After the Second World War, Welbeck was leased by the Portlands to the Ministry of Defence and was used as an army training college until 2005. The Duke of Portland by The Duke of Portland, released 28 April 2020 1. and its surrounding countryside. The Duke of Westminster. She persuaded her husband to devote significant funds to improving the lives of miners on his Nottinghamshire estates. 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). Monarchs were entertained there, as were eminent authors and poets. The local town retains a memory of its long British connections, with a pub named the Duke of Portland. An interesting webpage about the Welbeck tunnels: https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/welbeck-tunnels-notts-september-2016.33961/. 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. But the Duke did not entertain. 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. Records kept by the Estate are therefore a valuable source for family history. The Cavendish property that became the main seat of the dukes of Portland was Welbeck Abbey. 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. 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. The Harleys main residence was the more modern Brampton Bryan Hall (also in Herefordshire). (tbk-?VF6S=X>NP $0Hsw,} X$:/hkvV It was eventually leased to the Glasgow & 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. He inherited the Kilmarnock estate in 1795 when he married Henrietta Scott, the daughter of General John Scott of Balgonie. Today it is in government ownership and cared for by English Heritage. ABOUT US. Henrietta married the Marquis of Titchfield - later the 4th Duke of Portland - in 1795. a quirk of fate, Henrietta's mother, Lady Mary Hay, was the eldest 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. The Duke of Fife in 1986 Credit: Photo: Allan Warren. After that, the house and lands passed to her nephew, the Prince of Castel Viscardo (which is in Umbria). On his return, The Duke applied himself to the 'improvement' of his Scottish estates, applying some of Smith's teachings in partnership with his agent, William Reid - harnessing the energies of his tenantry in an enlightened and mutually-beneficial way. THE SUTHERLANDS OF LANGWELL. (LogOut/ The new Duke was named a Gentleman of the Bedchamber in 1717, and Governor of Jamaica in 1722, where he died in 1726. Our teams carefully manage complex economic, community and environmental considerations across a range of sectors, for the benefit of people . Rhoon Castle was built on a sandbank in about 1200, then rebuilt in the 1420s. g8Ji CJ3$oe8xb+U]M4$%$%r stream I have done extensive research using the rental records in particular, which cover Buccleuch estates in . It was in time adapted The rails were cast iron fixed to Kings Meadow CampusLenton Lane Lady Isle 3. many of the street names bear witness to his investment in the town 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. Best Price (Room Rates) Guarantee Check all reviews, photos, contact number & address of Duke of Portland Boathouse on the shore of Lake . The 3rd Duke was The 11th Earl was a direct descendent of William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck of the Holy Roman Empire, son of the 1st Earl of Portland by his second marriage. The estate passed to William's son, Charles A. Bentinck (1810-1891) and was sold by him in 1837 to Baron J.A.P. 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. 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). We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 'North west view of Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire', by F. Chantrey R.A., 1823. South-Western Company. PSrb[ f][In9s lDw*Isj\#__#D*j7DrX1z6nJ%vKI)"clOs`wpo- 9qf^.v8ex=Sq. . Then there is Cessnock Castle, near Galston, Ayrshire, where the Duke and Duchess had not stayed for many years till 1906. William Bentinck, the 3rd Duke of Portland, changed his family's 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. 9. The Glorious Twelfth, which heralds the start of the country's grouse shooting season, has been cancelled at the late Duke's Abbeystead estate, as a mark of respect. Welcome to our collection of the 50 best castles and manor houses in Scotland. D2&GNwy9QblaKllbL*A 6-wn(5] In 1809 the 3rd Duke Following the restoration, the estate was restored. 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. Scotland: Contribution unclear and date unknown (Michael C Davis writes that the practice 'seems to have been involved in the project in some way) 1913: Estate work for the Duke of Portland : Scotland: Various works, as architect and surveyor on the Duke of Portland's Scottish estates: 1923: Nurses' home, Barassie Street: Troon: Ayrshire . % The illegitimate son of the last Count of Oldenburg was given two Frisian lordships, Kniphausen and Varel, both on the North Sea coast on an inlet in the mouth of Weser, on either side of the future port city of Wilhelmshaven (not founded until 1869). It has a further 11,000-acre estate in the English Midlands. He obtained from Parliament the right to build He inherited the Kilmarnock estate in 1795 when he married In the 1670s, to get closer to the seats of power in the province of Holland, he acquired the lordships of Rhoon and Pendrecht. The modern estate of Langwell was formerly known as Berriedale, and was possessed by two families of Sutherlands .Those of the first family, descended from John Begg, son of Nicolas, Earl of Sutherland, were styled "Sutherlands of Berriedale", and the other family . 6ORN){] Gw2S8h1f1 >l*RqA*Q59@}$K;hl4}CT/i]XCQ$\ William of Orange, and had been created Earl of Portland in 1689. Via Grosvenor Estates, the 62-year-old Duke is the richest property developer in the UK. Like Welbeck, the manor and castle of Bolsover were purchased by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1608. The Castle, fortified even before the Norman conquest, is located near Morpeth in Northumberland (north of the city of Newcastle). 