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On 7th September 1863 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland was born to [her father] Thomas Dallas Yorke at Murthly Castle Perthshire.
On 6th December 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 [Map]. His first cousin once removed [her future husband] William (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Portland, 7th Earl of Portland.
On 11th June 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 27th February 1890 [her daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 32) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 26). She married 25th November 1918 Michael John Erskine-Wemyss.
In 1891 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 27) became the first, and longest serving, president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds until her death in 1954.
On 16th March 1893 [her son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 29). He married his third cousin once removed 12th August 1915 Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland and had issue.
On 7th August 1893 Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover (age 58) died. Her step-son [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 35) succeeded 2nd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire.
1899. Alice Hughes (age 42). Photograph of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 35) as the "Duchess of Savoy".
Around 1900 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 36) became vegetarian.
In 1900 [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) was appointed 812th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 80).
On 27th July 1900 [her son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck was born to [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 42) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 36).
In 1902 John Singer Sargent (age 45). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 38).
On 9th August 1902 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 60) was crowned VII King of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 57) was crowned Queen Consort by Archbishop William Dalrymple Maclagan (age 76).
Winifred, Duchess of Portland (age 38), wearing the Portland Diamond Tiara, commissioned esppecially for the event, served as a canopy bearer to Queen Alexandra.
In 1907 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 43) was elected as the third President of the Nottinghamshire Beekeepers' Association
1912. Philip de László (age 42). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 48).
1912. Philip de László (age 42). Portrait of Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 48).
In 1913 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 49) was appointed Mistress of the Robes to Queen Alexandra (age 68).
From 1913 to 1925 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 49) was Mistress of the Robes to Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 68).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 12th August 1915 [her son] William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke Portland (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 28) were married. He the son of [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 57) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 51). They were third cousin once removed.
On 25th November 1918 [her son-in-law] Michael John Erskine-Wemyss (age 30) and [her daughter] Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck (age 28) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 60) and Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 55).
On 26th April 1943 [her husband] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland (age 85) died. He was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck. His son [her son] William (age 50) succeeded 7th Duke Portland, 8th Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire. [her daughter-in-law] Ivy Gordon-Lennox Duchess Portland (age 55) by marriage Duchess Portland.
On 22nd August 1950 [her son] Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck (age 50) died.
On 30th July 1954 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland (age 90) died. She was buried at St Winifred's Church, Holbeck.