Biography of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland 1857-1943

Paternal Family Tree: Bentinck

On 18 Feb 1857 [his father] Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 37) and [his mother] Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed were married.

On 28 Dec 1857 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 38) and Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed. His mother died a week later.

On 04 Jan 1858 [his mother] Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed died from childbirth.

On 10 Jun 1862 [his father] Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 43) and [his step-mother] Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover (age 27) were married.

On 11 Dec 1877 [his father] Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck (age 58) died.

On 06 Dec 1879 William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland (age 79) died unmarried at his London residence Harcourt House Cavendish Square Marylebone. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. His first cousin once removed William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Portland, 7th Earl of Portland.

On 11 Jun 1889 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 31) and Winifred Anna Dallas Yorke Duchess Portland (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Portland.

On 27 Feb 1890 [his daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck was born to William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 32).

On 16 Mar 1893 [his son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland was born to William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) and [his wife] Winifred Anna Dallas Yorke Duchess Portland (age 29).

On 07 Aug 1893 [his step-mother] Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover (age 58) died. Her step-son William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire.

In 1900 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) was appointed 812th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 80).

On 27 Jul 1900 [his son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck was born to William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) and [his wife] Winifred Anna Dallas Yorke Duchess Portland (age 36).

On 12 Aug 1915 [his son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 28) were married. He the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 57) and Winifred Anna Dallas Yorke Duchess Portland (age 51). They were third cousin once removed.

On 25 Nov 1918 [his son-in-law] Michael John Erskine-Wemyss (age 30) and [his daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck (age 28) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 60). He a great x 2 grandson of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

Henry Chaplin A Memoir: Preface. PREFACE

It had always been my father's wish that some account should be made public of the part he had taken in the spheres of politics and sport. For this purpose certain letters and memoranda are extant— the latter in many cases dictated by himself, and from time to time amplified. A selection of this material has accordingly been prepared.

In presenting this record of the events of a long life, I must, in the first place, acknowledge with dutiful thanks the gracious permission of H.M. the King to publish certain letters written to my father by His late Majesty King Edward VII. and Her late Majesty Queen Alexandra.

Next, I must express my warm sense of obligation to many helpers. I am deeply indebted to my friend, Miss Rose Bradley, for the time and trouble she has so generously bestowed, not only in the co-ordination of the documents bequeathed by my father, but in the preparation of part of the narrative. An old friend of my father and myself, whose desire for anonymity I am bound to respect, is responsible for the section on Racing. My friend, Mr. John Buchan, has given me invaluable assistance in various sections, and has supervised with me the arrangement of the book.

For other services most kindly rendered by Helen Countess of Radnor (age 79), the Duke of Portland (age 68), Lord Lonsdale, Lord Charles Bentinck, Mr. Ernest Chaplin, Lieut.-Col. Charles Brook, Major E. C. Ellice, Sir Theodore Cook, Colonel A. Macauley, Mr. W. Danby, and Mr. Golding, I beg to express my sincere thanks.

I hope that this tribute of a daughter to the memory of her father may meet with some measure of approval from his many friends, and from the still wider circle to which for so many years he was a familiar figure.

E. LONDONDERRY (age 47).

On 26 Apr 1943 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 85) died. His son [his son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 50) succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. [his daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 55) by marriage Duchess Portland.

On 30 Jul 1954 [his former wife] Winifred Anna Dallas Yorke Duchess Portland (age 90) died.

Royal Ancestors of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland 1857-1943

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Ancestors of William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland 1857-1943

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough 9 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

GrandFather: Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskyns Duchess Devonshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Noel Countess Burlington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Colley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Ussher

Great x 2 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Hill

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Trevor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington

GrandMother: Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Pierre Roland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley

William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandFather: St Vincent Hawkins Whitshed

Mother: Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed