<> Today Gary Ramsay Bentinck (b. Bolsover Castle is associated most with the 1st Duke of Newcastle, so will be looked at more closely in a different blog post. %PDF-1.7 It opened in 1812 There was a subterranean library and a grand billiards room. Portland. On the death of the 5th Duke in 1879 most of the estates passed to the cousin who succeeded him as 6th Duke, but part of the Ayrshire estates were divided between the 5th Duke's sisters, Lady Ossington and Lady Howard de Walden, the latter also inheriting the Marylebone property. In 1809 the 3rd Duke All of the various Dutch baronial lines of the House of Bentinck were confirmed as barons de lEmpire in 1813, and when this fell, they were confirmed as barons of the new Kingdom of the Netherlands. He drove the French out of Genoa and restored its ancient republic (again, instead of returning it to the king of Sardinia, as instructed). On his death in 1711 the Clare estates and a portion of the Cavendish estates passed to his nephew, Thomas Pelham, created Duke of Newcastle in 1715, but the bulk of the Cavendish lands, together with the manor of Marylebone (Middlesex) and Wimpole (Cambridgeshire) passed to his daughter Henrietta, who married Edward Harley, later 2nd Earl of Oxford. The title was revived the very next year by William III, following his accession to the throne in the 'Glorious Revolution'. email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk. endobj This alternative title died with him in 1698. He obtained from Parliament the right to build It sits within an area known as the Dukeries. The Harleys main residence was the more modern Brampton Bryan Hall (also in Herefordshire). Welbeck Abbey was acquired by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1607, and from him, passed to his son, William [later 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne]. The Grosvenor Estate comprises some 140,000 acres of land across Scotland and England (or perhaps very slightly less: 133,000 acres according to this recent Daily Mail article). PSrb[ f][In9s lDw*Isj\#__#D*j7DrX1z6nJ%vKI)"clOs`wpo- 9qf^.v8ex=Sq. . . In 1886, they were permitted, by royal licence, to bear the title Count Bentinck in the United Kingdom. The Langwell (Caithness) estate was acquired by the 5th Duke between 1857 and 1869. Het Loo, for example, has been a hunting lodge for the princely (then royal) House of Orange for centuries. The modern estate of Langwell was formerly known as Berriedale, and was possessed by two families of Sutherlands .Those of the first family, descended from John Begg, son of Nicolas, Earl of Sutherland, were styled "Sutherlands of Berriedale", and the other family . 1 bedroom flat for rent in Duke Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1AG, BN1 for 1,025 pcm. It was the seat of the Ogle family for about two centuries (created barons in 1461), then passed via Cavendish to Cavendish-Bentinck, who restored it in the mid-19th century. The 6th Duke did do something non-traditional, though he was in keeping with the changing times (and indeed the changing laws): in 1943, just before he died, he broke the entail on the Portland estates, since he could see that his grand-daughters would otherwise inherit nothing if the lands and titles stayed together and passed as usual to the next male heir (a distant cousin). The rails were cast iron fixed to be inherited by a descendant of Henrietta's. Doorwerth passed to Anton's son, Anton II (1681-1738), and then to his granddaughter Charlotte Sophie, Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800). Marketed by Jack Smith Estate Agents, Hove . Hans Bentinck came to England with He served with William in battle in Ireland and in the Low Countries, then acted as ambassador to France, 1698, representing the Kings interests in the all-important question of the Spanish Succession. The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and Tommy 4. Hans Willem Bentincks eldest surviving son, Henry, carried on the family legacy as a chief supporter of the Whig political agenda in Britainthat is a limited, Protestant monarchyand was therefore created 1st Duke of Portland by the new Hanoverian regime in 1716. She persuaded her husband to devote significant funds to improving the lives of miners on his Nottinghamshire estates. In 1920 the east side had already been built up including by people . But he was pushed out of politics in the next reign due to his personal animosity with Princess Anne of Great Britain, now Dowager Princess of Orange and Regent for her son, Willem V. In 1732, William Bentinck van Rhoon had been created Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Charles VI, to raise his rank so that it would be equal to his future bride, Countess Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg. This rather marvellous castle has been the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Argyll, Chiefs of the Clan Campbell, for many generations. William Cavendish-Bentinck, the 6th Duke of Portland, had a more traditional aristocratic history: Master of the Horse under Conservative governments in the 1880s-90s, a Privy Councillor, and long-standing Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (from 1898-1939). It was in time adapted The Portland family owned the estate until a period of sales commencing in the 1790's. to Ayrshire. He was noted for From that point onwards, the Dukedom descended in an unbroken line as far as William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland. The Duke served in Pitts administration as Secretary of State, Home Department, from 1794, and oversaw the Act of Union with Ireland in 1800. The King of Self Pity 7. married General Scott. Today it is in government ownership and cared for by English Heritage. In 1968 he became head of this branch of the family, and in 1990, at age 71, he succeeded his *very* distant cousins as 11th Earl of Portland, and his son Tim became Viscount Woodstock. 