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Duchess of Portland
Winifred, daughter to Thomas Yorke Dallas-Yorke, was born at Murthly Castle, Perthshire. Following her marriage to the 6th Duke of Portland, she became a prominent society figure. She also moved in court circles - Queen Victoria stood sponsor in person for her daughter, and the duchess served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Alexandra from 1913-1925.
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck was born on 14 April 1738, the eldest son and third child of the 2nd Duke of Portland and of Margaret Cavendish-Holles-Harley, granddaughter of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, a prominent minister under Queen Anne. William’s great-grandfather, Hans William Bentinck, had come over from the Netherlands with William III, in 1689, and was his clos-est friend and ...
Wilkinson, David, The political career of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Third Duke of Portland, 1738-1809 (PhD Thesis, University of Wales Aberystwyth, 1997)
Read more about former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, William Cavendish-Bentinck, a powerful figure of late 18th Century politics.
Papers of Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1750-1794) Description: The collection consists entirely of letters, most of which relate to the years immediately before and after Dorothy Cavendish's marriage to the 3rd Duke of Portland in 1766. The duke is the most prolific correspondent, although Lady Frances Scott (later Douglas) and ...
