Duke Portland

Duke Portland is in Dukedoms of England Alphabetically, Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Dukedoms of England.

In 1716 Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland (age 33) was created 1st Duke Portland. Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland (age 28) by marriage Duchess Portland.

On 04 Jul 1726 Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland (age 44) died in Spanish Town Jamaica. His body was returned to England. On 03 Nov 1726 he was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey. His son William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland (age 17) succeeded 2nd Duke Portland, 3rd Earl of Portland.

On 01 May 1762 William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland (age 53) died. His son William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland (age 24) succeeded 3rd Duke Portland, 4th Earl of Portland.

On 04 Aug 1795 William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland (age 27) and Henrietta Scott Duchess Portland (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Portland. He the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland (age 57) and Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland.

On 30 Oct 1809 William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland (age 71) died. His son William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland (age 41) succeeded 4th Duke Portland, 5th Earl of Portland.

On 27 Mar 1854 William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke Portland (age 85) died. His son William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland (age 53) succeeded 5th Duke Portland, 6th Earl of Portland although it took him three years before he took his seat in the House of Lords.

On 06 Dec 1879 William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 5th Duke Portland (age 79) died unmarried at his London residence Harcourt House Cavendish Square Marylebone. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. His first cousin once removed William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Portland, 7th Earl of Portland.

On 11 Jun 1889 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 31) and Winifred Anna Dallas Yorke Duchess Portland (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Portland.

On 26 Apr 1943 William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 85) died. His son William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 50) succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 55) by marriage Duchess Portland.

On 13 Dec 1980 Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck 8th Duke of Portland (age 91) died. His brother Victor Cavendish-Bentinck 9th Duke of Portland (age 83) succeeded 9th Duke Portland, 10th Earl of Portland.

On 30 Jul 1990 Victor Cavendish-Bentinck 9th Duke of Portland (age 93) died without surviving male issue. He was buried at St Winifred's Church Holbeck. Duke Portland extinct. His half sixth cousin Henry Charles Bentinck 11th Earl of Portland (age 70) succeeded 11th Earl of Portland.