The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
OBITUARY..
THE DUKE OF PORTLAND.

THE DUKE OF PORTLAND.
william John Cavendish Scott Bentinck. fifth
Duke and sixth Earl of Portland. fifth Marquis OF
Titchfeld. sixth viscount Woodstock and Baron
Cirencester died yesterday in his eghteth year. HIS
grace born at Cavendish square, London
September 1900. being the eldest of William
Henry Cavendish Bentinck, fourth duke py
Henrietta. daughter OF General John Scout
of Balcomie Fifeshire, Scotland. He was
one Of the greatest landowners in England
possessed magnificent seat at "eioeeA
Abbey. Worksop. Nottinghamshire at Bothai oAs'ie'
Northumberland. and at Fullerton House, Ayrsniro'
Scotland. The family descended from william
Dentinck, Lord of Diepsnheim. Overyssel' Holland
the celebrated favorte and confidential adviser OF
William OF Orange when he invaded England IN
1885, and was rewarded the following year, April g.
1859, with the earldom Of Portland (Dorsetshire
the viscounty OF Woodstock and the barony of Cir
encester. twill be remembered that Bentwick COM
manded the Dutch regiment of horse guards, bore
distng uished part lieutenant general in the bat
tie of the Boyne and III the negotiation or the peace
of Ryswick, and made knight Of the Garter in
1897. He twice married, first to Anne, daughter
OF Sir Edward vlers, and second TO daughter of Sir
John Temple The history of this Dutch adventurer,
who died November %. l709. is familiar to the read
OF Macaulay. His son Henry married daugh
ter of the Earl of Gainsborouh was created Marquis
of Titch6eld (Hampshire and Duke OF Portland July
9. 17l6. became Governor Of Jamaica and died there
born in i7Os. was Knight of the Gar
ter, married Margaret Cavendish Harley. only
daughter and heir Of the second Earl of Oxford 1.-THE
Peggy Of Prior's poemsj and died in l762
William Henry Cavendsh Bentinck, KG., the
third duke born in 1873. an eminent statesman
and favorite of George Ill. lie became Vceroy of
Ireland in 1882, Prime Minister in 1853 and again
from 1907 to his death. October 80. 1909. He had
married in 1866 Lady Dorothy Cavenjsh. daughter
of the toArth Duke of Devonshire. William Henry
Cavendish, the fourth Duke was q Fellow or the
Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquities and
derived his chief title to fame from his gift to
the British Museum in 1910 of the celebrated Bar
berin Portland vase. supposed to have once held
the ashes of Alexander Severus or those of men,
Der of his family. His brother, Lord William
Charles Bentinck, q celebrated general and
diplomatist during the Napoleonic wars and was
from 1917 to 1S35-one of the most popular Cover
nors General of British India. He was a friend
and protector of the natives Of India. who tes-
at Calcutta. Lord George Bentnck l1SO2-4S younger
brother of the nobleman just deceased became pri.
vate secretary OF George Canning, who had married
his aunt the leader of the protectionsts against
Sir Robert Peel in the Corn law agitation, and was
the patron and mentor OF Benjamin Disraeli. now
Earl of Beaconshed, who wrote his biography
In 1851 The deceased Duke was educated at
Eton College, ana at Corpus Christi, Oxford,
was family trustee of the British Museum
and a conservative in politics. succeeded to
the dukedom March 81 1854, and became Lord
Lieutenant Of Nottinghamshre in 1852 Neither the
Duke nor either of his three brothers, who died be-
fore him. ever married. The title, therefore. goes
tinck born May TO- 1872 and the vast estates will be
divided between three four sisters. one of whom,
Charlotte, is the Dowager Viscountess Ossington;
another, Lucy, is the Dowager Baroness Howard de
Walden, and the youngest, Mary is the wife OF Lieu
tenant Colonel Sir William Topham.