Hendrick also took on the important post of Drost of Salland, sort of equivalent in English to a local sheriff or seneschal. He communicated via letter boxes all over the house, but really only occupied a small apartment, sparsely furnished, in one corner of one of the largest houses in Britain. 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 estate passed to William's son, Charles A. Bentinck (1810-1891) and was sold by him in 1837 to Baron J.A.P. Like Welbeck, the manor and castle of Bolsover were purchased by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1608. 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. She persuaded her husband to devote significant funds to improving the lives of miners on his Nottinghamshire estates. QUEENSBERRY ESTATE RENEWABLE ENERGY. especially fond of his lands and farms around Troon and to this day many of the street names bear witness to his investment in the town Our teams carefully manage complex economic, community and environmental considerations across a range of sectors, for the benefit of people . I am a historian of monarchy and the high aristocracy of Europe. Much of the oldest parts burned in 1900 and were rebuilt. 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). In 1734, the Duke married the richest heiress of the day, Lady Margaret Cavendish-Harley (or Cavendish-Holles-Harley), the daughter of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and Lady Henrietta Holles, herself a major heiress. 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. 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. Table of Contents Show Abbotsford House Abbotsford House 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. Staff and tenants knew never to make eye contact if they happened to pass him. 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. 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 96,000 acre estate say it costs between 20,000 and 30,000-a-year to maintain the lodge. 2 0 obj 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. Like Titchfield Abbey it was also built by Premonstratensians, in about 1140and by the 16th century it was the head of this Order of monks. Originally created by James I as a hunting park, the house was a significant royal palace. 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. His subsidiary titles created in 1716 included Marquess of Titchfield, to be used for the heir. It passed into the hands of the Seymour family, Dukes of Somerset. Today Gary Ramsay Bentinck (b. 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. 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). The eldest, Lady Anne, never married and lived at Welbeck Abbey and managed its vast estates until her death in 2008. It was acquired in the mid-17th century by Anton I, Count of Aldenburg (1633-1680), whose main estate was the fiefdom of Varel and Kniphausen in modern-day northern Germany. The King of Self Pity 7. In 1846 he was created Viscount Brackley and Earl of Ellesmere. PSrb[ f][In9s lDw*Isj\#__#D*j7DrX1z6nJ%vKI)"clOs`wpo- 9qf^.v8ex=Sq. . and was very well informed about their condition. 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. 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. 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. for locomotive traffic with the first engine being constructed by It was the 4th Dukes younger brother, Lord William Bentinck, who was the more fascinating figure, however. endobj Stephenson. The 3rd Duke was Tommy 4. PORTLAND; BENTINCK . The estate was granted to the Montagu family in 1540 by King Henry VIII, having remained in the family until it came under royal ownership from 1938. The same is true for the castle further to the north at Kniphausen. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, GB/NNAF/F86113 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F9541 ), Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland. ABOUT US. 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. The Dukes of Portland and their families. 1812. 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. many of the street names bear witness to his investment in the town They are not a van family since theres no place or castle with that name; instead the surname derives as a sort of patronymic from a probable early founder named Bento. Wanlockhead, a village of about 200 people, has agreed to pay Buccleuch Estates, the duke's property company, nearly 1.5m for 3,863 acres of moorland, brownfield land and pasture, after four. In 1809 the 3rd Duke It gets this name from the four historic neighbouring ducal seats - Welbeck, Clumber, Thoresby, and Worksop Manor. His son, Viscount Woodstock, later 2nd Earl and from 1716 1st Duke of Portland, married in 1704 a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Gainsborough, through whom came a moiety of the Titchfield (Hampshire) estates formerly belonging to the Wriothesley Earls of Southampton. At the 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimers death, Brampton Bryan passed to a collateral branch of his family, but I think (and happy to be corrected) that the Wigmore estate came to the Bentincks. Nottingham, NG7 2NR, telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4565 Styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 to 1709, He was born 17 Mar. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. D2&GNwy9QblaKllbL*A 6-wn(5] 9. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. The family have been based in Inveraray since the early 15th century. In the 1670s, to get closer to the seats of power in the province of Holland, he acquired the lordships of Rhoon and Pendrecht. He was recalled to Britain but surprisingly went unpunished. %PDF-1.7 Much further to the north, Bothal Castle was part of the Ogle succession that had fallen to the Cavendishes by marriage in the 1590s. Guy Innes Ker died peacefully at his ancestral home, Floors Castle, near . stream But he died of a brain abscess before he reached thirty. . "for the improvement of The Dutch noble family Bentinck is one of the oldest in the Low Countries, based mostly in the eastern part of the country, in the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and She had died in 1945. 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. Unlike most of his family, he had little interest in politics, and it soon became apparent that he didnt like people at all. Opening times: 1 April - 31 October 2022. It opened in 1812 The Duke of Westminster owns more of Britain than the Queen, through an estate that can trace its history back hundreds of years. Portland. An interesting webpage about the Welbeck tunnels: https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/welbeck-tunnels-notts-september-2016.33961/. The members of this family bore the surname Bentinck, Cavendish-Bentinck or Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, as indicated. Boutique, family run Estate Agents specialising in Sales, Lettings & Management based in Brighton and Hove. Next page: Portland Family biographies Manuscripts and Special Collections Nottingham, NG7 2NR telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4565 fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8651 email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk Scotland is also well known for its castles. I love heraldry and genealogy. to Ayrshire. Hijack the Ferry 11. I wanted this story changed for two reasons: Firstly, the original narrative was over crammed with information which made it difficult for our . Only the garden centre and a newly built art gallery is open to the public. For the first three decades of the 20th century, she was a literary hostess, a patron, and a protector of pacifists and conscientious objectors during World War I (like Lytton Strachey), notably at her home, Garsington Manor, in Oxfordshire. He lives in Aberdeenshire. 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. 1825-1855: the 'Second Wave' of clearances and the Great Highland Famine. fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8651 The Duke of Portland by The Duke of Portland, released 28 April 2020 1. In 1980, he was succeeded by his brother Victor, who was also in his 80s. And theres more: the senior line of Bentinck van Diepenheim and Schoonheten were also confirmed as barons of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1814, but they had already sold the castle of Diepenheim in 1813 (today the private estate of the De Vos van Steenwijk familycousins and neighbours of the Bentincks since the 15th century). 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. between Kilmarnock and Troon. died, and Henrietta's husband became the 4th Duke of It became the chief residence of the dukes of Portland after the sale of Bulstrode in 1811, and then significantly altered by the 5th Duke, as we shall see below. It was eventually leased to the Glasgow & His successor completely rebuilt the house in the 1860s, and it then passed to the Ramsden family who later sold it in the 1950s. 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. While Marquis of Titchfield he sat in the House of Commons and later as Duke in the Lords, he had limited engagement with politics, which he left to his father, brother-in-law . Though Thomas married in 1667, his wife died only two years later and there were no heirs. I am also a musician and an avid traveler. But it is no longer Bentinck property, having been sold to a local shipping family (Van Hoboken) in 1830. 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. He contested this, and in 1818 was allowed a limited degree of sovereignty in Kniphausen and Varel, mostly concerning internal administration and external trade. 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 younger sons, Lord George and Lord Henry both became fairly influential members of the newly founded Conservative Party in the 1840s. With his death in 1990 the honour became extinct. This province, which for centuries was not independent, but property of the bishops of Utrecht, takes its name from the fact that it is across the River IJssel. Since the early 17th century a large part of rural South of Scotland has been owned by the Duke of Buccleuch and his ancestors. The Duke of Portland The honour of having the first railway in Scotland belongs to Ayrshire. (Scotland' s first) on the Ducal Estate land at Cessnock. Bolsover Castle is associated most with the 1st Duke of Newcastle, so will be looked at more closely in a different blog post. It is made up of several districts, including Twente in the east (where Diepenheim is located), and Salland in the west (where Schoonheten is). an incredibly important nobleman who was Prime Minister in 1783 and In 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. 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. Her many friends and lovers included Aldous Huxley, Siegfried Sassoon, Dora Carrington, DH Lawrence (who may have modelled his Lady Chatterley on her), Virginia Woolf, TS Eliot, and on and on. In her will, she gave Doorwerth to another grandson, Vice-Admiral William Bentinck (1764-1813) of Terrington St Clement, Norfolk. Stephenson. He was noted for It was enlarged again in the late 18th century with the addition of an English-style garden. Todays castle at Kniphausen is a re-purposed former stables and is in private hands. 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 godfather of Prince William is one of the UK's largest landowners. A8083 13. Bulstrode in Buckinghamshire was originally built in 1686 by Judge Jefferies. Het Loo, for example, has been a hunting lodge for the princely (then royal) House of Orange for centuries. William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (17 September 1800 - 6 December 1879), styled (named) Lord John Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British Army officer and peer, most remembered for his eccentric behaviour. 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. Estates in 1883: 43,036 acres in Nottinghamshire; 12,337 acres in Northumberland; 8,074 acres in Derbyshire; 903 acres in Lincolnshire; 591 acres in Norfolk; 9 acres in Worcestershire; 5 acres in Buckinghamshire; 101,000 acres in Caithness; 17,244 acres in Ayrshire; worth a total of 88,350 a year. Whitewashed Stairwell 5. x\[sF~wCeupTd2T}h(Z~!X$Ows{V\'~eI"E"h^}}xvw{i (iK?pThqG2Wbqy>>}i=z?A.xr"_P$>#8n^ez^.m|Z5?X}raK?0/h>mXfHDDis>PVw vx*K8"O}In9\JHxYHr_'e^^uRTMR2FGxZ|& Ap)of`\dN-$CS=qbb@DEro@P(IfR^G#("/6[=l F4sp.mI.]4>ZCY$aDF' dN @M>i(G!0Mn-I?H/30|@&z~ ^| 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. played in the Jacobite uprising of 1745. This Dutch-German branch, using the title, Count of Aldenburg-Bentinck (recognised formally by the Queen of the Netherlands in 1924), became extinct in 1968, and the headship of this branch passed to a senior line who had renounced it in the 1870s and moved to England. 