William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott- Bentinck, fourth duke of Portland

(1768-1854)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Portland, William Henry Cavendish Scott Bentinck, Duke of, 1768-1854 NRA: Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish-Scott- (1768-1854) 4th Duke of Portland, statesman LBT ID: DuPortl4 VIAF ID: 8928730 LOC ID: n88058287	B/BAP: 1768-06-24 DIED: 1854-03-27
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The son of the third duke, educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; he was MP for Petersfield (1790-91) and Buckinghamshire (1791-1809); he was a political ally of his brother-in-law George Canning.
REFERENCES TO William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott- Bentinck, fourth duke of Portland: Maria Copley to Thomas Creevey, 12 January 1823 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 9: Mr. Canning Found 1: ¶ 10 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. III: 1823-24 Airlie, Mabell, Countess of, 1866-1956, In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Chapter VI. Found 2: ¶ 13 ¶ 14