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Há 4 dias · The grant of the reversionary freehold to William III's favourite, William Bentinck, first Earl of Portland, was in preparation in December 1697, shortly before the Earl's departure for France as ambassador extraordinary to Louis XIV.
Há 2 dias · There are seven private chapels in this parish belonging to the church of England; Oxford chapel, built before 1739 (fn. 44); Portland chapel, about 1766; Bentinck chapel, in 1772; Titchfield chapel, about 1774; Portman chapel, about 1779; Quebec chapel, about 1788; Margaret-street chapel, first used as a place of worship for the ...
Há 1 dia · Charles James Fox, however, refused to serve under Shelburne, and demanded the appointment of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. In 1783, the House of Commons forced Shelburne from office and his government was replaced by the Fox–North Coalition.
Há 5 dias · Their elaborate drawings, taken from the terrace and gardens of Somerset House, exhibit on the Surrey side the landing-stairs of Kuper's Gardens, and on the Middlesex shore that part of the old Palace at Whitehall, then inhabited by the Duchess of Portland, on the site of which afterwards the houses of Lord Farnborough and other ...
Há 5 dias · Wedgwood‘s ultimate triumph in the Neoclassical style was his reproduction of the famed Portland Vase. After viewing the original Roman glass vase in the collection of the Duchess of Portland, Wedgwood became determined to copy it in Jasperware.
Há 5 dias · On my reading of the letter, the only eagerness recorded is the initial eagerness of Bentinck to see Locke's Traite du Gouvernement published, and the subsequent eagerness of the book's designated publisher to see published a book long promised and already advertised.
Há 5 dias · She was born to an overweight German duchess who fled Britain due to her debts.On this day in 1867, Mary of Teck arrived into the world at Kensington
