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. D2&GNwy9QblaKllbL*A 6-wn(5] 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. 2 0 obj 23 June 2015 5:35pm. The Cavendish property that became the main seat of the dukes of Portland was Welbeck Abbey. 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. In the 1670s, to get closer to the seats of power in the province of Holland, he acquired the lordships of Rhoon and Pendrecht. Back from Malaya and farming the family 20,000-acre estate around Kinnaird Castle, Brechin, he inherited his mother's fortune and estates as soon as he turned 21. It opened in 1812 played in the Jacobite uprising of 1745. The rails were cast iron fixed to 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) The estate of Langwell is in the parish of Latheron. email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk. and was very well informed about their condition. Portland. The branch born unequally moved to the United States and faded away. Styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 to 1709, He was born 17 Mar. Abstract. 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). Daneshill School is a unique co-educational school set within 100 . 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. 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 'Bulstrode Hall, Buckinghamshire', by Corbould, published 1787. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Hans Bentinck came to England with Search through trusted Scottish sporting estates and providers offering all country sports in Scotland from game shooting - including pheasant, partridge, woodcock, and pigeon, as well as grouse and ptarmigan which are distinct to the British Isles. 1807. It was enlarged again in the late 18th century with the addition of an English-style garden. especially fond of his lands and farms around Troon and to this day The title Earl of Portland did not die out with the dukedom, however. 9. Cavendish, the daughter of the Duke of Devonshire. Hendrick also took on the important post of Drost of Salland, sort of equivalent in English to a local sheriff or seneschal. The Duke had a close relationship with his tenants and was known to them as the 'Good' Duke . The honour of having the first railway in Scotland belongs Visited by thousands every year, the castle was the stand-in for "Duneagle" in the . In 2005 it returned to use as a private residence by the heirs of the last duke of Portland, the Anglo-Italian William Parente, Prince of Castel Viscardo. The children of the Dukes of Portland, and those granted the rank of Duke's children, bore the title Lord/Lady before their Christian names.. Hans Willem Bentinck, cr 1689 Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock and Baron of Cirencester (20 Jul 1649-Bulstrode . New guide apps have been introduced and Mandarin . 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). By the 17th century it was known as Place House. Their son, William Cavendish, was created Earl (1628), Marquess (1643) and Duke (1665) of Newcastle. Portland. History, heritage and genealogy about Europe's highest ranking aristocrats. He was an original governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, founded in 1739, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1741. many of the street names bear witness to his investment in the town I am also a musician and an avid traveler. 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. We can continue to have our Anglo-Dutch Moment. his estates", and construction started in 1808. 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. The future Queen Elizabeth II was born at the Strathmore home in Mayfair in April 1926. William of Orange, and had been created Earl of Portland in 1689. In the 20th century, several of them served in high positions with the household of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (reigned 1890 to 1948), two as Chamberlain and two (father and son) as Master of the Horse. The tunnels connected the main house to the kitchen gardens, stables and a large riding houseequipped with gas lighting! William was succeeded by his son, Henry in 1709, and within seven years Henry had been elevated to the titles Marquess of Titchfield and Duke of Portland. All Rights 2012 Future Museum Project Partners, Plan and Section of Rail and Chair used on Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. The younger son of Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, unsurprisingly also named William, was sent back to the Low Countries in 1719 to maintain the family estates and to occupy the family seat in the Estates of Holland as Baron van Rhoon. The Castle, fortified even before the Norman conquest, is located near Morpeth in Northumberland (north of the city of Newcastle). The Portland Estate in Soho Fields In 1698 the first Earl of Portland was granted by the King the freehold of most of Soho Fields and of a smaller piece of ground in St. James's parish, in reversion from 1734. endobj William III had created many new dukes for this reason, so it seemed natural; plus, Henry Bentinck was now even wealthier than his father, as he had married a significant heiress, Lady Elizabeth Noel, daughter of the Earl of Gainsborough and heiress of Titchfield Abbey and its estates in Hampshire. The Duke of Westminster owns more of Britain than the Queen, through an estate that can trace its history back hundreds of years. He was noted for Out in Style But he died of a brain abscess before he reached thirty. HENRY BENTINCK, Earl of Portland till 