endobj The senior line became lords of Aller, and became extinct at the end of the 18th century. In 1881, before she turned twenty, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck married Lord Glamis (Claude Bowes-Lyon), heir to the Scottish earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne. His successor completely rebuilt the house in the 1860s, and it then passed to the Ramsden family who later sold it in the 1950s. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Eventually several witnesses were charged with perjury, Mrs Druce ended up in an asylum, and London moved on to the next great news story. In 1814, his superiors, supporting a full Bourbon restoration, sent him away from Sicily, north towards Tuscany where he was tasked with pushing out another of Napoleons sisters (Elisa) from her rule there. By this time, the succession had moved on to a different branch of the family, and we come closer to the story of Queen Elizabeth IIs grandmother. Bolsover Castle is associated most with the 1st Duke of Newcastle, so will be looked at more closely in a different blog post. He had no sons, but from a second marriage left three daughters: the eldest of these was Nina Cecilia, who seems to have preferred Cecilia, but Id love to know for certain. Moved Permanently. Besides the streets and squares in London bearing his family names, he also gave his name to Portland Inlet and Bentinck Channel along the coast of British Columbia. Portland was the son of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland and his wife Elizabeth Noel, daughter of Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough. The same is true for the castle further to the north at Kniphausen. discovered that the 6th Duke of Portland had feued 9 plots of land to build 9 houses on the west side of Grange Terrace in Kilmarnock. By the 15th century, the Bentincks were members of the Ridderschap, or noble estate, of the Veluwe, and in about 1502, divided into two main branches. But after a succession dispute between two brothers, Willem Gustaf and Jan Carel (the former of whom had married a local farmers daughter), the two properties were sold to the Grand Duke in 1854, for 2 million thaler. The Duke of Westminster. mP}O'x6(L'~&Pu)!j?QtlO=r+q twQ(8-Lq O@Buk#J=F!5(GLIm5neRpBS%9 ]GM#M9.F> #s%qS1kl;X>+ Ue>1!#IAMJ^/I[XDl>[9zgE |g!GE With planning . married General Scott. The Duke was buried in St Winifreds Church, Holbeck, on the Welbeck Estate, which he had built in the early years of the 20th century. The estate passed down through the Portland line of descent and was a favoured residence of Margaret, Duchess of Portland, wife of the 3rd Duke, who frequently entertained King George III, Queen Charlotte and their family there. Henrietta Scott, the daughter of General John Scott of Balgonie. The family have been based in Inveraray since the early 15th century. van Brakell. (LogOut/ It was sold by his heirs to Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, who made it one of his principal residences, and indeed died there in 1709. The two lordships were joined together as a county by the Emperor in 1653. The Holles succession might have included the very grand Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, purchased by John Holles in 1710, but it was sold by his son-in-law the 2nd Earl of Oxford in 1740 to pay off debts. 1825-1855: the 'Second Wave' of clearances and the Great Highland Famine. It was in time adapted Welbeck passed down through the Cavendishes into the Portland line of descent, and ultimately became the main seat of the Dukes of Portland. But at the Congress of Vienna, 1815, the Count of Aldenburg was denied a restoration of his sovereignty (however miniscule) and became a vassal of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. For a brief period there was also an alternative, Jacobite Portland title. Monarchs were entertained there, as were eminent authors and poets. Shortly after this first wife (called Georgiana Seymour) died, Lord Charles eloped with his friend Sir William Abdys wife; they divorced; and Charles and Anne (herself an illegitimate daughter of the Marquess of Wellesley, the Duke of Wellingtons brother) married. Schoonheten Castle has been, and remains, the main seat of the Bentincks in the Netherlands. ]N>|0._L"'s,|{}yA^6}2;J,S,tJ/q8OF9:4SjbII mG0FFV-ZBQ]H!8lP Their son, William Cavendish, was created Earl (1628), Marquess (1643) and Duke (1665) of Newcastle. The branch born unequally moved to the United States and faded away. his personal interest and knowledge in agriculture and was Via Grosvenor Estates, the 62-year-old Duke is the richest property developer in the UK. Nottingham, NG7 2NR, telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4565 In the late 19th century it took on its modern appearance, as its white plaster walls were re-covered (on three sides) with red brick. He obtained from Parliament the right to build. The younger sons, Lord George and Lord Henry both became fairly influential members of the newly founded Conservative Party in the 1840s. In 1601, they acquired the mostly ruined castle of Wigmore in that county, the former seat of the mighty medieval Mortimer lords who used this castle in their defence of the borders between England and Wales. Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. The titles, but not the lands, went to a distant cousin, Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, who became the 8th Duke at age 89 in 1977. Since then the estate has continued to be handed down through the family. One of Hendricks grandsons, Eusebius, carried on the branch of Diepenheim and Schoonheten in the province of Overijssel, and we will return to them later on; a younger son, Hans Willem (1649-1709), became a favourite and protg of William III, Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. She persuaded her husband to devote significant funds to improving the lives of miners on his Nottinghamshire estates. Today, it is run by English Heritage and has been the subject of extensive restoration, including the riding school. Portland. Doorwerth passed to Anton's son, Anton II (1681-1738), and then to his granddaughter Charlotte Sophie, Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800). Hijack the Ferry 11. Contents his accession to the title, William took a warm interest in them An agreement was made that the Kilmarnock Estate could only His son predeceased him in the 1960s, and with no male heir when he died in 1990, the dukedom ceased to exist. The Duchess was also an early animal rights activist and vegetarian. the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. been returned to a representative of its ancient owners when she William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland PC (24 June 1768 - 27 March 1854) was a British politician who served in various positions in the governments of George Canning and Lord Goderich. . As with Welbeck, the seat passed down through the Portland line of descent, and was given to the nation by the 7th Duke of Portland in 1945. Duke of Buccleuch Richard Scott Estate Buccleuch Estates 2017/18 subsidies 2m Mahdi al-Tajir Estate Blackford 2017/18 subsidies 1.636m Scott's wealth has been estimated at about. Estates in 1883: 43,036 acres in Nottinghamshire; 12,337 acres in Northumberland; 8,074 acres in Derbyshire; 903 acres in Lincolnshire; 591 acres in Norfolk; 9 acres in Worcestershire; 5 acres in Buckinghamshire; 101,000 acres in Caithness; 17,244 acres in Ayrshire; worth a total of 88,350 a year. It was William who was responsible for the building of the large indoor riding school at Bolsover and who lavishly entertained King Charles I there. From that point onwards, the Dukedom descended in an unbroken line as far as William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland. Their eldest son, Charles (whose name was William Charles, but like his father went by Charles, and in fact signed his name WCC Bentinck), not thinking he would succeed to a dukedom, entered the church and became vicar for several parishes in Bedfordshire in the 1840s. Kr;JEChjF]^-yPl -dQ$$c=1=2]*du Table of Contents Show Abbotsford House Abbotsford House and its surrounding countryside. Regulations 2007 or the Home . 6ORN){] Gw2S8h1f1 >l*RqA*Q59@}$K;hl4}CT/i]XCQ$\ A decade later, he was sent back to India, first as Governor of Bengal, 1828, then as the first Governor-General of India, 1834-35. While Marquis of Titchfield he sat in the House of Commons and later as Duke in the Lords, he had limited engagement with politics, which he left to his father, brother-in-law . This double windfall of two generations of heiresses brought two major new properties from the Cavendish family, in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire: Bolsover Castle and Welbeck Abbey. He became a famous recluse, retreating to Welbeck Abbey where he spent years constructing the most elaborate tunnel systemthought to be about 15 miles in totalconnecting various parts of the house and the estate. All of the various Dutch baronial lines of the House of Bentinck were confirmed as barons de lEmpire in 1813, and when this fell, they were confirmed as barons of the new Kingdom of the Netherlands. d8T,@b3G~KwDtlzo3QuOMmSu=|*N1N*A The Portland Estate in Soho Fields In 1698 the first Earl of Portland was granted by the King the freehold of most of Soho Fields and of a smaller piece of ground in St. James's parish, in reversion from 1734. Like Welbeck, the manor and castle of Bolsover were purchased by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1608. Theres no danger of this family becoming extinct any time soon, always maintaining a foot in England and a foot in the Netherlands. The Newcastle line ended in the male line in 1690, and its chief heiress, Margaret, married the politician John Holles, Earl of Clare, for whom the Newcastle title was revived in 1694. Hans Bentinck came to England with It was constructed between Kilmarnock and Troon by William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquis of Titchfield, between 1808 and 1812. Located only a few miles east of Bolsover, it is across the county line in Nottinghamshire, and is one of the four ducal residences that gave the name the Dukeries to this area (Portland, Newcastle, Norfolk and Kingston). It was eventually leased to the Glasgow & to Ayrshire. Hendrick also took on the important post of Drost of Salland, sort of equivalent in English to a local sheriff or seneschal. All Rights 2012 Future Museum Project Partners, Plan and Section of Rail and Chair used on Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. The future Queen Elizabeth II was born at the Strathmore home in Mayfair in April 1926. The children of the Dukes of Portland, and those granted the rank of Duke's children, bore the title Lord/Lady before their Christian names.. Hans Willem Bentinck, cr 1689 Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock and Baron of Cirencester (20 Jul 1649-Bulstrode . This Dutch-German branch, using the title, Count of Aldenburg-Bentinck (recognised formally by the Queen of the Netherlands in 1924), became extinct in 1968, and the headship of this branch passed to a senior line who had renounced it in the 1870s and moved to England. One of his estates, Queensberry, includes the Lowther Hills and covers over 33,500 hectares. South-Western Company. But the Duke did not entertain. He had been appointed a page and chamberlain in the household of Prince William as a young man, and crucially, nursed him back to health after an attack of smallpox in 1675. This four-part series takes an in-depth look at the workings of some of Scotland's most magnificent country estates through the eyes of the current owners, the ghillies, the gardeners and the. ), William Bentinck (1764-1813; Vice-Admiral), Lord Henry William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (1804-1870), Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1774-1839), Winifred Anna Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1863-1954). William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, KG GCVO TD PC DL (28 December 1857 - 26 April 1943), known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier, and Conservative politician. On the death of the 5th Duke in 1879 most of the estates passed to the cousin who succeeded him as 6th Duke, but part of the Ayrshire estates were divided between the 5th Duke's sisters, Lady Ossington and Lady Howard de Walden, the latter also inheriting the Marylebone property. Both are located on a sandy island in the delta of the River Mass, just south of the city of Rotterdam. He served with William in battle in Ireland and in the Low Countries, then acted as ambassador to France, 1698, representing the Kings interests in the all-important question of the Spanish Succession. Lord William was appointed at a young age as governor of Madras in India, 1803-07, but was pulled back to Europe at the height of the Napoleonic wars and given command as Lieutenant-General of British troops in Sicily and representative of British interests on that islandnotably to keep it out of the hands of Napoleons sister and brother-in-law, the Murats, now occupying the throne of Naples just across the straits. He inherited the Kilmarnock estate in 1795 when he married William was succeeded by his son, Henry in 1709, and within seven years Henry had been elevated to the titles Marquess of Titchfield and Duke of Portland. between Kilmarnock and Troon. [)~qY0 R[j3 Fe]=Kr_!N@Lof);A25 L$f"Ap*0>-kJ)N'm#5n5 NJG#UDXK#(B{DHzJvL1\ XT Only the garden centre and a newly built art gallery is open to the public. Varel had been one of the ancient seats of the independent chiefs of the Frisians in the Middle Ages and its castle was expanded into a more palatial residence once the county of Aldenburg was established. Stephenson. &>\+ It became the principal family seat of the early Dukes of Newcastle, who made significant additions to the house, such as the magnificent riding house built by John Smithson and commissioned by the 1st Duke. It is one of the jewels in the crown of English Heritage. There was also gas lighting in the tunnels themselves, as well as some skylights. His residence, Huis t Velde, was an old moated manor house rebuilt by the Bentincks, located east of Warnsveld in another region of Gelderland, Zutphen. Almost all the males in the family were named William (in honour of their original patron in England), but usually went by their second name; in this case he used William, while his older brother the Duke was William Henry, and his younger brother, William Charles, used Charles (see below). He was noted for Though Thomas married in 1667, his wife died only two years later and there were no heirs. and its surrounding countryside. Count Henry Noel served in the British army in World War II, then became a producer for the BBC. Opening times: 1 April - 31 October 2022. The Duke of Fife in 1986 Credit: Photo: Allan Warren. Originally created by James I as a hunting park, the house was a significant royal palace. Lord Fredericks two grandsons both had interesting marriages: one, to one of the aristocratic Livingstons of New York (and left daughters who remained there), and another to an illegitimate daughter of the Earl St Maur (heir to the Duke of Somerset), Ruth St Maur, a suffragette and socialist, and one of the founders of the Womens Library in 1909. 1964) is, strictly lineally speaking, head of both English and Dutch baronial lines. I teach history at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, and am the senior editor of The Court Historian, the journal of the Society for Court Studies. The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and It was a medieval fortress built to overlook the Scarsdale and the eastern edges of the Derbyshire dales (what today we might call the valley of the M1). PORTLAND; BENTINCK . Shadow Song 10. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Wanlockhead, a village of about 200 people, has agreed to pay Buccleuch Estates, the duke's property company, nearly 1.5m for 3,863 acres of moorland, brownfield land and pasture, after four. The 10th Duke of Roxburghe has died at the age of 64 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family has announced. An interesting webpage about the Welbeck tunnels: https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/welbeck-tunnels-notts-september-2016.33961/. Whitewashed Stairwell 5. By the 17th century it was known as Place House. The 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry is Richard Scott, who, along with his family, is Britain's largest private landowner. The Duke's estates in Scotland include Langwell Lodge, which the family has frequently visited for deer-stalking and grouse-shooting in the autumn. William Bentinck of Terrington became a Vice-Admiral in the British Navy and was governor of the Caribbean island of St Vincent, 1798-1802. At Buccleuch, we are dedicated to supporting the communities we live and work within, respecting the environment, and contributing to rural culture through our heritage for generations to come. Campus maps | More contact information | Jobs, Earls and Dukes of Portland: Family Seats, Mellish and Buchanan of Blyth and Hodsock, Thoroton Hildyard of Screveton and Flintham. It has a further 11,000-acre estate in the English Midlands. In name to Cavendish-Bentinck when, in 1766, he married the Dorothy Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Today Gary Ramsay Bentinck (b. Just like the Dukes, you won't want to leave! BZ,_nN]mr10k with the carriages being drawn by horses. My ancestors came from Germany to the American colonies in the 18th century and I am a proud Virginian. William of Orange, and had been created Earl of Portland in 1689. D2&GNwy9QblaKllbL*A 6-wn(5] passed to a cousin, but his widow continued in possession of the Welbeck estates, which on her death in 1755 passed to her daughter, Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley. BO&lfLYAqhF? w]I11q=)>6z;0F lzb@/W +~:ZXu{I>Q5m *kS9TF)D\>~]oQ,Kmrv6L={FXxB7zs(&X0(q53K&z)1S0<1/7t6E].5~\r\Y!h=98`A %[SEeS[74r1_`(F~=R\#fs5:ny`B` 5_ge_Mmx[ u;#ymA2K=d a^i)tUX"cpCBV!a~cX{>X0\2SqgR5lKAWWQ$|5x"mLUU%,]Ndz0-m~|2='[1a2 dEq6c]%UD3,Ph Unlike most of his family, he had little interest in politics, and it soon became apparent that he didnt like people at all. QUEENSBERRY ESTATE RENEWABLE ENERGY. Simplified family tree showing the line of descent of the Earls and Dukes of Portland(click to open in PDF format), Family tree of the Bentinck family, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire (click to open in PDF format), Biographies of the Earls and Dukes of Portland, Kings Meadow CampusLenton Lane Due to his European family connections, he later served as an informal diplomat between Britain, Denmark and Russia and died at the