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 TD (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 Lord William Charles 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