6 July 1716, when he was created Marquess of Titchfield and DUKE OF PORTLAND. Both are located on a sandy island in the delta of the River Mass, just south of the city of Rotterdam. Trying to Cross the Road in Mauchline 8. The Bentincks did not hold on to it very long and sold it in the 1740s. be inherited by a descendant of Henrietta's. Doorwerth was a small estate near Arnhem in the province of Gelderland, The Netherlands. When he died in 1711, his estates went to his daughter Henrietta who married another politician, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (son of the more famous first minister of Queen Anne), though the name Holles and the title Newcastle went to his nephew, Thomas Pelham. Count Henry Noel served in the British army in World War II, then became a producer for the BBC. Welbeck Abbey was acquired by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1607, and from him, passed to his son, William [later 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne]. It was inherited by Henry Noel Bentinck, as 11th Earl of Portland. But at the Congress of Vienna, 1815, the Count of Aldenburg was denied a restoration of his sovereignty (however miniscule) and became a vassal of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. It is now the home to the 13th Duke of Argyll, His Grace Torquhil Ian Campbell, and his young family. In this short time, he managed to modernise the government administration of Bengal and abolish the monopoly of trade enjoyed the East India Company. Against the wishes of his own British government, he helped a group of Sicilian nobles take control of the court of Palermo in1812, forcing the King to abdicate in favour of his son Francis, and even introduced a liberal constitution (which, amongst other things, abolished feudalismfinally). The Theobalds Estate on the Hertfordshire-Middlesex border was another acquisition of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. The same is true for the castle further to the north at Kniphausen. YTK87K` Of the sons of the 4th Duke, the eldest, the Marquess of Titchfield, was expected to have a brilliant career, smart and well placed. Sir Charles began the process of rebuilding the castle, which was to be continued by his son, William, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1814, his superiors, supporting a full Bourbon restoration, sent him away from Sicily, north towards Tuscany where he was tasked with pushing out another of Napoleons sisters (Elisa) from her rule there. Henrietta married the Marquis of Titchfield - later the 4th Duke of Portland - in 1795. A8083 13. 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, who had been executed for the part he The duke's 96,000 acre estate say it costs between 20,000 and 30,000-a-year to maintain the lodge. Over three centuries later, one family, the Bentincks, still benefit from this relatively brief merging of national interests. Opening times: 1 April - 31 October 2022. 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. Many are incredibly old; the country has many in ruins but also many are still in use. fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8651 1682, at the Hague, died in Jamaica, 4 July 1726, and was buried 3 Nov. 1726 in the Duke of Ormonde's vault in Westminster Abbey. 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. Contents It was acquired in the mid-17th century by Anton I, Count of Aldenburg (1633-1680), whose main estate was the fiefdom of Varel and Kniphausen in modern-day northern Germany. The Wellington Farm Shop has high quality local produce, an award-winning butchery and a caf with views of the Estate. Stuck on this Bloody Island 2. Find out more about Welbeck. Located only a few miles east of Bolsover, it is across the county line in Nottinghamshire, and is one of the four ducal residences that gave the name the Dukeries to this area (Portland, Newcastle, Norfolk and Kingston). Lady Isle 3. 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). The Harleys were a Herefordshire gentry family. Earlier, his wife Winifred had been a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra at the 1902 coronation (wearing the famous Portland Tiara, stolen in 2018), and her Mistress of the Robes from 1913 to 1925. He inherited the Kilmarnock estate in 1795 when he married Henrietta Scott, the daughter of General John Scott of Balgonie. In 1980, he was succeeded by his brother Victor, who was also in his 80s. At the 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimers death, Brampton Bryan passed to a collateral branch of his family, but I think (and happy to be corrected) that the Wigmore estate came to the Bentincks. Following the restoration, the estate was restored. Boutique, family run Estate Agents specialising in Sales, Lettings & Management based in Brighton and Hove. After that, the house and lands passed to her nephew, the Prince of Castel Viscardo (which is in Umbria). Welcome to our collection of the 50 best castles and manor houses in Scotland. William of Orange, and had been created Earl of Portland in 1689. It sits within an area known as the Dukeries. She persuaded her husband to devote significant funds to improving the lives of miners on his Nottinghamshire estates. privacy policy. 