court of St Petersburg in 1813. Next page: Portland Family biographies Manuscripts and Special Collections Nottingham, NG7 2NR telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4565 fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8651 email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk The Countess was the heiress of an Imperial county formed in the late 17th century out of fragments of the ancient county of Oldenburg (of which Aldenburg was an older variant spelling), which had passed into possession of the House of Denmark on the extinction of its legitimate male line. 157 - Nottinghamshire Archives This record (browse from here by hierarchy) Catalogue description Portland of Welbeck (4th Deposit): Deeds and Estate Papers This record is held by. Out in Style It was acquired in the late 17th century by the Van Keppel family (interestingly, rivals of the Bentincks in England), and today serves as a conference centre for the regional police service. The first documented ancestor is Johan or Jan Bentinck, who owned land in a region known as the Veluwe, a gentle hilly region that formed the northern part of the duchy of Gelderland (or Guelders). The church at Ellecom near Middachten became the burial place for this branch of the family. Daneshill School is a unique co-educational school set within 100 . William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquis of Titchfield, between 1808 and Lady Isle 3. The King of Self Pity 7. Welbeck Abbey was acquired by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1607, and from him, passed to his son, William [later 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne]. What is less well known, is that one of the most famous society patrons of the arts and bohemians of the early 20th century, Lady Ottoline Morrell, was Cecilias first cousin. with the carriages being drawn by horses. played in the Jacobite uprising of 1745. It was acquired in the mid-17th century by Anton I, Count of Aldenburg (1633-1680), whose main estate was the fiefdom of Varel and Kniphausen in modern-day northern Germany. The last British dukedom to become extinct was the title of Duke of Portland in 1990. Hospital Song 14. Cavendish, the daughter of the Duke of Devonshire. . Scotland is also well known for its castles. 1 0 obj and Governor General of India), William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879), William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943), William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977), Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888-1980), Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland (1897-1990), Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland (1919-1997), Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland (b 1953), Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704-1774), Charlotte Sophie, Countess Bentinck, ne Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800), John Albert Bentinck (1737-1775; naval captain and M.P. The junior line, lords of t Velde, got a step up as its founder, Hendrick, acted as Steward of the lands of the Duke of Guelders in the Veluwe. But he was pushed out of politics in the next reign due to his personal animosity with Princess Anne of Great Britain, now Dowager Princess of Orange and Regent for her son, Willem V. In 1732, William Bentinck van Rhoon had been created Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Charles VI, to raise his rank so that it would be equal to his future bride, Countess Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg. It is still a residence of the Bentinck family, though not open to the public. At the 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimers death, Brampton Bryan passed to a collateral branch of his family, but I think (and happy to be corrected) that the Wigmore estate came to the Bentincks. It was inherited by Henry Noel Bentinck, as 11th Earl of Portland. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. He and his wife remained in Nairobi, even after he became duke, as there were no lands to inherit in England. Connect with the University of Nottingham through social media and our blogs. 