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. These include the estates of Dalkeith, Melrose, Eckford, Ettrick Forest and Kirkurd, Hassendean and Hawick, Teviotdalehead, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Westerkirk, Eskdalemuir, Liddesdale and Canonbie. HENRY BENTINCK, Earl of Portland till 6 July 1716, when he was created Marquess of Titchfield and DUKE OF PORTLAND. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. . (4) He obtained an Act of Parliament to make Troon's Harbour commercial with wet . his accession to the title, William took a warm interest in them 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. 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 younger son of Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, unsurprisingly also named William, was sent back to the Low Countries in 1719 to maintain the family estates and to occupy the family seat in the Estates of Holland as Baron van Rhoon. Sweetie Shop 6. Cavendish set about rebuilding the castle, more as a pleasure palace than a defensive structure, but it was his son, William, who turned Bolsover into the real gem we see today. fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8651 Schoonheten Castle has been, and remains, the main seat of the Bentincks in the Netherlands. Made up of 133,100 acres across the UK, the Duke of. nuna revv stroller compatibility accounts krafton com claim best tasting menus toronto duke of devonshire estate office eastbourne 25 Feb/23 (No Ratings Yet) One of these, Berend, moved to England in the 1830s. The rails were cast iron fixed to This was later rescinded in 1932. 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, who had been executed for the part he 'North west view of Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire', by F. Chantrey R.A., 1823. Monarchs were entertained there, as were eminent authors and poets. In this short time, he managed to modernise the government administration of Bengal and abolish the monopoly of trade enjoyed the East India Company. 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. 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. He became a famous recluse, retreating to Welbeck Abbey where he spent years constructing the most elaborate tunnel systemthought to be about 15 miles in totalconnecting various parts of the house and the estate. It was in time adapted Connect with the University of Nottingham through social media and our blogs. To entangle the estates and castles of this vast and complicated succession, lets start at the end and work backwards. He notably served as Master of the Horse between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1905. Its territory was sandy and marshy and full of woods and heath, so was often a preferred hunting ground for Dutch nobles. He stayed in the family tradition a supporter of the Whigs in government, and was named Lord Lieutenant (or viceroy) of Ireland, briefly, during the ministry of Lord Rockingham in 1782. N]t([rEKe0X_!kYPvw^({PoHE2ZF"G";$gF#j'dRF?2&3I!Dh4>q9Sopf5tZj"' k(,.rh{t_/ died, and Henrietta's husband became the 4th Duke of On his death the title passed to Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, the 12th Earl who is likely to be succeeded by his son, William, the present Viscount Woodstock. Moved Permanently. Their eldest son, Charles (whose name was William Charles, but like his father went by Charles, and in fact signed his name WCC Bentinck), not thinking he would succeed to a dukedom, entered the church and became vicar for several parishes in Bedfordshire in the 1840s. The 3rd Duke was f0vi~e. lc&Rmjl @. <> his personal interest and knowledge in agriculture and was The Kilmarnock Estate inheritance passed to Henrietta's daughters, her direct descendants. 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). 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). 1851 - 1852 - Alexander Woodburn, Hendrick Bentinck rebuilt and enlarged it in the 1630s. The 10th Duke of Roxburghe has died at the age of 64 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family has announced. Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, CMG (18 June 1897 - 30 July 1990), known as Victor Cavendish-Bentinck until 1977 and Lord Victor Cavendish-Bentinck from 1977 to 1980, and informally as Bill Bentinck, was a British diplomat, businessman, and peer. Best Price (Room Rates) Guarantee Check all reviews, photos, contact number & address of Duke of Portland Boathouse on the shore of Lake . The twin free lordships of Kniphausen and Varel were ruled as an autonomous county within the Duchy of Oldenburg by the Bentincks for the rest of the 18th century. especially fond of his lands and farms around Troon and to this day Edward VI gave the crumbling ruins to George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury; his son, the 7th Earl, sold it in 1590 to his half-brother, Sir Charles Cavendish (son of the celebrated Bess of Hardwick). It was constructed between Kilmarnock and Troon by After 1997 he was entitled to call himself 12th Earl of Portland, as well as Count Bentinck von Aldenburg and Count of Waldeck-Limpurg. William Bentinck, the 3rd Duke of Portland, changed his family's But at the Congress of Vienna, 1815, the Count of Aldenburg was denied a restoration of his sovereignty (however miniscule) and became a vassal of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. 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 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 estate passed to William's son, Charles A. Bentinck (1810-1891) and was sold by him in 1837 to Baron J.A.P. Rhoon Castle was built on a sandbank in about 1200, then rebuilt in the 1420s. Lord Clare was created Duke of Newcastle in 1694. (LogOut/ The two lordships were joined together as a county by the Emperor in 1653. This rather marvellous castle has been the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Argyll, Chiefs of the Clan Campbell, for many generations. He married a grand-daughter of the 6th Duke of Richmond, Ivy Gordon-Lennox, and they had two daughters. He and his wife remained in Nairobi, even after he became duke, as there were no lands to inherit in England. 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. 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. 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) The title Earl of Portland did not die out with the dukedom, however. name to Cavendish-Bentinck when, in 1766, he married the Dorothy 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). 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