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Note for:   Amelia Bentinck,   ABT 1711 -          Index

Burial:   
     Date:   10 Jan 1756
Individual Notes
Note for:   William Bentinck,   1 Mar 1709 -          Index

Burial:   
     Date:   8 May 1762
     Place:   Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

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     It was through the marriage of their son Henry, 2nd Duke (1709-1762) to Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley (1715-1785) in 1734 that the former Cavendish-owned Welbeck estates in Nottinghamshire came into the possession of the Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland.

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Note for:   Margaret Cavendish Harley,   11 Feb 1715 - 17 Jul 1785         Index

Christening:   
     Date:   19 Mar 1715
     Place:   St. Martins-in-the-Fields, London, Middlesex, England

Burial:   
     Date:   20 Jul 1785
     Place:   Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Individual Notes
Note for:   William Henry Cavendish Bentinck,   14 Apr 1738 - 30 Oct 1809         Index

Burial:   
     Date:   9 Nov 1809
     Place:   St. Mary Le Bone, London, England

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     3rd Duke of Portland 1783, 1807-09 WHIG/TORY Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, became prime minister in a Charles James Fox-Frederick North coalition government which overthrew the Shelburne government. He was again prime minister from (1806-07) as a Tory during the French Revolution.

William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809) was a leading politician and statesman throughout the second half of the 18th century, whose life was entirely dominated by his political career. He was elected M.P. for Weobly, Herefordshire in 1761, but took his seat in the House of Lords when he inherited the title from his father in 1762. From then until his resignation as Prime Minister in 1809 he held enormous political influence. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1783, Home Secretary, 1794-1801 and served twice as Prime Minister.

Duke of Portland (1738-1809)
Prime Minister of Great Britain. Under Rockingham, he was Lord Chamberlain from 1765 till 1766. In 1782, when Rockingham was again in power, the Duke became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Fox and North chose him as 'a convenient cypher' to head their coalition government. He held office as Prime Minister from then until the defeat of the British India Bill forced his dismissal. Under Pitt, he was Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1794 till 1801, when he became President of the Council.
In 1807, he was Prime Minister for the second time and First Lord of the Treasury.
His political influence was largely due to 'his rank, his mild disposition, and his personal integrity'.
Burns referred to 'the triumph of the Portland Band' in his 'Ode to the Departed Regency Bill 1789'. This was a Bill proposing power for the Prince of Wales because of the King's illness, favoured by Fox and opposed by Pitt. The Bill was withdrawn when it was announced that the King was recovering.

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Note for:   Dorothy Cavendish,   17 Aug 1750 - 3 Jun 1794         Index

Burial:   
     Date:   14 Jun 1794
     Place:   St. Mary Le Bone, London, England
Individual Notes
Note for:   William Charles Augustus Cavendish- Bentinck,   3 Oct 1780 - 28 Apr 1826         Index

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     made Welbeck Abbey his principal seat

born September 14, 1774 , Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, Eng. died June 17, 1839 , Paris, France
in full William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Lord Bentinck British governor-general of Bengal (1828–33) and of India (1833–35). An aristocrat who sympathized with many of the liberal ideas of his day, he made important administrative and humanitarian reforms in Indian government and society. He reformed the finances, opened up judicial posts to Indians, and suppressed such practices…