1 bedroom flat for rent in Duke Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1AG, BN1 for 1,025 pcm. William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879) William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943) William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977) Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888-1980) We can continue to have our Anglo-Dutch Moment. The English ducal branch added the historic name Cavendish in the early 19th century, and one of its daughters, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, became the much lesser known grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. William III had created many new dukes for this reason, so it seemed natural; plus, Henry Bentinck was now even wealthier than his father, as he had married a significant heiress, Lady Elizabeth Noel, daughter of the Earl of Gainsborough and heiress of Titchfield Abbey and its estates in Hampshire. noble family from Holland. Both were permitted to use the title Baron Bentinck in the United Kingdom by George V in 1911. 'Bulstrode Hall, Buckinghamshire', by Corbould, published 1787. THE SUTHERLANDS OF LANGWELL. Bulstrode in Buckinghamshire was originally built in 1686 by Judge Jefferies. In Swabia, they inherited the lordship of Gaildorf, once part of the ancient imperial County of Limpurg (northeast of Stuttgart)here they possessed an Old Schloss, built in the late 15th century, and later constructed a New Schloss, sometimes called the Bentinck Palace, which served as a summer retreat for the family until it was confiscated in 1918 (and now serves as the town hall). It was in time adapted a quirk of fate, Henrietta's mother, Lady Mary Hay, was the eldest The Wellington Farm Shop has high quality local produce, an award-winning butchery and a caf with views of the Estate. Magic Bottle 9. He inherited the Kilmarnock estate in 1795 when he married Henrietta Scott, the daughter of General John Scott of Balgonie. The Dutch noble family Bentinck is one of the oldest in the Low Countries, based mostly in the eastern part of the country, in the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. She certainly has a colourful background in her grandmother and great-grandmother; and, via the Prince of Wales (King George IV) maybe even a drop of royal blood! The estate passed to William's son, Charles A. Bentinck (1810-1891) and was sold by him in 1837 to Baron J.A.P. Change). Tommy 4. Much further to the north, Bothal Castle was part of the Ogle succession that had fallen to the Cavendishes by marriage in the 1590s. He communicated via letter boxes all over the house, but really only occupied a small apartment, sparsely furnished, in one corner of one of the largest houses in Britain. Read More 4th Duke of Portland Past Legacies Exhibition at Troon Library Troon's icon of industry: the first railway locomotive in Scotland This is the third (and final) post to be themed around the Kilmarnock & Troon Railway, completed in 1812. In the Netherlands, they were now lords of Middachten, with its elegant palace and gardens on a bend in the River IJssel in the province of Gelderland (near Arnhem), and also of Amelongen and Ginckel, a bit to the west in the province of Utrecht. YTK87K` has been transferred to a dedicated estate office. He died in 1879, and officially left no heirs, though there were rumours of children, and one sensational lawsuit kept society enthralled in turn of the century London whereby a Mrs Druce claimed the late Duke had led a double life as an upholsterer. Others were diplomats, one as ambassador to Czechoslovakia and one as ambassador to France. The eldest, Lady Anne, never married and lived at Welbeck Abbey and managed its vast estates until her death in 2008. The dukedom became extinct in 1990, but not the earldom, which, by the terms of its creation passed to a collateral branch which had continued to reside in the Netherlands in the 18th and 19th centuries. Search through trusted Scottish sporting estates and providers offering all country sports in Scotland from game shooting - including pheasant, partridge, woodcock, and pigeon, as well as grouse and ptarmigan which are distinct to the British Isles. Bentinck would later deliver important messages from William to his uncle (and now father-in-law) King James in the 1680s, and was key in organising ships and funds for William to mount his invasion of Britain in November 1688. William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (17 September 1800 - 6 December 1879), styled (named) Lord John Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British Army officer and peer, most remembered for his eccentric behaviour. In 2005 it returned to use as a private residence by the heirs of the last duke of Portland, the Anglo-Italian William Parente, Prince of Castel Viscardo. Once William and Mary were formally proclaimed king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Bentinck was appointed Groom of the Stole (one of the most intimate court offices, in charge of the Kings private spaces within the palace), First Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and was given the titles Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock and Baron Cirencester.