William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland

The Duke of Portland
Born	(1893-03-16)March 16, 1893 Mayfair, London
Died	March 21, 1977(1977-03-21) (aged 84) Nottinghamshire
Spouse(s)	Ivy Gordon-Lennox (1915-1977)
Children	Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (1916-2008) Lady Victoria Bentinck (1918-1955)
Parents	6th Duke of Portland (father) Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke(mother)

Ivy Gordon-Lennox
by Philip de László, 1915

William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland KG (16 March 1893 – 21 March 1977), styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British Conservative Party politician.

Portland was the elder son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, and his wife Winifred Anna (née Dallas-Yorke). He was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark in 1922, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1943, and served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury under Stanley Baldwin from 1927 to 1929 and under Ramsay Macdonald in 1932. He also held the honorary posts of Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire between 1939 and 1962 and was the second Chancellor of the University of Nottingham between 1954 and 1971. In 1948 he was made a Knight of the Garter.

Portland married Ivy Gordon-Lennox, daughter of Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox, in 1915. They had two daughters, Lady (Alexandra) Anne and Lady (Victoria) Margaret.

He died in March 1977, aged 84, and was succeeded in the dukedom by his third cousin Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck. His junior title of Baron Bolsover became extinct on his death.

The family seat of Welbeck Abbey passed to his elder daughter Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (1916–2008) who remained unmarried throughout her life. Portland's younger daughter Lady Margaret Parente had died 1955, leaving one son William Henry Marcello Parente (b. 1951), who was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 2003-2004.

References

• http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/portland1907/portland1.htm "The Portland Peerage Romance (1907)"
• http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Bentinck.html "The Descendants of Willem Bentinck and Charlotte Aldenburg"
• Michael Rhodes "High Sheriffs for 2003-4" alt.talk.royalty, 21 March 2003
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Portland

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Ralph Starkey	Member of Parliament for Newark 1922–1943	Succeeded by Sidney Shephard
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Portland	Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 1939–1962	Succeeded by Sir Robert Laycock
Preceded by The Lord Trent	Chancellor of the University of Nottingham 1954–1971	Succeeded by Sir Francis Hill
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by William Cavendish-Bentinck	Duke of Portland 1943–1977	Succeeded by Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Cavendish-Bentinck	Baron Bolsover 1943–1977	Succeeded by Extinct