Person:William Bentinck (1)
William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland
b.1 Mar 1709 Titchfield, Hampshire
 
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Jun 1704
  1. William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland1709 -
  2. Lady Isabella Bentinck - 1783
  3. George Bentinck1715 - 1759
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Jul 1734
  1. Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck1735 - 1825
  2. Henrietta Cavendish-Bentinck1737 - 1827
  3. William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland1738 - 1809
  4. Lord Edward Bentinck1744 - 1819
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Facts and Events
Name William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Mar 1709 Titchfield, Hampshire
Marriage 11 Jul 1734 Marylebone, Englandto Margaret Cavendish-Harley
Reference Number? Q125872?


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William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1 March 1709 – 1 May 1762), styled Viscount Woodstock from 1709 to 1716 and Marquess of Titchfield from 1716 to 1726, was a British peer and politician.

Portland was the son of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland and his wife Elizabeth Noel, daughter of Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough. He succeeded his father in the dukedom as a teen in 1726. He was an original governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, founded in 1739, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1741. On 11 June 1734 he married Lady Margaret Harley, daughter of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. They had six children:

The Duke did not seek any public office, but focused on his family life at the family seat, Bulstrode Park.[1]

Portland is identified in The Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities (1909) as one of the perpetrators of The Great Bottle Hoax of 1749, in which a large crowd was lured to a London theatre with the expectation of seeing a man jump into a "quart bottle".

Portland died in May 1762, aged 53, was buried at Westminster Abbey. He was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son William, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain. The Duchess of Portland died in 1785.

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References
  1. ↑ William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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