William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland

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William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG GCVO PC (December 28, 1857–April 26, 1943) was the son of Lt.-Gen. Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck and his first wife Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins-Whitshed.

[edit] Lineage

His paternal grandparents were William Francis Charles James Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck and his second wife Lady Anne Wellesley. William was the third son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland and Dorothy Cavendish. Dorothy was a daughter of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and Charlotte Boyle.

His paternal grandmother was a daughter of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley and Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland.

Portland married Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke, on 11 June 1889 and they had three children:

• Lady Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck (1890–1994), married Captain Michael Erskine-Wemyss and had issue.
• Sir William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893–1977)
• Francis Morven Dallas Cavendish-Bentinck (1900–1950), died unmarried.

[edit] Thoroughbred horse racing

William Cavendish-Bentinck inherited the estate and stud farm near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire. Among the horses he owned were St. Simon, who won the 1884 Ascot Gold Cup , and Donovan, who won the 1888 and 1889 runnings of the Epsom Derby.

[edit] See also

Ted Alletson, to whom the Duke presented a gold watch in honour of an outstanding cricketing achievement.

Preceded by: The Earl of Cork	Master of the Horse 1886–1892	Succeeded by: Viscount Oxenbridge
	Master of the Horse 1895–1905	Succeeded by: The Earl of Sefton
Preceded by: The Duke of St Albans	Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 1898–1939	Succeeded by: Marquess of Titchfield
Preceded by: The Bishop of Oxford	Chancellor of the Order of the Garter 1937–1943	Succeeded by: The Earl of Halifax

Preceded by: William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck

Duke of Portland 1879–1943

Succeeded by: William Cavendish-Bentinck

Sources include:

• Post by Christopher Buyers in thread "Chancellor of the Order of the Garter", newsgroup alt.talk.royalty, 16 April 2006