PORTLAND
The members of this family bore the surname Bentinck,
Cavendish-Bentinck or Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, as indicated. The children of
the Dukes of Portland,
and those granted the rank of Duke's children, bore
the title Lord/Lady before their Christian names.
Hans Willem Bentinck, cr 1689 Earl of
Portland, Viscount Woodstock and Baron of Cirencester (20 Jul 1649-Bulstrode Park 23 Nov 1709); m.1st
The Hague 1
Feb 1678 Anne Villiers (d.in Holland
30 [20?] Nov 1688); m.2nd London 12 May 1700 Jane
Martha Temple, Dowager Lady Berkeley of Stratton (1672-Whitehall 26 May 1751); he had many
children besides the following two sons:
1a) HENRY, 2nd Earl of Portland, etc, cr 1716
Duke of Portland and
Marquess of Titchfield (17 Mar
1682-St.Iago de la Vega, Jamaica
4 Jul 1726);
m.Chiswick 9 Jun 1704
Lady Elizabeth Noel (1685-London 19
Mar 1737)
1b) Anne (d.Jul 1749); m.Daniel
Paul
2b) WILLIAM, 2nd Duke
of Portland, etc (1 Mar 1709-1
May 1762); m.London 11 Jul 1734
Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley (11
Feb 1715-Bulstrode 17 Jul 1785)
1c) Elizabeth Cavendish (27 Jun 1735-London 12 Dec 1825); m.London 22
May 1759 Thomas Thynne, Marquess of Bath
(13 Sep 1734-London
19 Nov 1796)
2c) Henrietta (8 Feb 1737-London 4 Jun 1827); m.Whitehall 28 May 1763 George Harry
Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford
and Warrington (1 Oct 1737-Enville Hall 23 May 1819)
3c) WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH, 3rd
Duke of Portland, etc, Prime Minister of Great Britain, took surname
Cavendish-Bentinck for himself and his issue 1801 (14 Apr 1738-Bulstrode 30 Oct
1809); m.Burlington House 8 Nov 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish (27 Aug 1750-3 Jun
1794)
1d) WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH, 4th
Duke of Portland,
etc, took surname Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (London 24 Jun 1768-Welbeck Abbey 27
Mar 1854); m.London 4 Aug 1795
Henrietta Scott (d.Welbeck Abbey 28
Apr 1844)
1e) William Henry Cavendish,
Marquess of Titchfield (London 21 Aug 1796-Portland House 4/5 Mar 1824)
2e) Margaret Harriet (21 Apr 1798-9 Apr 1882)
3e) Caroline (6 Jul 1799-23 Jan 1828)
4e) WILLIAM JOHN CAVENDISH, 5th
Duke of Portland
(London 17 Sep 1800-Harcourt House 6 Dec 1879)
5e) William George Frederick (23 Feb 1802-21 Sep 1848)
6e) Henry William (9 Jun 1804-31 Dec 1870)
7e) Charlotte
(1805-Ossington Hall 30 Sep
1889); m.London 14
Jul 1827 John Evelyn Denison,
Viscount Ossington (Ossington 27 Jan 1800-Ossington 7 Mar 1873)
8e) Lucy Joan
(27
Aug 1807 [1808?]-St.James's
House, West Malvern 29 Jul 1899); m.London 8 Nov 1828 Charles Augustus
Ellis, 6th Lord Howard de Walden (London 5 Jun 1799-château de Lesve 29 Aug
1868)
9e) Mary (8 Jul 1809-20 Jul 1874); m.5 Oct 1854
Sir William Topham (d.7 Jun 1895)
2d) William Henry, Gov-General
of India
(14 Sep 1774-17
Jun 1839); m.19 Feb 1803 Lady Mary Acheson (d.1 May 1843)
