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Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (17 March 1682 – 4 July 1726) was a British Army officer, peer, Whig politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1721 to 1726.
In 1716 Henry was created 1st Duke of Portland and Marquess of Titchfield, largely in memory of his illustrious father. Having inherited vast estates, he should have been extremely prosperous, but suffered heavy losses when the South Sea Bubble burst in 1720.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Son of Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland and Anne Bentinck (Villiers), Countess of Portland Husband of Elizabeth Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Father of Lady Anne Paul (Bentinck); William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland; Isabella Lady Monck; Lord George Bentinck and Amalia Catharina van Wassenaer, Lieve-Vrouw van Hazerswoude ...
Henry Bentinck, Duke and Earl of Portland. The eldest surviving son of William and Frances he was Marquis of Tichfield, Viscount Woodstock, Baron Cirencester and in 1716 Duke of Portland. He commanded a troop of Life Guards, was a Member of Parliament and Governor of Jamaica 1721-1726.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (17 March 1682 – 4 July 1726) was a British Army officer, peer, Whig politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1721 to 1726.
Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland. Profile & Legacies Summary. 1682 - 1726. Biography. Eldest surviving son of Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, by Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Villiers. Married in 1704 to Lady Elizabeth Noel, daughter of Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough.
19 de sept. de 2022 · Hans Willem Bentinck’s eldest surviving son, Henry, carried on the family legacy as a chief supporter of the Whig political agenda in Britain—that is a limited, Protestant monarchy—and was therefore created 1 st Duke of Portland by the new Hanoverian regime in 1716. William III had created many new dukes for this reason, so it seemed ...
