William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland
| The Duke of Portland | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 16, 1893 Mayfair, London |
| Died | March 21, 1977 (aged 84) Nottinghamshire |
| Spouse(s) |
Ivy Gordon-Lennox (1887-1982) |
| Children |
Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (1916-2008) Lady Victoria Bentinck (1918-1955) |
| Parent(s) |
6th Duke of Portland (father) Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke(mother) |
William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland KG (16 March 1893 – 21 March 1977), styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Portland was the elder son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, and his wife Winifred Anna (née Dallas-Yorke). He was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark in 1922, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1943, and served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury under Stanley Baldwin from 1927 to 1929 and under Ramsay Macdonald in 1932. He also held the honorary posts of Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire between 1939 and 1962 and was the second Chancellor of the University of Nottingham between 1954 and 1971. In 1948 he was made a Knight of the Garter. He also held the appointment of the honorary air commodore of No. 616 Squadron RAF.
Portland married Ivy Gordon-Lennox, daughter of Colonel Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox and granddaughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, on 12 August 1915. They had two daughters:
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