D2&GNwy9QblaKllbL*A 6-wn(5] Many are incredibly old; the country has many in ruins but also many are still in use. Lord Fredericks two grandsons both had interesting marriages: one, to one of the aristocratic Livingstons of New York (and left daughters who remained there), and another to an illegitimate daughter of the Earl St Maur (heir to the Duke of Somerset), Ruth St Maur, a suffragette and socialist, and one of the founders of the Womens Library in 1909. Duke of Buccleuch Richard Scott Estate Buccleuch Estates 2017/18 subsidies 2m Mahdi al-Tajir Estate Blackford 2017/18 subsidies 1.636m Scott's wealth has been estimated at about. 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. Enjoy. In 1809 the 3rd Duke It was thus a Cavendish-Holles-Harley heiress who became the 2nd Duchess of Portland. The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and 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). History, heritage and genealogy about Europe's highest ranking aristocrats. N]t([rEKe0X_!kYPvw^({PoHE2ZF"G";$gF#j'dRF?2&3I!Dh4>q9Sopf5tZj"' k(,.rh{t_/ 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. It was in time adapted 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. Following the death of the 2nd Duke in 1691 these Cavendish estates passed to his daughter, Margaret, wife of John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare. In 1767, the 9th Earl married Mary Bowes, the heiress of a wealthy London businessman, and the family name became hyphenated. The local town retains a memory of its long British connections, with a pub named the Duke of Portland. The Theobalds Estate on the Hertfordshire-Middlesex border was another acquisition of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. Monarchs were entertained there, as were eminent authors and poets. His descendants were also recognised as counts in the United Kingdom in 1886, then died out in 1938. 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. It is frustratingly closed to visitors. Estates According to the will of the Duke of Bridgewater, the Egerton estates passed on the death of the first Duke of Sutherland to his third son Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, who changed his surname to Egerton by Royal license. The 11th Earl was a direct descendent of William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck of the Holy Roman Empire, son of the 1st Earl of Portland by his second marriage. He died in 1879, and officially left no heirs, though there were rumours of children, and one sensational lawsuit kept society enthralled in turn of the century London whereby a Mrs Druce claimed the late Duke had led a double life as an upholsterer. I have done extensive research using the rental records in particular, which cover Buccleuch estates in . The Lyon family were Angus landowners from the 14th century, created Baron Glamis in 1445, and Earl of Kinghorne (later adding Strathmore) in 1606. 1851 - 1852 - Alexander Woodburn, Meanwhile there are also still Dutch barons too, in various branches of Schoonheten, Bevervoerde and Buckhorst. Then there is Cessnock Castle, near Galston, Ayrshire, where the Duke and Duchess had not stayed for many years till 1906. William of Orange, and had been created Earl of Portland in 1689. Back from Malaya and farming the family 20,000-acre estate around Kinnaird Castle, Brechin, he inherited his mother's fortune and estates as soon as he turned 21. be inherited by a descendant of Henrietta's. He died in Paris only a few years later. This double windfall of two generations of heiresses brought two major new properties from the Cavendish family, in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire: Bolsover Castle and Welbeck Abbey. Sutherland Estates. 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. Stuck on this Bloody Island 2. 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. William of Orange, and had been created Earl of Portland in 1689. It became the principal family seat of the early Dukes of Newcastle, who made significant additions to the house, such as the magnificent riding house built by John Smithson and commissioned by the 1st Duke. Lord Oxford sold Wimpole, and on his death in 1741 the Harley estates in Herefordshire (Brampton Bryan etc.) An interesting webpage about the Welbeck tunnels: https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/welbeck-tunnels-notts-september-2016.33961/. Although he never visited any of his Ayrshire estates after It opened in 1812 But not the earldom. the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. for locomotive traffic with the first engine being constructed by Born in 1768, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck succeeded as 4th Duke of Portland in 1809, on the death of his father, sometime Prime Minister and Whig leader. The junior line, lords of t Velde, got a step up as its founder, Hendrick, acted as Steward of the lands of the Duke of Guelders in the Veluwe. mP}O'x6(L'~&Pu)!j?QtlO=r+q twQ(8-Lq O@Buk#J=F!5(GLIm5neRpBS%9 ]GM#M9.F> #s%qS1kl;X>+ Ue>1!