and its surrounding countryside. I focus primarily as an academic on the early modern period and France, but my interests range from early medieval Ireland to 20th-century Russia. 1807. been returned to a representative of its ancient owners when she Portland. >C[(E|zVsA!V|> R*286q!7{W.%:$ O7/&*qmz9ivm9('P ?Q(D+4hU-Sw He was an original governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, founded in 1739, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1741. We need now to travel back to the Netherlands, and back to the 18th century. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It became the chief residence of the dukes of Portland after the sale of Bulstrode in 1811, and then significantly altered by the 5th Duke, as we shall see below. 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. especially fond of his lands and farms around Troon and to this day In 1968 he became head of this branch of the family, and in 1990, at age 71, he succeeded his *very* distant cousins as 11th Earl of Portland, and his son Tim became Viscount Woodstock. 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. 1812. Barnwell Manor is an eighteenth-century manor house, and former residence of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, located near the village of Barnwell in Northamptonshire. The title Earl of Portland did not die out with the dukedom, however. 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 Dukes of Portland and their families. His descendants were also recognised as counts in the United Kingdom in 1886, then died out in 1938. 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, who had been executed for the part he This rather marvellous castle has been the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Argyll, Chiefs of the Clan Campbell, for many generations. . The Barns at Wellington offers a private fitness facility. privacy policy. Hans Bentinck came to England with Born in 1768, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck succeeded as 4th Duke of Portland in 1809, on the death of his father, sometime Prime Minister and Whig leader. Made up of 133,100 acres across the UK, the Duke of. It was said that when he went to London, his carriage was put directly on the train so he never had to see anyone, and he rarely left his residence, Harcourt House on Cavendish Square. Table of Contents Show Abbotsford House Abbotsford House with the carriages being drawn by horses. For more than 500 years, Inveraray Castle has housed the chieftain of one of the world's best-known family clans, the Clan Campbell. Though Thomas married in 1667, his wife died only two years later and there were no heirs. Bulstrode in Buckinghamshire was originally built in 1686 by Judge Jefferies. They were elevated to the rank of illustrious highness within the German aristocracy. William Bentinck, the 3rd Duke of Portland, changed his family's be inherited by a descendant of Henrietta's. 9. Lord Clare was created Duke of Newcastle in 1694. email: mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk. It is now the home to the 13th Duke of Argyll, His Grace Torquhil Ian Campbell, and his young family. Hans Willem, Lord of Rhoons connections to England started earlier than the Anglo-Dutch Moment of 1688-89. It was eventually leased to the Glasgow & N]t([rEKe0X_!kYPvw^({PoHE2ZF"G";$gF#j'dRF?2&3I!Dh4>q9Sopf5tZj"' k(,.rh{t_/ Sweetie Shop 6. 113 Portland Road Hove BN3 5DP. The Lyon family were Angus landowners from the 14th century, created Baron Glamis in 1445, and Earl of Kinghorne (later adding Strathmore) in 1606. Only the garden centre and a newly built art gallery is open to the public. In 1904, Claude and Cecilia succeeded as 14th Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and raised their large brood of children (10) at Glamis Castle in Angus, or at estates in County Durham (Gibside Hall) or Hertfordshire (the enormous country seat of St Pauls Walden Bury, between Luton and Stevenage). Shadow Song 10. his personal interest and knowledge in agriculture and was 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. 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. The family have been based in Inveraray since the early 15th century. Whitewashed Stairwell 5. By trust-disposition and settlement, dated 17th January 1871, the late Duke of Portland conveyed to trustees his whole estate in Scotland, with directions to settle, "as soon as practicable" after his death, the whole landed estate in strict entail on a certain series of heirs. 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. In 1538, the monastery was dissolved and given by the Crown to Richard Walley of Screveton, and was later purchased (1599) by the 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and resold in 1607 to his half-brother Charles Cavendish. Schoonheten Castle has been, and remains, the main seat of the Bentincks in the Netherlands. Much further to the north, Bothal Castle was part of the Ogle succession that had fallen to the Cavendishes by marriage in the 1590s. William of Orange, and had been created Earl of Portland in 1689. Both were permitted to use the title Baron Bentinck in the United Kingdom by George V in 1911. 