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William John Cavendish-Scott- Bentinck, fifth duke of Portland
(1800-1879)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Portland, William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Duke of, 1800-1879
NRA:    Bentinck William John Cavendish-Scott- (1800-1879) 5th Duke of Portland
DNB:    Bentinck, (William) John Cavendish-Scott- [formerly Lord John Bentinck], fifth duke of Portland (1800–1879), recluse
LBT ID: DuPortl5    VIAF ID: 26342149    LOC ID: n97032206
B/BAP:   1800-09-17
DIED:   1879-12-06
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The son of the fourth duke (d. 1854); after service in the Grenadier Guards he was MP for King's Lynn (1824-26); he devoted himself to horseracing and estate-building and never married.
REFERENCES TO William John Cavendish-Scott- Bentinck, fifth duke of Portland:
Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 26 April 1826 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)
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