, etc), London and Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, incl Harley family papers, with some deeds and papers for properties elsewhere, 14th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc), Bucks (Bulstrode, etc), Derbys (Bolsover, etc), Herts (Theobalds, etc), London and Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, with some papers rel to properties elsewhere, Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, 1777-1778: Notts (Mansfield) rent accounts 1749 and Notts (Welbeck, etc) and Derbys (Bolsover, etc) rent accounts 1777-78, 17th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc) and Derbys (Bolsover, etc) deeds and misc estate papers, 14th cent-19th cent: Bulstrode (Bucks) deeds and misc estate papers, 16th cent-1810: misc Bulstrode (Bucks) deeds and papers, 17th cent-19th cent: misc Cheshire (Rudheath, etc) deeds and papers, 18th cent: misc Cheshire (Rudheath, etc) deeds and papers, 18th cent-19th cent: misc Cumberland (Hesket, etc) estate papers, 18th cent-19th cent: misc Cumberland (Hesket, etc) deeds and estate papers, 13th cent-18th cent: Hants (Titchfield, etc) deeds, manorial records and estate papers, 18th cent: misc Herts (Theobalds, etc) estate papers, 17th cent-19th cent: misc Cawkwell (Lincs) deeds and papers, 1658-1841: estate papers rel mainly to Doorwerth, Netherlands, and estate administration, with family corresp, 16th cent-19th cent: London deeds and estate papers, 18th cent-20th cent: London (St Marylebone and Soho) deeds and estate papers, 1710-1759: St Marylebone (London) abstract and copy rental 1710 and report 1759, with summary of rentals 1712-37, London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18j], 1720-1754: London estate rentals and letter book, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18k], 1765-1882: St Marylebone (London) deeds (3 bundles), 1771-1833: misc London plans, particulars and papers of John White, agent of the Portland estate, 18th cent-19th cent: St Marylebone estate papers, c1800-1920: Norfolk (Terrington St Clement) deeds and papers, 1812-1852: misc Norfolk (Terrington St Clement) estate papers, 13th cent-20th cent: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, leases, accounts and estate papers, 16th cent-20th cent: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds and papers, 1652-1660: Hepple (Northumberland) barony rental, 1780-1947: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) rentals, accounts and estate papers, 19th cent-20th cent: further Bothal (Northumberland) estate papers, 1892-1896: Northumberland estate corresp of WC Sample, Bothal estate agent, 1945-1948: further (Coxlodge) Northumberland estate corresp of William Sample and others, 14th cent-18th cent: misc Blore (Staffs) estate papers (Cavendish family property), 19th cent-20th cent: misc Aldrington (Sussex) deeds and papers, 12th cent-17th cent: Hovingham (Yorks) deeds, manorial records and estate papers (Cavendish family property), 19th cent: Scottish estate papers 19th cent, incl Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate accounts 1819-46, maps and papers rel to harbours, 1408-1485: Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) deeds and legal papers, National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland), 1798-20th cent: Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate plans and factor's papers, 1736-19th cent: misc Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate papers, 1790-1803: Cavendish-Bentinck family Red Books by Humphry Repton (3), Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18c], 16th cent-19th cent: Cavendish, Holles, Cavendish-Bentinck and Harley family and misc papers, incl rental of Viscount Woodstock's Irish estates 1699, early 18th cent: misc Harley family legal and financial papers, 12th cent-18th cent: Harley, Cavendish, Holles and Vere family papers and misc papers, incl cartularies of Hants religious houses, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18l], 14th cent-18th cent: misc Cavendish, Holles and Harley family papers, incl Welbeck Abbey cartulary and charters, Harleian MSS 2262-4, 5070, 7344-51, 7405-7500A, B, etc, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18m], See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18n], See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18o], 1802-1852: Welbeck (Notts) weather records, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18p], 1827-1876: Welbeck (Notts) weather records, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18q], 18th cent: Cavendish-Bentinck family architectural drawings, mainly rel to Welbeck Abbey, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18r], 1714: rental of the 1st Earl of Portland's estates, Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18s], c1640-1652: Civil War papers (the Revd John Nalson's collections), See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18t], c1712-1781: corresp and papers of Margaret, Duchess of Portland (d 1785), See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [104a], A daughter of second Earl of Gainsborough married the first Duke of Portland, About our It is one of the jewels in the crown of English Heritage. Styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 to 1709, He was born 17 Mar. He inherited the Kilmarnock estate in 1795 when he married Henrietta Scott, the daughter of General John Scott of Balgonie. The French Empire built by Napoleon eventually extended its reach to the North Sea, and incorporated the County of Aldenburg in 1810. Campus maps | More contact information | Jobs, The Earls and Dukes of Portland of Welbeck Abbey - a Brief History, Mellish and Buchanan of Blyth and Hodsock, Thoroton Hildyard of Screveton and Flintham, Simplified family tree showing the line of descent of the Earls and Dukes of Portland, Family tree of the Bentinck family, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, [Hans] William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649-1709), [William] Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682-1726), William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709-1762), William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (1768-1854), Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1774-1839; M.P. Duke of Buccleuch Richard Scott Estate Buccleuch Estates 2017/18 subsidies 2m Mahdi al-Tajir Estate Blackford 2017/18 subsidies 1.636m Scott's wealth has been estimated at about. At Buccleuch, we are dedicated