3d) Charlotte
(3 Oct 1775-28
Jul 1862); m.31 Mar 1793 Charles Greville (2 Nov 1762-26 Aug 1832)
4d) Mary (13 Mar 1779-6 Nov 1843)
5d) William Charles Augustus (3 Oct 1780-28 Apr 1826);
m.1st 21 Sep 1808
Georgiana Augusta Seymour (d. 10
Dec 1813); m.2nd 3 Jul 1817 Anne Wellesley (1788-19 Mar 1875)
1e) Georgiana (21 Aug 1811-12 Sep 1883)
2e) Anne (1 Sep 1816-17 Jun 1888)
3e) Charles William Frederick (8 Nov 1817-17 Aug 1865);
m.1st 26 Sep 1839
Sinetta Lambourne (1820-19 Feb 1850); m.2nd 13 Dec 1859 Caroline Burnaby (Baggrave
Hall 1833-1918)
1f) Nina Cecilia (London 11 Sep
1862-London 23 Jun 1938); m.Petersham [per Cokayne; other sources say London]
16 Jul 1881
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
(London 14 Mar 1855-Glamis Castle 7 Nov 1944)
2f) Anne Violet (Baggrave Hall
23 Jan 1864-15 May 1932)
3f) Hyacinthe Sinetta (Baggrave
Hall 23 Jan 1864-9 Dec 1916); m.1901 Alfred Jessup
4e) Arthur (10 May 1819-11 Dec 1877);
m.1st 18 Feb 1857
Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins-Whitshed (27
Nov 1835-4 Jan 1858); m.2nd 10 Jun 1862 Augusta Mary
Elizabeth Browne, cr 1880 Baroness Bolsover, of Bolsover
Castle (Dublin 8 Nov
1834-London 7 Aug 1893)
1f) WILLIAM John Arthur Charles
James, 6th Duke of Portland, etc (Kinnaird House, Perthshire 28 Dec
1857-Welbeck Woodhouse 26 Apr 1943); m.London 11 Jun 1889 Winifred Dallas-Yorke (Murthly
Castle 7 Sep 1863-Welbeck 30 Jul 1954)
1g) Victoria
Alexandrina Violet (London 27 Feb 1890-May 1994); m.Welbeck 25 Nov 1918 Michael John
Erskine Wemyss of Wemyss (8 Mar
1888-1982)
2g) WILLIAM Arthur Henry, 7th
Duke of Portland, etc
(London 16 Mar 1893-21 Mar 1977); m.Welbeck 12 Aug 1915 Hon Ivy Gordon-Lennox (16 Jun 1887-Welbeck
Woodhouse 3 Mar 1982)
1h) Alexandra Margaret Anne
(London 6 Sep 1916-21 Dec 2008)
2h) Victoria Margaret (London 9
Oct 1918-Wick, Caithness 29 Aug 1955); m.Welbeck 12 Apr 1950 Don Gaetano Parente Pr di
Castel Viscardo (Aversa 10 Jun 1909- )
3g) Francis Morven Dallas
(Langwell 27 Jul 1900-Welbeck 22 Aug 1950)
2f) Henry, granted rank of
Duke's son 1880 (London 28 May 1863-Underley 6 Oct 1931); m.London 27 Jan 1892 Lady Olivia
Taylour (Underley Hall 22 Jan 1869-26 Nov 1939)
3f) William Augustus, granted
rank of Duke's son 1880 (31 Jan
1865-4 Nov 1903)
4f) Charles, granted rank of Duke's
son 1880 (London 7 Oct 1868-Oxton Hall 19 Jun 1956); m.Taplow 27 Feb 1897 Cicely Grenfell
(28 Aug 1872-Ramsdale
Park 30 Jan 1936)
1g) Elizabeth
(Taplow 27 Sep 1901-13 Aug 1977); m.London 29 Apr 1925 (div 1954) Roger Henry Wethered
2g) Alice
(London 10 Oct 1904-1982); m.London 23
Mar 1930 Terence Alfred Andrew Watt (Londonderry 1896-k.on
active service 17 Jul 1942)
5f) Ottoline Violet, granted
rank of Duke's dau 1880 (London 16 Jun 1873-21 Apr 1938); m.London 8 Feb 1902 Philip Morrell (4 Jun 1870-5 Feb 1943)
5e) Emily (1820-6 Jan 1850);
m.8 Nov 1845 Henry Hopwood (d.1859)
6d) Frederick
Guy (2 Nov 1781-11
Feb 1828); m.16 Sep 1820 Lady Mary Lowther (28 Oct 1785-21 Oct 1862)
