His Grace The Duke of Portland KG GCVO TD PC DL |
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The Duke of Portland, circa 1900.
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Master of the Horse | |
In office 9 August 1886 – 11 August 1892 |
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Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Preceded by | The Earl of Cork |
Succeeded by | The Viscount Oxenbridge |
In office 16 July 1895 – 4 December 1905 |
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Monarch |
Queen Victoria Edward VII |
Prime Minister |
The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
Preceded by | The Earl of Cork |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Sefton |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 December 1857 |
Died | 26 April 1943 | (aged 85)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) |
Winifred Dallas-Yorke (1863–1954) |
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG GCVO TD PC DL (28 December 1857 – 26 April 1943), known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier and Conservative politician. He notably served as Master of the Horse between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1905.
Portland was the son of Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck by his first wife Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins-Whitshed, daughter of Sir St Vincent Hawkins-Whitshed, 2nd Baronet and granddaughter of Admiral Sir James Hawkins-Whitshed, 1st Baronet. His paternal grandparents were Lord Charles Bentinck and his second wife Anne Wellesley, the natural daughter of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. His great-great-uncle was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Lord Charles was the third son of Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland by his wife Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Charlotte Boyle. Portland's mother died only a few days after his birth. He was educated at Eton. He inherited the Cavendish-Bentinck estates, based around Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire, from his cousin William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, in 1879. He also succeeded his stepmother as second Baron Bolsover in 1893. His half-sister Lady Ottoline Morrell was a society hostess and patron of the arts associated with the Bloomsbury Group.