to supporting the communities we live and work within, respecting the environment, and contributing to rural culture through our heritage for generations to come. It was soon abandoned and partly demolished. Their eldest son, Charles (whose name was William Charles, but like his father went by Charles, and in fact signed his name WCC Bentinck), not thinking he would succeed to a dukedom, entered the church and became vicar for several parishes in Bedfordshire in the 1840s. Stuck on this Bloody Island 2. endobj We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. The duke's 96,000 acre estate say it costs between 20,000 and 30,000-a-year to maintain the lodge. Portland was the son of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland and his wife Elizabeth Noel, daughter of Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough. Welbeck is one of the great traditional landed estates, nestled within Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. The estate of Langwell is in the parish of Latheron. In 1886, they were permitted, by royal licence, to bear the title Count Bentinck in the United Kingdom. Due to his European family connections, he later served as an informal diplomat between Britain, Denmark and Russia and died at the court of St Petersburg in 1813. Out in Style In 1920 the east side had already been built up including by people . The Duke of Westminster. His subsidiary titles created in 1716 included Marquess of Titchfield, to be used for the heir. It became the chief residence of the dukes of Portland after the sale of Bulstrode in 1811, and then significantly altered by the 5th Duke, as we shall see below. Opening times: 1 April - 31 October 2022. Ferdinand spent a long career as a senior colonial official in East Africa, mostly in Kenya, from the 1920s to the 1950s. >C[(E|zVsA!V|> R*286q!7{W.%:$ O7/&*qmz9ivm9('P ?Q(D+4hU-Sw The Portland family owned the estate until a period of sales commencing in the 1790's. Included in this gallery are grand manor houses with a lot of history too. In Swabia, they inherited the lordship of Gaildorf, once part of the ancient imperial County of Limpurg (northeast of Stuttgart)here they possessed an Old Schloss, built in the late 15th century, and later constructed a New Schloss, sometimes called the Bentinck Palace, which served as a summer retreat for the family until it was confiscated in 1918 (and now serves as the town hall). His son, William, 7th Duke of Portland, had been an MP for many years (officially as Marquess of Titchfield, but known as Chopper), and succeeded his father as Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (until 1962), and was also Chancellor of Nottingham University. (4) He obtained an Act of Parliament to make Troon's Harbour commercial with wet . The two lordships were joined together as a county by the Emperor in 1653. Next page: Portland Family biographies Manuscripts and Special Collections Nottingham, NG7 2NR telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4565 fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8651 email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and between Kilmarnock and Troon. Hendrick Bentinck t Veldes sons and grandsons married heiresses and founded several different branches that co-existed well into the 19th century (though interestingly some of them remained Catholic after the Reformation while others firmly embraced Calvinism). The Grosvenor Estate comprises some 140,000 acres of land across Scotland and England (or perhaps very slightly less: 133,000 acres according to this recent Daily Mail article). QUEENSBERRY ESTATE RENEWABLE ENERGY. The Bentinck family vault was established in the parish church of Marylebone, first in a new church built in the 1740s, at the northern end of Marylebone High Street (demolished in 1949), and then in a newer church built by celebrated architect Thomas Hardwick in about 1815. and Governor General of India), William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879), William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943), William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977), Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888-1980), Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland (1897-1990), Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland (1919-1997), Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland (b 1953), Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704-1774), Charlotte Sophie, Countess Bentinck, ne Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800), John Albert Bentinck (1737-1775; naval captain and M.P. After World War II Welbeck was leased to the Ministry of Defence who operated an army training college there. played in the Jacobite uprising of 1745. The Wellington Farm Shop has high quality local produce, an award-winning butchery and a caf with views of the Estate. BZ,_nN]mr10k &>\+ an incredibly important nobleman who was Prime Minister in 1783 and and its surrounding countryside. With planning . The eldest, Lady Anne, never married and lived at Welbeck Abbey and managed its vast estates until her death in 2008. On the death of the 5th Duke in 1879 most of the estates passed to the cousin who succeeded him as 6th Duke, but part of the Ayrshire estates were divided between the 5th Duke's sisters, Lady Ossington and Lady Howard de Walden, the latter also inheriting the Marylebone property. He died in Paris only a few years later. Hans Willem Bentincks eldest surviving son, Henry, carried on the family legacy as a chief supporter of the Whig political agenda in Britainthat is a limited, Protestant monarchyand was therefore created 1st Duke of Portland by the new Hanoverian regime in 1716. Following the death of the 2nd Duke in 1691 these Cavendish estates passed to his daughter, Margaret, wife of John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare. It passed into parliament hands following the execution of Charles I, and the palace, which had fallen into disrepair, was demolished. nuna revv stroller compatibility accounts krafton com claim best tasting menus toronto duke of devonshire estate office eastbourne 25 Feb/23 (No Ratings Yet) It was William who was responsible for the building of the large indoor riding school at Bolsover and who lavishly entertained King Charles I there. Het Loo, for example, has been a hunting lodge for the princely (then royal) House of Orange for centuries. 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