Portland, William Henry Bentinck, Duke of, 1682-1726
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Name (Latin)
Portland, William Henry Bentinck, Duke of, 1682-1726
Other forms of name
Bentinck, William Henry, Duke of Portland, 1682-1726
Portland, Henry Bentinck, Duke of, 1682-1726
Titchfield, William Henry Bentinck, Marquess of, 1682-1726
Woodstock, William Henry Bentinck, Viscount, 1682-1726
Date of birth
1682-03-17
Date of death
1726-07-04
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His His Grace's speech to the Assembly the seventh of January, 1723/4, 1724.
- Cokayne, G. Complete peerage, vol.10, 1945:p.592 (Henry, or William Henry (Bentinck), Earl of Portland; b. 1682; styled Viscount Woodstock 1689-1709; cr., 6 July 1716, Marquess of Titchfield, and Duke of Portland; d. 4 July 1726)
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Portrait of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682-1726)
Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (17 March 1682 – 4 July 1726) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1721 to 1726. Styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 until 1709, he sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 until 1709 when he succeeded to the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Portland.
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