William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

British politician

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1738

Place of Birth: Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1809

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

  • William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809) was a British Whig and Tory politician during the late Georgian era.
  • He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and twice as British Prime Minister, of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom (1807–09).
  • The twenty-four years between his two terms as Prime Minister is the longest gap between terms of office of any British Prime Minister. Portland was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield.
  • He held a title of every degree of British nobility: Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.
  • He is also a great-great-great-grandfather of Elizabeth II through her maternal grandmother.

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