1964) is, strictly lineally speaking, head of both English and Dutch baronial lines. Staff and tenants knew never to make eye contact if they happened to pass him. The Lyon family were Angus landowners from the 14th century, created Baron Glamis in 1445, and Earl of Kinghorne (later adding Strathmore) in 1606. One of his estates, Queensberry, includes the Lowther Hills and covers over 33,500 hectares. After a legal case at The Hague in 1781, Charlotte Sophie was confirmed as Doorwerth's owner. his accession to the title, William took a warm interest in them Lord William was appointed at a young age as governor of Madras in India, 1803-07, but was pulled back to Europe at the height of the Napoleonic wars and given command as Lieutenant-General of British troops in Sicily and representative of British interests on that islandnotably to keep it out of the hands of Napoleons sister and brother-in-law, the Murats, now occupying the throne of Naples just across the straits. But by this point, Portland had been supplanted as the Kings favourite by another Dutchman, Arnold van Keppel, and he resigned his court offices in 1699, and he mostly retired to his country estate at Bulstrode Park, though he did continue to carry out duties in the next reign, that of Queen Anne. 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. Sweetie Shop 6. He died in Paris only a few years later. Records kept by the Estate are therefore a valuable source for family history. The 3rd Duke of Fife, who has died aged 85, inherited fortunes, titles and estates in Scotland from both sides of his . 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). k6U(UP; :v=$rKXUh95eE|hx5' Best Price (Room Rates) Guarantee Check all reviews, photos, contact number & address of Duke of Portland Boathouse on the shore of Lake . . Scotland is also well known for its castles. The Dukes of Portland and their families. Edward VI gave the crumbling ruins to George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury; his son, the 7th Earl, sold it in 1590 to his half-brother, Sir Charles Cavendish (son of the celebrated Bess of Hardwick). 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. name to Cavendish-Bentinck when, in 1766, he married the Dorothy It is frustratingly closed to visitors. After 1997 he was entitled to call himself 12th Earl of Portland, as well as Count Bentinck von Aldenburg and Count of Waldeck-Limpurg. In an attempt to ease his financial burdens, he disposed of his London house, and in 1919 sold off seven parts of his estates in Sutherland, amounting to 115,000 acres. a tramroad or 'plateway' and was nine and a half miles long and ran The 9th and last Duke of Portland (who used his third name, William, or Bill Bentinck) had also had a long career, first as a diplomat in the 1920-30s (rising to be Ambassador to Poland in 1945), then in business, mostly focusing on repairing links between Britain and German industry. The estate was granted to the Montagu family in 1540 by King Henry VIII, having remained in the family until it came under royal ownership from 1938. 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. One of these, Berend, moved to England in the 1830s. 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. View more posts. The Duke was buried in St Winifreds Church, Holbeck, on the Welbeck Estate, which he had built in the early years of the 20th century. For the purposes of this post, I'll be leaving aside their 94,817 acres of Scottish landholdings - Andy Wightman has covered these at Who Owns Scotland - and . Family members include the 5th Duke of Portland, the famous 'burrowing duke.' The 5th Duke spent his time and wealth at Welbeck, commissioning an impressive range of buildings which included a maze of underground tunnels. The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and It was significantly altered by the 2nd Duke of Portland in the 1740s, and by his wife who transformed its gardens into one of the most famous botanical gardens of its day, renowned for its rare exotic plants. 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. 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. This province, which for centuries was not independent, but property of the bishops of Utrecht, takes its name from the fact that it is across the River IJssel. Today, it is run by English Heritage and has been the subject of extensive restoration, including the riding school. The eldest, Lady Anne, never married and lived at Welbeck Abbey and managed its vast estates until her death in 2008. The caves are high up on the sides of a wonderful limestone gorge, with a lake at its base. But he was pushed out of politics in the next reign due to his personal animosity with Princess Anne of Great Britain, now Dowager Princess of Orange and Regent for her son, Willem V. In 1732, William Bentinck van Rhoon had been created Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Charles VI, to raise his rank so that it would be equal to his future bride, Countess Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg. I love heraldry and genealogy. He obtained from Parliament the right to build The Adam brothers' celebrated street improvements at Mansfield Street and Portland Place, carried out from the 1760s on the Marylebone estate of the Dukes of Portland, are among the many significant buildings covered by the Survey of London's forthcoming volumes on South-East Marylebone. The estate passed to William's son, Charles A. Bentinck (1810-1891) and was sold by him in 1837 to Baron J.A.P. The familys prominence at court was maintained after his death by his second wife (Jane Temple), who was appointed governess of the daughters of the Prince of Wales (the future King George II), and by his son, the 1st Duke of Portland (below). When the 4th Duke of Portland inherited the title in 1809, however, he quickly disposed of the estate. He carried the crown of his cousin Queen Elizabeth at her coronation in 1937. We need now to travel back to the Netherlands, and back to the 18th century. This was a new house built in the 1680s by the Lord Chancellor, George Jeffreys, and soon after sold to Lord Portland. There has been a moated manor house here, near the town of Raalte, since the 1380s. 