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 THE SUTHERLANDS OF LANGWELL. q[n+3w\wl"D!14qDfyz]3eYZ2I&Pr+#-ZFfu;bkQC lJ6/j;QmtC:e'YNq?Nlayll/% 8p;=^Jvdj]*DFEu16vjjDQblQr.K-DH UKk [ tPMT+-KE?f*VQ6:DHU)n: 21xWV4QBV`4\O>%'.N]1HX]9Gxjb%UfN |a##9iTx8=S[xE &X*jpf X l:E>V05N)qc a#7]Kc5$"-BdEf 'Ggl3|gh- 4Y* ([|{z\,v67rdqxt5$n^n_: After that, the house and lands passed to her nephew, the Prince of Castel Viscardo (which is in Umbria). The estate was granted to the Montagu family in 1540 by King Henry VIII, having remained in the family until it came under royal ownership from 1938. Varel had been one of the ancient seats of the independent chiefs of the Frisians in the Middle Ages and its castle was expanded into a more palatial residence once the county of Aldenburg was established. William Cavendish-Bentinck, the 6th Duke of Portland, had a more traditional aristocratic history: Master of the Horse under Conservative governments in the 1880s-90s, a Privy Councillor, and long-standing Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (from 1898-1939). van Brakell. Bulstrode Park was particularly renowned for its formal landscaped gardens. The English ducal branch added the historic name Cavendish in the early 19th century, and one of its daughters, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, became the much lesser known grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. It was significantly altered by the 2nd Duke of Portland in the 1740s, and by his wife who transformed its gardens into one of the most famous botanical gardens of its day, renowned for its rare exotic plants. Welcome to our collection of the 50 best castles and manor houses in Scotland. Like Titchfield Abbey it was also built by Premonstratensians, in about 1140and by the 16th century it was the head of this Order of monks. endobj name to Cavendish-Bentinck when, in 1766, he married the Dorothy The eldest, Lady Anne, never married and lived at Welbeck Abbey and managed its vast estates until her death in 2008. Welbeck passed down through the Cavendishes into the Portland line of descent, and ultimately became the main seat of the Dukes of Portland. many of the street names bear witness to his investment in the town k6U(UP; :v=$rKXUh95eE|hx5' Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, CMG (18 June 1897 - 30 July 1990), known as Victor Cavendish-Bentinck until 1977 and Lord Victor Cavendish-Bentinck from 1977 to 1980, and informally as Bill Bentinck, was a British diplomat, businessman, and peer. The same is true for the castle further to the north at Kniphausen. The 4th Duke sold Bulstrode Park in 1811, to the Duke of Somerset. The last British dukedom to become extinct was the title of Duke of Portland in 1990. 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). married General Scott. noble family from Holland. He stayed in the family tradition a supporter of the Whigs in government, and was named Lord Lieutenant (or viceroy) of Ireland, briefly, during the ministry of Lord Rockingham in 1782. At long last we can finally share our new version of issue 8: Duke and Disorderly which tells the story of a posh duke with a very long name: William John Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (17 September 1800 - 6 December 1879). The titles, but not the lands, went to a distant cousin, Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, who became the 8th Duke at age 89 in 1977. The Bentinck family vault was established in the parish church of Marylebone, first in a new church built in the 1740s, at the northern end of Marylebone High Street (demolished in 1949), and then in a newer church built by celebrated architect Thomas Hardwick in about 1815. Lady Isle 3. Others were diplomats, one as ambassador to Czechoslovakia and one as ambassador to France. Their father, Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, had scandalised society first by marrying an illegitimate daughter of the famous courtesan Grace Elliottwhose high profile lovers included the Duke of Orlans and the Prince of Wales who may indeed have been the father of Lord Charless wife. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, 12th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc), Bucks (Bulstrode, etc), Derbys (Bolsover, etc), Herts (Theobalds, etc), London and Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, incl Harley family papers, with some deeds and papers for properties elsewhere, 14th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc), Bucks (Bulstrode, etc), Derbys (Bolsover, etc), Herts (Theobalds, etc), London and Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, with some papers rel to properties elsewhere, Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, 1777-1778: Notts (Mansfield) rent accounts 1749 and Notts (Welbeck, etc) and Derbys (Bolsover, etc) rent accounts 1777-78, 17th cent-20th cent: Notts (Welbeck, etc) and Derbys (Bolsover, etc) deeds and misc estate papers, 14th cent-19th cent: Bulstrode (Bucks) deeds and misc estate papers, 16th cent-1810: misc Bulstrode (Bucks) deeds and papers, 17th cent-19th cent: misc Cheshire (Rudheath, etc) deeds and papers, 18th cent: misc Cheshire (Rudheath, etc) deeds and papers, 18th cent-19th cent: misc Cumberland (Hesket, etc) estate papers, 18th cent-19th cent: misc Cumberland (Hesket, etc) deeds and estate papers, 13th cent-18th cent: Hants (Titchfield, etc) deeds, manorial records and estate papers, 18th cent: misc Herts (Theobalds, etc) estate papers, 17th cent-19th cent: misc Cawkwell (Lincs) deeds and papers, 1658-1841: estate papers rel mainly to Doorwerth, Netherlands, and estate administration, with family corresp, 16th cent-19th cent: London deeds and estate papers, 18th cent-20th cent: London (St Marylebone and Soho) deeds and estate papers, 1710-1759: St Marylebone (London) abstract and copy rental 1710 and report 1759, with summary of rentals 1712-37, London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18j], 1720-1754: London estate rentals and letter book, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18k], 1765-1882: St Marylebone (London) deeds (3 bundles), 1771-1833: misc London plans, particulars and papers of John White, agent of the Portland estate, 18th cent-19th cent: St Marylebone estate papers, c1800-1920: Norfolk (Terrington St Clement) deeds and papers, 1812-1852: misc Norfolk (Terrington St Clement) estate papers, 13th cent-20th cent: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds, leases, accounts and estate papers, 16th cent-20th cent: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) deeds and papers, 1652-1660: Hepple (Northumberland) barony rental, 1780-1947: Northumberland (Bothal, etc) rentals, accounts and estate papers, 19th cent-20th cent: further Bothal (Northumberland) estate papers, 1892-1896: Northumberland estate corresp of WC Sample, Bothal estate agent, 1945-1948: further (Coxlodge) Northumberland estate corresp of William Sample and others, 14th cent-18th cent: misc Blore (Staffs) estate papers (Cavendish family property), 19th cent-20th cent: misc Aldrington (Sussex) deeds and papers, 12th cent-17th cent: Hovingham (Yorks) deeds, manorial records and estate papers (Cavendish family property), 19th cent: Scottish estate papers 19th cent, incl Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate accounts 1819-46, maps and papers rel to harbours, 1408-1485: Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) deeds and legal papers, National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland), 1798-20th cent: Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate plans and factor's papers, 1736-19th cent: misc Ayrshire (Cessnock, etc) estate papers, 1790-1803: Cavendish-Bentinck family Red Books by Humphry Repton (3), Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18c], 16th cent-19th cent: Cavendish, Holles, Cavendish-Bentinck and Harley family and misc papers, incl rental of Viscount Woodstock's Irish estates 1699, early 18th cent: misc Harley family legal and financial papers, 12th cent-18th cent: Harley, Cavendish, Holles and Vere family papers and misc papers, incl cartularies of Hants religious houses, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18l], 14th cent-18th cent: misc Cavendish, Holles and Harley family papers, incl Welbeck Abbey cartulary and charters, Harleian MSS 2262-4, 5070, 7344-51, 7405-7500A, B, etc, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18m], See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18n], See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18o], 1802-1852: Welbeck (Notts) weather records, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18p], 1827-1876: Welbeck (Notts) weather records, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18q], 18th cent: Cavendish-Bentinck family architectural drawings, mainly rel to Welbeck Abbey, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18r], 1714: rental of the 1st Earl of Portland's estates, Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18s], c1640-1652: Civil War papers (the Revd John Nalson's collections), See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [18t], c1712-1781: corresp and papers of Margaret, Duchess of Portland (d 1785), See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [104a], A daughter of second Earl of Gainsborough married the first Duke of Portland, About our Records kept by the Estate are therefore a valuable source for family history. Estates According to the will of the Duke of Bridgewater, the Egerton estates passed on the death of the first Duke of Sutherland to his third son Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, who changed his surname to Egerton by Royal license. This province, which for centuries was not independent, but property of the bishops of Utrecht, takes its name from the fact that it is across the River IJssel. These lands were estimated (in 2008, when the last of these grand-daughters died) as 17,000 acres in Nottinghamshire (roughly 3% of the county) and 62,000 acres in Scotland. 2 0 obj There is still a Bentinck Arms pub in North Lynn, that served dockworkers in Kings Lynn in the early 20th century, many of whom were Dutch. Its territory was sandy and marshy and full of woods and heath, so was often a preferred hunting ground for Dutch nobles. 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