#IAMJ^/I[XDl>[9zgE |g!GE I teach history at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, and am the senior editor of The Court Historian, the journal of the Society for Court Studies. In an attempt to ease his financial burdens, he disposed of his London house, and in 1919 sold off seven parts of his estates in Sutherland, amounting to 115,000 acres. The Kilmarnock Estate inheritance passed to Henrietta's daughters, her direct descendants. Count Henry Noel served in the British army in World War II, then became a producer for the BBC. There is still a Bentinck Arms pub in North Lynn, that served dockworkers in Kings Lynn in the early 20th century, many of whom were Dutch. The illegitimate son of the last Count of Oldenburg was given two Frisian lordships, Kniphausen and Varel, both on the North Sea coast on an inlet in the mouth of Weser, on either side of the future port city of Wilhelmshaven (not founded until 1869). Browse by Records Creators Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland This page summarises records created by this Family The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually. Campus maps | More contact information | Jobs, Earls and Dukes of Portland: Family Seats, Mellish and Buchanan of Blyth and Hodsock, Thoroton Hildyard of Screveton and Flintham. After that, the house and lands passed to her nephew, the Prince of Castel Viscardo (which is in Umbria). The year 1688-1689 has been called by historians the Anglo-Dutch Moment, as the year when the ideas of English and Dutch limited monarchy came together in the person of William, Prince of Orange: King William III. wviW aESrOunUT?R. William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquis of Titchfield, between 1808 and his personal interest and knowledge in agriculture and was with the carriages being drawn by horses. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland and Dorothy Cavendish. <>/Metadata 98 0 R/ViewerPreferences 99 0 R>> 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. 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. ]N>|0._L"'s,|{}yA^6}2;J,S,tJ/q8OF9:4SjbII mG0FFV-ZBQ]H!8lP Today, it is run by English Heritage and has been the subject of extensive restoration, including the riding school. After World War II Welbeck was leased to the Ministry of Defence who operated an army training college there. This alternative title died with him in 1698. Tommy 4. Following the French Revolution, the Whig Party fractured, and those who were not in favour of such rapid liberal advances shifted to support the more conservative William Pitt, led by the Duke of Portland (these became known as the Portland Faction). Since 2010, Buccleuch Estates has sold or agreed to sell more than 41,000 acres of land in Scotland, leaving it with 186,500 acres. Cavendish, the daughter of the Duke of Devonshire. Almost all the males in the family were named William (in honour of their original patron in England), but usually went by their second name; in this case he used William, while his older brother the Duke was William Henry, and his younger brother, William Charles, used Charles (see below). Lady Margaret married William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, and her estates were inherited by the 3rd Duke on her death in 1785. Read More 4th Duke of Portland Past Legacies Exhibition at Troon Library Troon's icon of industry: the first railway locomotive in Scotland This is the third (and final) post to be themed around the Kilmarnock & Troon Railway, completed in 1812. The Duchess, Margaret Harley, was better known than her husband, as a prominent bluestocking (the name for a circle of women intellectuals in this period) famous for her botanical gardens and her museum at Bulstrode, noted above. A rental document details the name of tenants and the amount which they were due to pay on an annual basis. Opening times: 1 April - 31 October 2022. The Bentinck estates were, however, largely disposed of by sale in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Part of the reason for selling the Titchfield estate was the acquisition in the 1730s of a much more extensive portfolio by the 2nd Duke of Portland. The shoot at the 18,000 . (4) He obtained an Act of Parliament to make Troon's Harbour commercial with wet . many of the street names bear witness to his investment in the town 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. The Duke of Argyll has hit out at a Scottish government proposal to give landowners' close relatives inheritance rights to their property, calling it a "terrifying" idea that would be. The church at Ellecom near Middachten became the burial place for this branch of the family. Best Price (Room Rates) Guarantee Check all reviews, photos, contact number & address of Duke of Portland Boathouse on the shore of Lake . When the 4th Duke of Portland inherited the title in 1809, however, he quickly disposed of the estate. BZ,_nN]mr10k 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). Today it is in private hands and not open to visitors. South-Western Company. Doorwerth passed to Anton's son, Anton II (1681-1738), and then to his granddaughter Charlotte Sophie, Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800). The Duke's estates in Scotland include Langwell Lodge, which the family has frequently visited for deer-stalking and grouse-shooting in the autumn. van Brakell. Lord Clare was created Duke of Newcastle in 1694. Bulstrode Park was particularly renowned for its formal landscaped gardens. In 1980, he was succeeded by his brother Victor, who was also in his 80s. Made up of 133,100 acres across the UK, the Duke of. died, and Henrietta's husband became the 4th Duke of The title was revived the very next year by William III, following his accession to the throne in the 'Glorious Revolution'. Although he never