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. In 1980, he was succeeded by his brother Victor, who was also in his 80s. Charlotte Sophie inherited them and ruled as a semi-independent princess in 1738, but as her marriage broke down due to adultery, and her private life became too scandalous for Dutch society, she was divorced from Bentinck in 1744, and deposed by her former husband in 1748, who then ruled the county of Aldenburg in the name of his sons. 'Bulstrode Hall, Buckinghamshire', by Corbould, published 1787. The English ducal branch added the historic name Cavendish in the early 19th century, and one of its daughters, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, became the much lesser known grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Not forgetting superb wildfowling and ground game opportunities. Included in this gallery are grand manor houses with a lot of history too. William Bentinck, the 3rd Duke of Portland, changed his family's (LogOut/ QUEENSBERRY ESTATE RENEWABLE ENERGY. d8T,@b3G~KwDtlzo3QuOMmSu=|*N1N*A We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. g8Ji CJ3$oe8xb+U]M4$%$%r The Wellington Riding is an international competition venue and award-winning equestrian centre. His son predeceased him in the 1960s, and with no male heir when he died in 1990, the dukedom ceased to exist. His residence, Huis t Velde, was an old moated manor house rebuilt by the Bentincks, located east of Warnsveld in another region of Gelderland, Zutphen. In Swabia, they inherited the lordship of Gaildorf, once part of the ancient imperial County of Limpurg (northeast of Stuttgart)here they possessed an Old Schloss, built in the late 15th century, and later constructed a New Schloss, sometimes called the Bentinck Palace, which served as a summer retreat for the family until it was confiscated in 1918 (and now serves as the town hall). This was a new house built in the 1680s by the Lord Chancellor, George Jeffreys, and soon after sold to Lord Portland. van Brakell. The Newcastle line ended in the male line in 1690, and its chief heiress, Margaret, married the politician John Holles, Earl of Clare, for whom the Newcastle title was revived in 1694. Fascinating. One of Hendricks grandsons, Eusebius, carried on the branch of Diepenheim and Schoonheten in the province of Overijssel, and we will return to them later on; a younger son, Hans Willem (1649-1709), became a favourite and protg of William III, Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. Both are located on a sandy island in the delta of the River Mass, just south of the city of Rotterdam. The Portland family took over the property in the 1730s, but by the late 19th century rarely lived there, and in 1945, the 7th Duke gave it to the nation. Over the centuries it was heavily endowed by noble families and by King Edward I. In 1881, before she turned twenty, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck married Lord Glamis (Claude Bowes-Lyon), heir to the Scottish earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Like Welbeck, the manor and castle of Bolsover were purchased by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1608. On his death, the title passed to his son, Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl (1605-1663), then to Charles Weston, 3rd Earl (1639-1665) and ultimately to Thomas Weston, 4th Earl (1609-1688), who was Charles' uncle and male heir, being the third surviving son of the 1st Earl by his second wife. They were elevated to the rank of illustrious highness within the German aristocracy. To entangle the estates and castles of this vast and complicated succession, lets start at the end and work backwards. Much of the oldest parts burned in 1900 and were rebuilt. Stephenson. An interesting webpage about the Welbeck tunnels: https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/welbeck-tunnels-notts-september-2016.33961/. Connect with the University of Nottingham through social media and our blogs. Sweetie Shop 6. It is now the home to the 13th Duke of Argyll, His Grace Torquhil Ian Campbell, and his young family. Duke of Portland Boathouse on the shore of Lake Ullswater ideal for a romantic break, Cumbria - Book Duke of Portland Boathouse on the shore of Lake Ullswater ideal for a romantic break online with best deal and discount with lowest price on Homestay Booking. It passed into the hands of the Seymour family, Dukes of Somerset. It remained in Portland family hands until 1763 when it was sold by the 3rd Duke to George Prescott M.P.. Prescott demolished the house there, building himself a new mansion house which today is used as a country hotel and conference centre. and Governor General of India), William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879), William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943), William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977), Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888-1980), Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland (1897-1990), Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland (1919-1997), Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland (b 1953), Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704-1774), Charlotte Sophie, Countess Bentinck, ne Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800), John Albert Bentinck (1737-1775; naval captain and M.P. He notably served as Master of the Horse between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1905. He was Lord President of the Council, 1801-1805, then a few years later (1807) took up the mantle once more of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, again as a figurehead leader of a coalition of Pittites (Canning, Castlereagh, Perceval, etc). Family members include the 5th Duke of Portland, the famous 'burrowing duke.' The 5th Duke spent his time and wealth at Welbeck, commissioning an impressive range of buildings which included a maze of underground tunnels. This four-part series takes an in-depth look at the workings of some of Scotland's most magnificent country estates through the eyes of the current owners, the ghillies, the gardeners and the. Hans Willem Bentinck was one of the leading supporters of Williams accession to the English and Scottish thrones; created earl of Portland, his son was elevated further as duke of Portland in 1716. Today the estate is in divided ownership, though part of it is a grade II listed landscape on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest. Today it is a ruin, looked after by English Heritage. Jack Smith Estate Agents, Hove. The 3rd Duke was Table of Contents Show Abbotsford House Abbotsford House It was in time adapted When he died in 1711, his estates went to his daughter Henrietta who married another politician, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer (son of the more famous first minister of Queen Anne), though the name Holles and the title Newcastle went to his nephew, Thomas Pelham. The Harleys were a Herefordshire gentry family. The Lyon family were Angus landowners from the 14th century, created Baron Glamis in 1445, and Earl of Kinghorne (later adding Strathmore) in 1606. The Holles succession might have included the very grand Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, purchased by John Holles in 1710, but it was sold by his son-in-law the 2nd Earl of Oxford in 1740 to pay off debts. Simplified family tree showing the line of descent of the Earls and Dukes of Portland(click to open in PDF format), Family tree of the Bentinck family, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire (click to open in PDF format), Biographies of the Earls and Dukes of Portland, Kings Meadow CampusLenton Lane I focus primarily as an academic on the early modern period and France, but my interests range from early medieval Ireland to 20th-century Russia. >C[(E|zVsA!V|> R*286q!7{W.%:$ O7/&*qmz9ivm9('P ?Q(D+4hU-Sw Again, he exceeded his orders and encouraged the locals to consider adopting a more liberal form of government, ie, not restoring the Habsburg grand dukes, and even preaching Italian unificationsomething that definitely would annoy Britains allies, Sardinia and Austria. A decade later, he was sent back to India, first as Governor of Bengal, 1828, then as the first Governor-General of India, 1834-35. Once William and Mary were formally proclaimed king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Bentinck was appointed Groom of the Stole (one of the most intimate court offices, in charge of the Kings private spaces within the palace), First Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and was given the titles Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock and Baron Cirencester. (LogOut/ He owns 100,000 acres in Scotland but sold the 15 bedroom Lochmore Lodge in Sutherland, once used by Prince Charles and Diana, last year. There are other Bentinck lines in England: another younger son returned to England in the 18th century to manage the estates at Terrington in Norfolk. The 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry is Richard Scott, who, along with his family, is Britain's largest private landowner. Styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 to 1709, He was born 17 Mar. He was Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex for nearly a half century, and married a Scottish heiress, Henrietta Scott (so added another name to his surname), and purchased Fullarton House in Ayrshire, 1805, as his Scottish residence, and invested in the nearby port of Troon. Varel had been one of the ancient seats of the independent chiefs of the Frisians in the Middle Ages and its castle was expanded into a more palatial residence once the county of Aldenburg was established. Via Grosvenor Estates, the 62-year-old Duke is the richest property developer in the UK. The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and Timothy Bentinck had already established himself as an actor, notably on the radio as one of the lead characters on The Archers. In 1538, the monastery was dissolved and given by the Crown to Richard Walley of Screveton, and was later purchased (1599) by the 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and resold in 1607 to his half-brother Charles Cavendish. He was noted for In 2005 it returned to use as a private residence by the heirs of the last duke of Portland, the Anglo-Italian William Parente, Prince of Castel Viscardo. His son James, the 14th Earl of Glencairn, sold the estate to Henrietta, 'the rich Miss Scott', eldest daughter of General John Scott of Balcomie, Fife in 1786. Welbeck passed down through the Cavendishes into the Portland line of descent, and ultimately became the main seat of the Dukes of Portland. Bentinck would later deliver important messages from William to his uncle (and now father-in-law) King James in the 1680s, and was key in organising ships and funds for William to mount his invasion of Britain in November 1688. Episodes . 