1e) George Augustus Frederick (9 Jul 1821-London 9 Apr 1891); m.14 Aug 1850
Prudence Leslie (8 Nov 1830-22
Jun 1896)
1f) Christina Anne Jessica (4 Jul 1852-2 Jun 1912); m.3
Aug 1874 Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Bt. (13 Mar 1826-4 May 1913)
2f) William George (London 6
Mar 1854-Windsor 22 Aug 1909); m.New York
12 Aug 1880
Elizabeth Livingston (New York 1860-4 Nov 1943)
1g) Mary Augusta (10 Jun 1881-9 May 1913);
m.3 Nov 1906 John Gorman Ford
2g) Ruth Evelyn (London 5 Mar
1883-1978); m.9 Feb 1907 Walter Spencer Morgan Burns (22 Mar 1872-24 Dec 1929)
3f) William George Frederick
(London 26 Aug 1856-London 13 Nov 1948); m.London 8 Aug 1887 Ruth Saint Maur (22 Oct 1867-London 28 Jan 1953)
1g) FERDINAND William, 8th
Duke of Portland, etc
(London 4 Jul 1888-Nairobi 13 Dec 1980); m.1st London
9 May 1912
(div 1950) Wentworth Frances Hope-Johnstone (Feb 1882-25 Jun 1964); m.2nd
Nairobi 21 Sep 1950 Gwyneth Ethel
Edwards (1907-London 7 Mar 1996)
2g) Lucy Joan (London 6 Nov
1889-29 Jun 1971); m.9 Nov 1922 Sir Reginald Hervey Hoare (d.12 Aug 1954)
3g) George Augustus Frederick (30 May 1891-7 Jun 1892)
4g) VICTOR Frederick William, 9th
Duke of Portland, etc
(London 28 Jun 1897-30 Jul 1990); m.1st 16 Feb 1924 (div 1948) Clothilde Bruce
Quigley (Greenville, Texas 2 Oct 1904-1984); m.2nd London
27 Jul 1948
Kathleen Barry (Montreal 26 Jun 1912-London 10 Jan 2004)
1h) William James (London 6 Jul
1925-4 Sep 1966); m.1st Aug 1949 (div 1954) Pamela Collins; m.2nd
14 Dec 1954
(div 1960) Inger Grantzau-Christensen; m.3rd 20 Dec 1960 (div 1965)
Eleanor Barbara Muriel Lygon (b.1 Nov 1938)
2h) Mary Jane (b.Paris 16 Dec 1929); m.1st
20 Apr 1963
(div 1978) Alexander Georgiadis; m.2nd 1978 Stephen Ritchards
Graubard
5g) Venetia
Barbara, granted rank of Duke's dau 1977 (London 18 Jul 1902-London 15 Jan
1980)
4f) Mary Venetia (London 4 Jun
1861-London 2 May 1948); m.London 7
Dec 1885 John Arthur James (24 Feb 1853-30 Apr 1917)
4c) Margaret (26 Jul 1739-26 Apr 1756)
5c) Frances
(9 Apr 1741-Mar
1743)
6c) Edward Charles (5 Mar 1744-8 Oct 1819); m.28
Dec 1782 Elizabeth Cumberland (d.1837)
1d) William Henry Edward (2 Feb 1784-29 Sep 1868);
m.19 Jul 1814 Frances Constable (d.11 Mar 1862)
2d) Cavendish Charles (25 Oct 1785-1809)
3d) Harriet Elizabeth (9 Apr 1787-31 Dec 1862);
m.1809 Sir William Mordaunt Sturt Milner, 4th Bt. (21 Oct 1779-24 Mar 1855)
4d) Charlotte
Georgiana Sophie (14 Jan 1789-6
Nov 1819); m.1814 Sir Robert Garrett
3b) Isabella (d.1783); m.8 Nov
1739 Henry Monck, of Charleville
4b) George (Dec 1715-1 Mar
1759); m.29 Jun 1753 Mary Davies
5b) Amalia (d.1756); m.24 Dec
1747 Jakob Arend van Wassenaer (d.5 Aug 1767)
2a) William, cr 1732 Gf von Bentinck (1704-1774); m.1733
Charlotte Sophie Gfn von Aldenburg (1715-1800); for his second son, Jan Carel
Gf von Bentinck, whose issue eventually inherited the Earldom of Portland on
the death of the 9th Duke of Portland, see Bentinck