Duke of Portland

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British statesman duchy hereditary title human title in the Peerage of Great Britain

The Duke of Portland was a title in the British peerage most notably held by William Cavendish-Bentinck, a prominent 18th–19th century statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British statesman ⓘ duchy ⓘ hereditary title ⓘ human ⓘ title in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
associatedSeat	Bulstrode Park ⓘ Fullerton House ⓘ Welbeck Abbey ⓘ
birthDate	1738-04-14 ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdBy	George I of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: King George I of Great Britain
creationDate	1716 ⓘ
deathDate	1809-10-30 ⓘ
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
extinctionDate	1990 ⓘ
father	William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland ⓘ surface form: William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland
firstHolder	William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland ⓘ
heldBy	Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland ⓘ Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland ⓘ surface form: Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland ⓘ William Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland ⓘ William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ⓘ William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ⓘ surface form: William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland ⓘ surface form: William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland ⓘ
lastHolder	Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George III
mother	Margaret Cavendish-Harley ⓘ
nobleFamily	Cavendish family ⓘ surface form: Cavendish-Bentinck family
nobleTitle	William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ⓘ surface form: 3rd Duke of Portland
notableFor	serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
politicalParty	Tory ⓘ Whig Party ⓘ surface form: Whig
positionHeld	Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
secondTermEnd	1809 ⓘ
secondTermStart	1807 ⓘ
spouse	Lady Dorothy Cavendish ⓘ surface form: Dorothy Cavendish
subsidiaryTitle	Baron Cirencester ⓘ Earl of Portland ⓘ Marquess of Titchfield ⓘ Viscount Woodstock ⓘ
termEnd	1783 ⓘ
termStart	1783 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rockingham Whig → hasMember → Duke of Portland ⓘ

House of Cavendish → hasNobleTitle → Duke of Portland ⓘ

Spencer Perceval → precededBy → Duke of Portland ⓘ