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. Lord Oxford sold Wimpole, and on his death in 1741 the Harley estates in Herefordshire (Brampton Bryan etc.) The two lordships were joined together as a county by the Emperor in 1653. Nottingham, NG7 2NR, telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4565 Theres no danger of this family becoming extinct any time soon, always maintaining a foot in England and a foot in the Netherlands. For more than 500 years, Inveraray Castle has housed the chieftain of one of the world's best-known family clans, the Clan Campbell. He inherited the Kilmarnock estate in 1795 when he married Read More 4th Duke of Portland Past Legacies Exhibition at Troon Library Troon's icon of industry: the first railway locomotive in Scotland This is the third (and final) post to be themed around the Kilmarnock & Troon Railway, completed in 1812. ]N>|0._L"'s,|{}yA^6}2;J,S,tJ/q8OF9:4SjbII mG0FFV-ZBQ]H!8lP 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. 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). On his death, the title passed to his son, Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl (1605-1663), then to Charles Weston, 3rd Earl (1639-1665) and ultimately to Thomas Weston, 4th Earl (1609-1688), who was Charles' uncle and male heir, being the third surviving son of the 1st Earl by his second wife. The Duke of Westminster. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 594.96 842.04] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Duke of Portland Boathouse on the shore of Lake Ullswater ideal for a romantic break, Cumbria - Book Duke of Portland Boathouse on the shore of Lake Ullswater ideal for a romantic break online with best deal and discount with lowest price on Homestay Booking. It became the resting place of all of the 20th-century dukes. 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 Cavendish family, founded on Tudor wealth in the 16th century (Welbeck was of course another dissolved abbey) had been divided in the early 17th century into the Devonshire line and the Newcastle lineboth of these were dukedoms and will be explored in a separate post for the mighty Cavendish family. (LogOut/ The title was revived the very next year by William III, following his accession to the throne in the 'Glorious Revolution'. Schoonheten Castle has been, and remains, the main seat of the Bentincks in the Netherlands. 1 bedroom flat for rent in Duke Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1AG, BN1 for 1,025 pcm. This four-part series takes an in-depth look at the workings of some of Scotland's most magnificent country estates through the eyes of the current owners, the ghillies, the gardeners and the. Kr;JEChjF]^-yPl -dQ$$c=1=2]*du %PDF-1.7 Although he never visited any of his Ayrshire estates after <> Great Estates of Scotland This stunning series takes an in-depth look at the fascinating stories and inner workings of four of Scotland's most magnificent country estates, through the eyes of not only the current owners and the ghillies, gardeners, and housekeepers that keep them running, but also from the viewpoint of the paying guests who frequent these sumptuous country estates. The titles, but not the lands, went to a distant cousin, Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, who became the 8th Duke at age 89 in 1977. William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquis of Titchfield, between 1808 and In 1968 he became head of this branch of the family, and in 1990, at age 71, he succeeded his *very* distant cousins as 11th Earl of Portland, and his son Tim became Viscount Woodstock. 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. He criminalised the practice of sati (a widows self-immolation on her husbands funeral pyre) and female infanticide; passed stronger laws against organised crime; passed the English Education Act (replacing Persian as the language of high courts); and founded the Calcutta Medical College. In 1677, he was sent to England to formally ask for the hand of Princess Mary, daughter of the Duke of York (and his first cousin), and a year later Hans Willem himself married an English woman, Anne Villiers, a cousin of the Kings favourite, the Duke of Buckingham. She had died in 1945. Hospital Song 14. f0vi~e. lc&Rmjl @. the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. It took the form of The Duchess was also an early animal rights activist and vegetarian. Today the estate is in divided ownership, though part of it is a grade II listed landscape on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest. For a brief period there was also an alternative, Jacobite Portland title. The estate passed to William's son, Charles A. Bentinck (1810-1891) and was sold by him in 1837 to Baron J.A.P. Lady Margaret married William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, and her estates were inherited by the 3rd Duke on her death in 1785. 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. Today it is a ruin, looked after by English Heritage. The Duke also owns estates in Canada and Spain and is said to be worth 7.8billion. 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