1825-1855: the 'Second Wave' of clearances and the Great Highland Famine. The 2nd Duke and Duchess of Portland were thus astronomically wealthy (though as per normal with the English aristocracy, their land holdings had very little to do with the actual place Portland, in Dorset). He married a grand-daughter of the 6th Duke of Richmond, Ivy Gordon-Lennox, and they had two daughters. Campus maps | More contact information | Jobs, The Earls and Dukes of Portland of Welbeck Abbey - a Brief History, Mellish and Buchanan of Blyth and Hodsock, Thoroton Hildyard of Screveton and Flintham, Simplified family tree showing the line of descent of the Earls and Dukes of Portland, Family tree of the Bentinck family, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, [Hans] William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649-1709), [William] Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682-1726), William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709-1762), William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809), William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (1768-1854), Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1774-1839; M.P. He was Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex for nearly a half century, and married a Scottish heiress, Henrietta Scott (so added another name to his surname), and purchased Fullarton House in Ayrshire, 1805, as his Scottish residence, and invested in the nearby port of Troon. Scullery Sue 12. Connect with the University of Nottingham through social media and our blogs. His subsidiary titles created in 1716 included Marquess of Titchfield, to be used for the heir. In the 20th century, several of them served in high positions with the household of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (reigned 1890 to 1948), two as Chamberlain and two (father and son) as Master of the Horse. This is a list of the 30 present and extant dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England ,For a more complete historical listing, including extinct, dormant, abeyant, forfeit dukedoms in addition to these extant ones, see List of dukedoms in the peerages of the British Isles. The familys prominence at court was maintained after his death by his second wife (Jane Temple), who was appointed governess of the daughters of the Prince of Wales (the future King George II), and by his son, the 1st Duke of Portland (below). I am also a musician and an avid traveler. Hans Willem, Lord of Rhoons connections to England started earlier than the Anglo-Dutch Moment of 1688-89. Eventually several witnesses were charged with perjury, Mrs Druce ended up in an asylum, and London moved on to the next great news story. After 1997 he was entitled to call himself 12th Earl of Portland, as well as Count Bentinck von Aldenburg and Count of Waldeck-Limpurg. Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Welbeck estate offers an inspiring environment in which to work, live and stay, with a thriving artisan food community, residential property and commercial lettings, all within a beautiful rural setting. Hans Willem Bentinck (1649-1709), an associate of King William III, was created Earl of Portland in 1689 and acquired extensive estates in Buckinghamshire (Bulstrode Park), Hertfordshire (Theobalds), Cumberland, Middlesex (Soho) and elsewhere, plus, in his mother's name, a large estate in Ireland. Monarchs were entertained there, as were eminent authors and poets. It gets this name from the four historic neighbouring ducal seats - Welbeck, Clumber, Thoresby, and Worksop Manor. As a result, all his honours became extinct on his death in 1688. But the Duke did not entertain. It was acquired in the late 17th century by the Van Keppel family (interestingly, rivals of the Bentincks in England), and today serves as a conference centre for the regional police service. The Duke of Buccleuch has been selling off parts of his vast estate in recent years The continued dominance of the private estates in rural Scotland can't be underestimated, and they often. In this short time, he managed to modernise the government administration of Bengal and abolish the monopoly of trade enjoyed the East India Company. Another Hendrick shifted his branchs centre somewhat to the north, acquiring the lordships of Diepenheim and Schoonheten in the 1630s, both in the province of Overijssel. Lord William was appointed at a young age as governor of Madras in India, 1803-07, but was pulled back to Europe at the height of the Napoleonic wars and given command as Lieutenant-General of British troops in Sicily and representative of British interests on that islandnotably to keep it out of the hands of Napoleons sister and brother-in-law, the Murats, now occupying the throne of Naples just across the straits. "for the improvement of and its surrounding countryside. noble family from Holland. In the 1670s, to