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). Its territory was sandy and marshy and full of woods and heath, so was often a preferred hunting ground for Dutch nobles. He notably served as Master of the Horse between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1905. Fascinating. The 6th Duke did do something non-traditional, though he was in keeping with the changing times (and indeed the changing laws): in 1943, just before he died, he broke the entail on the Portland estates, since he could see that his grand-daughters would otherwise inherit nothing if the lands and titles stayed together and passed as usual to the next male heir (a distant cousin). 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. The Duke of Sutherland, one of the wealthiest landowners in Scotland, faced straitened times after the First World War. <> His descendants were also recognised as counts in the United Kingdom in 1886, then died out in 1938. But it was the second son, Lord John, who succeeded as 5th Duke of Portland in 1854, who captures the imagination of the most eccentric of the great aristocratic eccentrics of this period. Buccleuch Estate Records. 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. All Rights 2012 Future Museum Project Partners, Plan and Section of Rail and Chair used on Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. A8083 13. x\[sF~wCeupTd2T}h(Z~!X$Ows{V\'~eI"E"h^}}xvw{i (iK?pThqG2Wbqy>>}i=z?A.xr"_P$>#8n^ez^.m|Z5?X}raK?0/h>mXfHDDis>PVw vx*K8"O}In9\JHxYHr_'e^^uRTMR2FGxZ|& Ap)of`\dN-$CS=qbb@DEro@P(IfR^G#("/6[=l F4sp.mI.]4>ZCY$aDF' dN @M>i(G!0Mn-I?H/30|@&z~ ^| The Countess was known as one of the grand hostesses of the era, and her daughters entered high society, where the youngest of them, Lady Elizabeth, caught the eye of the Duke of York, and married him, in 1923. Regulations 2007 or the Home . The titles, but not the lands, went to a distant cousin, Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, who became the 8th Duke at age 89 in 1977. noble family from Holland. Both were permitted to use the title Baron Bentinck in the United Kingdom by George V in 1911. 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. The Bentincks did not hold on to it very long and sold it in the 1740s. Browse by Records Creators Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland This page summarises records created by this Family The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually. I am also a musician and an avid traveler. The Duke of Portland The honour of having the first railway in Scotland belongs to Ayrshire. Hans Willem Bentinck was one of the leading supporters of Williams accession to the English and Scottish thrones; created earl of Portland, his son was elevated further as duke of Portland in 1716. and was very well informed about their condition. 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. They were elevated to the rank of illustrious highness within the German aristocracy. The 10th Duke of Roxburghe has died at the age of 64 following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family has announced. His successor completely rebuilt the house in the 1860s, and it then passed to the Ramsden family who later sold it in the 1950s. 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. The earliest Portland title was held by Richard Weston, Baron Weston (1576-1635), who was created 1st Earl of Portland in 1633. 2 0 obj f0vi~e. lc&Rmjl @. Duke sets sights on estate expansion - Monday interview: Duke of Roxburghe. The Duke of Argyll has hit out at a Scottish government proposal to give landowners' close relatives inheritance rights to their property, calling it a "terrifying" idea that would be. 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. be inherited by a descendant of Henrietta's. Nottingham, NG7 2NR, telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 4565 The future Queen Elizabeth II was born at the Strathmore home in Mayfair in April 1926. It was eventually leased to the Glasgow & 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. Both castles were ultimately destroyed by fires: Varel in 1751 and 1817, then gradually dismantled, and Kniphausen in 1708, never rebuilt. Lord William took it upon himself to encourage the liberal aspirations of the people of Sicily, much to the annoyance of their Bourbon king and queen, Ferdinand and Maria Carolina. 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. 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. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. In 1734, the Duke married the richest heiress of the day, Lady Margaret Cavendish-Harley (or Cavendish-Holles-Harley), the daughter of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and Lady Henrietta Holles, herself a major heiress. Made up of 133,100 acres across the UK, the Duke of. Doorwerth was a small estate near Arnhem in the province of Gelderland, The Netherlands. Todays castle at Kniphausen is a re-purposed former stables and is in private hands. The godfather of Prince William is one of the UK's largest landowners. Welbeck is one of the great traditional landed estates, nestled within Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. 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. In 1920 the east side had already been built up including by people . Cavendish, the daughter of the Duke of Devonshire. 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. The Barns at Wellington offers a private fitness facility. He also retained lands in England as lord of the manor of Terrington in Norfolk, not far from Kings Lynn. The Duke of Buccleuch has been selling off parts of his vast estate in recent years The continued dominance of the private estates in rural Scotland can't be underestimated, and they often. Over the centuries it was heavily endowed by noble families and by King Edward I. 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. 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). Cavendish set about rebuilding the castle, more as a pleasure palace than a defensive structure, but it was his son, William, who turned Bolsover into the real gem we see today. It gave Hans Willem and his successors a seat in the local estates and house of lords of Holland. A rental document details the name of tenants and the amount which they were due to pay on an annual basis. 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