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
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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) Found 1: ¶ 1 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. IV: 1825-26