Viscount Portman is in Viscountcies of England Alphabetically.
On 28th March 1873 Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman [aged 73] was created 1st Viscount Portman.
On 19th November 1888 Edward Berkeley Fitzharding 1st Viscount Portman [aged 89] died. His son William [aged 59] succeeded 2nd Viscount Portman, 2nd Baron Portman. Mary Selina Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Viscountess Portman [aged 52] by marriage Viscountess Portman.
On 16th October 1919 William Henry Portman 2nd Viscount Portman [aged 90] died. His son Henry [aged 59] succeeded 3rd Viscount Portman, 3rd Baron Portman.
On 18th January 1923 Henry Berkeley Portman 3rd Viscount Portman [aged 62] died. His brother Claud [aged 58] succeeded 4th Viscount Portman, 4th Baron Portman.
On 6th June 1929 Claud Berkeley Portman 4th Viscount Portman [aged 64] died. His son Edward [aged 31] succeeded 5th Viscount Portman, 5th Baron Portman. Sybil Mary Douglas-Pennant Viscountess Portman [aged 42] by marriage Viscountess Portman.
In 1942 Edward Claud Berkeley Portman 5th Viscount Portman [aged 44] died. His uncle Seymour [aged 73] succeeded 6th Viscount Portman, 6th Baron Portman.
On 2nd November 1946 Seymour Berkeley Portman 6th Viscount Portman [aged 78] died. His brother Gerald [aged 71] succeeded 7th Viscount Portman, 7th Baron Portman.
On 3rd September 1948 Gerald Berkeley Portman 7th Viscount Portman [aged 73] died. His son Gerald [aged 45] succeeded 8th Viscount Portman, 8th Baron Portman.
In 1967 Gerald William Portman 8th Viscount Portman [aged 64] died. His son Edward [aged 32] succeeded 9th Viscount Portman, 9th Baron Portman.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 2nd May 1999 Edward Portman 9th Viscount Portman [aged 65] died. His son Christopher [aged 40] succeeded 10th Viscount Portman, 10th Baron Portman.