William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland PC (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809), was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility - that of Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. He was also great-great-great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II through her mother's...
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William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland PC (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809), was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility - that of Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. He was also great-great-great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II through her mother's side.
Lord Titchfield was the eldest son of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland and Margaret Cavendish-Harley, and inherited many lands from his mother and his maternal grandmother. He was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford and was elected to sit in the Parliament for Weobley in 1761 before entering the Lords when he succeeded his father as Duke of Portland the next year. Associated with the aristocratic Whig party of Lord Rockingham, Portland served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household in Rockingham's first Government ...
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