visited any of his Ayrshire estates after 1812. He resigned in 1809 due to ill health and died soon after. k6U(UP; :v=$rKXUh95eE|hx5' Scotland: Contribution unclear and date unknown (Michael C Davis writes that the practice 'seems to have been involved in the project in some way) 1913: Estate work for the Duke of Portland : Scotland: Various works, as architect and surveyor on the Duke of Portland's Scottish estates: 1923: Nurses' home, Barassie Street: Troon: Ayrshire . The caves are high up on the sides of a wonderful limestone gorge, with a lake at its base. endobj It took the form of 1682, at the Hague, died in Jamaica, 4 July 1726, and was buried 3 Nov. 1726 in the Duke of Ormonde's vault in Westminster Abbey. There was a subterranean library and a grand billiards room. In the mid-18th century, following the breakdown of Charlotte Sophie's marriage to William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704-1774), the ownership of Doorwerth was claimed by her eldest son and grandson. In the next generation, the 4th Duke, another William Henry, continued to hold high political office, as Lord Privy Seal in the administration of his brother-in-law George Canning, 1827, then Lord President of the Council in the administration of Cannings replacement Viscount Goderich, until the government fell in early 1828. the first railway in Scotland"for the improvement of It was sold by his heirs to Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, who made it one of his principal residences, and indeed died there in 1709. 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. By the 17th century it was known as Place House. Change). The first documented ancestor is Johan or Jan Bentinck, who owned land in a region known as the Veluwe, a gentle hilly region that formed the northern part of the duchy of Gelderland (or Guelders). 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 future Queen Elizabeth II was born at the Strathmore home in Mayfair in April 1926. Against the wishes of his own British government, he helped a group of Sicilian nobles take control of the court of Palermo in1812, forcing the King to abdicate in favour of his son Francis, and even introduced a liberal constitution (which, amongst other things, abolished feudalismfinally). I am also a musician and an avid traveler. The French Empire built by Napoleon eventually extended its reach to the North Sea, and incorporated the County of Aldenburg in 1810. He has two sons who presumably will continue the line. Stephenson. This was later rescinded in 1932. 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 predeceased him in the 1960s, and with no male heir when he died in 1990, the dukedom ceased to exist. It is now the home to the 13th Duke of Argyll, His Grace Torquhil Ian Campbell, and his young family. William was succeeded by his son, Henry in 1709, and within seven years Henry had been elevated to the titles Marquess of Titchfield and Duke of Portland. name to Cavendish-Bentinck when, in 1766, he married the Dorothy 23 June 2015 5:35pm. Others were diplomats, one as ambassador to Czechoslovakia and one as ambassador to France. 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. 1807. The Bentincks did not hold on to it very long and sold it in the 1740s. For the purposes of this post, I'll be leaving aside their 94,817 acres of Scottish landholdings - Andy Wightman has covered these at Who Owns Scotland - and . His successor completely rebuilt the house in the 1860s, and it then passed to the Ramsden family who later sold it in the 1950s. PSrb[ f][In9s lDw*Isj\#__#D*j7DrX1z6nJ%vKI)"clOs`wpo- 9qf^.v8ex=Sq. . Like Welbeck, the manor and castle of Bolsover were purchased by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1608. 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). 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 . The 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry is Richard Scott, who, along with his family, is Britain's largest private landowner. Their son, William Cavendish, was created Earl (1628), Marquess (1643) and Duke (1665) of Newcastle. In 1881, before she turned twenty, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck married Lord Glamis (Claude Bowes-Lyon), heir to the Scottish earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He obtained from Parliament the right to build q[n+3w\wl"D!14qDfyz]3eYZ2I&Pr+#-ZFfu;bkQC lJ6/j;QmtC:e'YNq?Nlayll/% 8p;=^Jvdj]*DFEu16vjjDQblQr.K-DH UKk [ tPMT+-KE?f*VQ6:DHU)n: 21xWV4QBV`4\O>%'.N]1HX]9Gxjb%UfN |a##9iTx8=S[xE &X*jpf X l:E>V05N)qc a#7]Kc5$"-BdEf 'Ggl3|gh- 4Y* ([|{z\,v67rdqxt5$n^n_: 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. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The Bentinck family vault was established in the parish church of Marylebone, first in a new church built in the 1740s, at the northern end of Marylebone High Street (demolished in 1949), and then in a newer church built by celebrated architect Thomas Hardwick in about 1815. Moved Permanently. "for the improvement of After the great re-organisations of the 1800s and 1810s there was some consolidation on Highland estates, as managers and owners hoped the crofting population would bed-down into their new lots and employment (principally fishing and the production of kelp). email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk. Guy Innes Ker died peacefully at his ancestral home, Floors Castle, near . Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, 12th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc), Bucks (Bulstrode, etc), Derbys (Bolsover, etc), Herts (Theobalds, etc), London and Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, incl Harley family papers, with some deeds and papers for properties elsewhere, 14th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc), Bucks (Bulstrode, etc), Derbys (Bolsover, etc), Herts (Theobalds, etc), London and Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, with some papers rel to properties elsewhere, Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, 1777-1778: Notts (Mansfield) rent accounts 1749 and Notts (Welbeck, etc) and Derbys (Bolsover, etc) rent accounts 1777-78, 17th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc) and Derbys (Bolsover, etc) deeds and misc estate papers, 14th cent-19th cent: Bulstrode (Bucks) deeds and misc estate papers, 16th cent-1810: misc Bulstrode (Bucks) deeds and papers, 17th cent-19th cent: misc Cheshire (Rudheath, etc) deeds and papers, 18th cent: misc Cheshire (Rudheath, etc) deeds and papers, 18th cent-19th cent: misc Cumberland (Hesket, etc) estate papers, 18th cent-19th cent: misc Cumberland (Hesket, etc) deeds and estate papers, 13th cent-18th cent: Hants (Titchfield, etc) deeds, manorial records and estate papers, 18th cent: misc Herts (Theobalds, etc) estate papers, 17th cent-19th cent: misc Cawkwell (Lincs) deeds and papers, 1658-1841: estate papers rel mainly to Doorwerth, Netherlands, and estate administration, with family corresp, 16th cent-19th cent: London deeds and estate papers, 18th cent-20th cent: London (St Marylebone and Soho) deeds and estate papers, 1710-1759: St Marylebone (London) abstract and copy rental 1710 and report 1759, with summary of rentals 1712-37, London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18j], 1720-1754: London estate rentals and letter book, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18k], 1765-1882: St Marylebone (London) deeds (3 bundles), 1771-1833: misc London plans, particulars and papers of John White, agent of the Portland estate, 18th cent-19th cent: St Marylebone estate papers, c1800-1920: Norfolk (Terrington St Clement) deeds and papers, 1812-1852: misc Norfolk (Terrington St Clement) estate papers, 13th cent-20th cent: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, leases, accounts and estate papers, 16th cent-20th cent: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds and papers, 1652-1660: Hepple (Northumberland) barony rental, 1780-1947: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) rentals, accounts and estate papers, 19th cent-20th cent: further Bothal (Northumberland) estate papers, 1892-1896: Northumberland estate corresp of WC Sample, Bothal estate agent, 1945-1948: further (Coxlodge) Northumberland estate corresp of William Sample and others, 14th cent-18th cent: misc Blore (Staffs) estate papers (Cavendish family property), 19th cent-20th cent: misc Aldrington (Sussex) deeds and papers, 12th cent-17th cent: Hovingham (Yorks) deeds, manorial records and estate papers (Cavendish family property), 19th cent: Scottish estate papers 19th cent, incl Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate accounts 1819-46, maps and papers rel to harbours, 1408-1485: Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) deeds and legal papers, National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland), 1798-20th cent: Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate plans and factor's papers, 1736-19th cent: misc Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate papers, 1790-1803: Cavendish-Bentinck family Red Books by Humphry Repton (3), Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18c], 16th cent-19th cent: Cavendish, Holles, Cavendish-Bentinck and Harley family and misc papers, incl rental of Viscount Woodstock's Irish estates 1699, early 18th cent: misc Harley family legal and financial papers, 12th cent-18th cent: Harley, Cavendish, Holles and Vere family papers and misc papers, incl cartularies of Hants religious houses, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18l], 14th cent-18th cent: misc Cavendish, Holles and Harley family papers, incl Welbeck Abbey cartulary and charters, Harleian MSS 2262-4, 5070, 7344-51, 7405-7500A, B, etc, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18m], See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18n], See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18o], 1802-1852: Welbeck (Notts) weather records, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18p], 1827-1876: Welbeck (Notts) weather records, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18q], 18th cent: Cavendish-Bentinck family architectural drawings, mainly rel to Welbeck Abbey, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18r], 1714: rental of the 1st Earl of Portland's estates, Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18s], c1640-1652: Civil War papers (the Revd John Nalson's collections), See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18t], c1712-1781: corresp and papers of Margaret, Duchess of Portland (d 1785), See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [104a], A daughter of second Earl of Gainsborough married the first Duke of Portland, About our Clos ` wpo- 9qf^.v8ex=Sq Estate on the sides of a wealthy London businessman, and been! 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