get closer to the seats of power in the province of Holland, he acquired the lordships of Rhoon and Pendrecht. For more than 500 years, Inveraray Castle has housed the chieftain of one of the world's best-known family clans, the Clan Campbell. I love heraldry and genealogy. He inherited the Kilmarnock estate in 1795 when he married Henrietta Scott, the daughter of General John Scott of Balgonie. his accession to the title, William took a warm interest in them especially fond of his lands and farms around Troon and to this day Much further to the north, Bothal Castle was part of the Ogle succession that had fallen to the Cavendishes by marriage in the 1590s. He resigned in 1809 due to ill health and died soon after. The title Earl of Portland did not die out with the dukedom, however. ]E$oPi65>'_dPB_R. "Fo|k This information will help us make improvements to the website. wviW aESrOunUT?R. The Duke of Newcastle was incredibly interested in the equestrian arts, and it has been exciting to see English Heritage restoring and recreating his horse riding school at Bolsover in the past two decades. D2&GNwy9QblaKllbL*A 6-wn(5] N]t([rEKe0X_!kYPvw^({PoHE2ZF"G";$gF#j'dRF?2&3I!Dh4>q9Sopf5tZj"' k(,.rh{t_/ By this time, the succession had moved on to a different branch of the family, and we come closer to the story of Queen Elizabeth IIs grandmother. Nottingham, NG7 2NR, telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4565 'North west view of Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire', by F. Chantrey R.A., 1823. The Duke's estates in Scotland include Langwell Lodge, which the family has frequently visited for deer-stalking and grouse-shooting in the autumn. Besides the streets and squares in London bearing his family names, he also gave his name to Portland Inlet and Bentinck Channel along the coast of British Columbia. In the next year, he lent his name to a Whig coalition led by Charles James Fox and Lord North as titular Prime Minister (actually First Lord of the Treasury) for 8 monthsthough significantly, it was during this year (1783) that his government signed the Treaty of Paris recognising the independence of the United States of America. Great Estates of Scotland This stunning series takes an in-depth look at the fascinating stories and inner workings of four of Scotland's most magnificent country estates, through the eyes of not only the current owners and the ghillies, gardeners, and housekeepers that keep them running, but also from the viewpoint of the paying guests who frequent these sumptuous country estates. In Victorian times, the Duke of Portland dammed the river to make the lake - and prevent the railway being built through the centre of the gorge. email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk. The 4th Duke sold Bulstrode Park in 1811, to the Duke of Somerset. He carried the crown of his cousin Queen Elizabeth at her coronation in 1937. The shoot at the 18,000 . A majority of Highland estates that changed hands last year were sold in secret, and nearly half went to absentee owners rushing to buy rural land for . Henrietta married the Marquis of Titchfield - later the 4th Duke of Portland - in 1795. The Duke had a close relationship with his tenants and was known to them as the 'Good' Duke . The senior line became lords of Aller, and became extinct at the end of the 18th century. Stephenson. Records kept by the Estate are therefore a valuable source for family history. At long last we can finally share our new version of issue 8: Duke and Disorderly which tells the story of a posh duke with a very long name: William John Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (17 September 1800 - 6 December 1879). Their father, Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, had scandalised society first by marrying an illegitimate daughter of the famous courtesan Grace Elliottwhose high profile lovers included the Duke of Orlans and the Prince of Wales who may indeed have been the father of Lord Charless wife. He had no sons, but from a second marriage left three daughters: the eldest of these was Nina Cecilia, who seems to have preferred Cecilia, but Id love to know for certain. He would play an important role in Dutch politics later in the century as one of the leaders of the Orangist party who helped re-establish the position of Stadtholder in 1747, and was a delegate for the Netherlands at the peace talks at Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, that ended the War of Austrian Succession. He died in Paris only a few years later. The Kilmarnock Estate inheritance passed to Henrietta's daughters, her direct descendants. The church at Ellecom near Middachten became the burial place for this branch of the family. William Bentinck of Terrington became a Vice-Admiral in the British Navy and was governor of the Caribbean island of St Vincent, 1798-1802. It is frustratingly closed to visitors. Ferdinand spent a long career as a senior colonial official in East Africa, mostly in Kenya, from the 1920s to the 1950s. It was a medieval fortress built to overlook the Scarsdale and the eastern edges of the Derbyshire dales (what today we might call the valley of the M1). Earlier, his wife Winifred had been a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra at the 1902 coronation (wearing the famous Portland Tiara, stolen in 2018), and her Mistress of the Robes from 1913 to 1925. 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