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See also:PORTLAND, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:CAVENDISH See also:BENTINCK , 3rd See also:DuKE OF (1738-1809), See also:prime See also:minister of See also:England, son of William, 2nd duke (1709-1762), and See also:grandson of the 1st duke. His See also:mother, See also:Margaret, granddaughter and heiress of See also:John Holies, duke of See also:Newcastle, brought to her See also:husband Welbeck See also:Abbey and other estates in See also:Nottinghamshire. He was See also:born on the 14th of See also:April 1738, and was educated at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, where he graduated M.A. in 1757. In 1761, as See also:marquess of Titchfield, he became M.P. for the See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of Weobly (See also:Hereford), but in May 1762 he was called to the upper See also:house on the See also:death of his See also:father. Under the marquess of See also:Rockingham he was, from See also:July 1765 to See also:December 1766, See also:lord See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain, and on the return of Rockingham to See also:power in April 1782 he was made lord-lieutenantof See also:Ireland. After the See also:short See also:ministry of Shelburne, succeeding the death of Rockingham, the duke of Portland was selected by See also:Fox and See also:North as a " convenient See also:cipher " to become the See also:head of the See also:coalition ministry, to the formation of which the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king was with See also:great reluctance compelled to give his assent. The duke held the premiership from the 5th of April 1783 until the defeat of the See also:bill for " the just and efficient See also:government of See also:British See also:India " caused his dismissal from See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office on the 17th of December following. Under See also:Pitt he was, from 1794 to 1801, secretary of See also:state for the See also:home See also:department, after which he was, from 18oi to 1805, See also:president of the See also:council. In 1807 he was appointed a second See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time prime minister and first lord of the See also:treasury. See also:Ill See also:health caused him to resign in See also:October 1809, and he died on the 30th of that See also:month. He owed his See also:political See also:influence chiefly to his See also:rank, his mild disposition, and his See also:personal integrity, for his talents were in no sense brilliant, and he was deficient in See also:practical See also:energy as well as in intellectual grasp.
He married in 1766 See also:Lady Dorothy Cavendish (1750-1794), daughter of the 4th duke of See also:Devonshire, and was succeeded as 4th duke by his son WILLIAM HENRY (1768-1854), who married a daughter of the famous gambler, See also:General John See also:Scott, and was See also:brother-in-See also:law to See also:Canning. His son, the 5th duke, WILLIAM JOHN CAVENDISH BENTINCK-SCOTT (1800-1879) died unmarried. He is notable for having constructed the underground halls at Welbeck Abbey, and for his retiring habits of See also:life, which gave occasion for some singular stories.' He was succeeded by his See also:cousin WILLIAM JOHN See also:ARTHUR See also:CHARLES See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES C.AVENDISHBENTINCK (b. 1857) as 6th duke.
End of Article: PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK
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