An agreement was made that the Kilmarnock Estate could only 1807. She certainly has a colourful background in her grandmother and great-grandmother; and, via the Prince of Wales (King George IV) maybe even a drop of royal blood! Hans Willem Bentinck (1649-1709), an associate of King William III, was created Earl of Portland in 1689 and acquired extensive estates in Buckinghamshire (Bulstrode Park), Hertfordshire (Theobalds), Cumberland, Middlesex (Soho) and elsewhere, plus, in his mother's name, a large estate in Ireland. I have done extensive research using the rental records in particular, which cover Buccleuch estates in . She was the daughter of Reverend Charles Bentincks younger brother, Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 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. Therefore the estate had The modern Harley Gallery at Welbeck is named for her. "for the improvement of and was very well informed about their condition. (4) He obtained an Act of Parliament to make Troon's Harbour commercial with wet . Sir Charles began the process of rebuilding the castle, which was to be continued by his son, William, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne. <>/Metadata 98 0 R/ViewerPreferences 99 0 R>> Hendrick Bentinck rebuilt and enlarged it in the 1630s. At their height, together they covered 88,000 acres which gave the Dukeries at the time the qualities of a self-contained world. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Welbeck Abbey was acquired by Sir Charles Cavendish from Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1607, and from him, passed to his son, William [later 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne]. died, and Henrietta's husband became the 4th Duke of mP}O'x6(L'~&Pu)!j?QtlO=r+q twQ(8-Lq O@Buk#J=F!5(GLIm5neRpBS%9 ]GM#M9.F> #s%qS1kl;X>+ Ue>1!#IAMJ^/I[XDl>[9zgE |g!GE S1 E4 - 55m 25s. (LogOut/ There was a subterranean library and a grand billiards room. It was acquired in the mid-17th century by Anton I, Count of Aldenburg (1633-1680), whose main estate was the fiefdom of Varel and Kniphausen in modern-day northern Germany. The children of the Dukes of Portland, and those granted the rank of Duke's children, bore the title Lord/Lady before their Christian names.. Hans Willem Bentinck, cr 1689 Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock and Baron of Cirencester (20 Jul 1649-Bulstrode . He owns 100,000 acres in Scotland but sold the 15 bedroom Lochmore Lodge in Sutherland, once used by Prince Charles and Diana, last year. William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879) William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943) William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977) Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888-1980) William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquis of Titchfield, between 1808 and It is frustratingly closed to visitors. ABOUT US. Marketed by Jack Smith Estate Agents, Hove . This was later rescinded in 1932. It opened in 1812 fax: +44 (0) 115 846 8651 There was also gas lighting in the tunnels themselves, as well as some skylights. The family have been based in Inveraray since the early 15th century. The 4th Duke sold Balcomie but increased the Ayrshire estates by purchase, notably Fullarton in 1803. Not forgetting superb wildfowling and ground game opportunities. The Duke of Newcastle was incredibly interested in the equestrian arts, and it has been exciting to see English Heritage restoring and recreating his horse riding school at Bolsover in the past two decades. It was William who was responsible for the building of the large indoor riding school at Bolsover and who lavishly entertained King Charles I there. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Hans Bentinck came to England with The Duke of Portland The honour of having the first railway in Scotland belongs to Ayrshire. He has two sons who presumably will continue the line. Welcome to our collection of the 50 best castles and manor houses in Scotland. He was an original governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, founded in 1739, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1741. While Marquis of Titchfield he sat in the House of Commons and later as Duke in the Lords, he had limited engagement with politics, which he left to his father, brother-in-law . Just before she died, in 1786, the Duchess acquired one of the most famous pieces of glass in the world, a 1st-century Roman vase now known as the Portland Vase, deposited in the British Museum for safe keeping by her son the 3rd Duke, and finally sold to the Museum by the 7th Duke in 1945. He obtained from Parliament the right to build Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, GB/NNAF/F86113 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F9541 ), Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland. Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th (Peerage of Scotland) and 6th (Peerage of UK) Duke of Argyll holds so many ancestral titles and historic offices that it sometimes becomes confusing to know what they could all possibly mean in the 21st century. Staff and tenants knew never to make eye contact if they happened to pass him. He notably served as Master of the Horse between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1905. Much of the oldest parts burned in 1900 and were rebuilt. In the next year, he lent his name to a Whig coalition led by Charles James Fox and Lord North as titular Prime Minister (actually First Lord of the Treasury) for 8 monthsthough significantly, it was during this year (1783) that his government signed the Treaty of Paris recognising the independence of the United States of America. It was the 4th Dukes younger brother, Lord William Bentinck, who was the more fascinating figure, however. 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). The Bentinck family had originally been an ancient and 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. 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. The Duke of Westminster owns more of Britain than the Queen, through an estate that can trace its history back hundreds of years. passed to a cousin, but his widow continued in possession of the Welbeck estates, which on her death in 1755 passed to her daughter, Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley. It was sold by his heirs to Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, who made it one of his principal residences, and indeed died there in 1709. Over three centuries later, one family, the Bentincks, still benefit from this relatively brief merging of national interests. Count Henry Noel served in the British army in World War II, then became a producer for the BBC. 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. To entangle the estates and castles of this vast and complicated succession, lets start at the end and work backwards. The estate passed to William's son, Charles A. Bentinck (1810-1891) and was sold by him in 1837 to Baron J.A.P. The 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry is Richard Scott, who, along with his family, is Britain's largest private landowner. It opened in 1812 Additionally, a 301 Moved Permanently error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. discovered that the 6th Duke of Portland had feued 9 plots of land to build 9 houses on the west side of Grange Terrace in Kilmarnock. The Portland family took over the property in the 1730s, but by the late 19th century rarely lived there, and in 1945, the 7th Duke gave it to the nation. He served with William in battle in Ireland and in the Low Countries, then acted as ambassador to France, 1698, representing the Kings interests in the all-important question of the Spanish Succession. his personal interest and knowledge in agriculture and was 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. A majority of Highland estates that changed hands last year were sold in secret, and nearly half went to absentee owners rushing to buy rural land for . My ancestors came from Germany to the American colonies in the 18th century and I am a proud Virginian. Lord Clare was created Duke of Newcastle in 1694. an incredibly important nobleman who was Prime Minister in 1783 and Shadow Song 10. Schoonheten Castle has been, and remains, the main seat of the Bentincks in the Netherlands. Opening times: 1 April - 31 October 2022. The Grosvenor Estate comprises some 140,000 acres of land across Scotland and England (or perhaps very slightly less: 133,000 acres according to this recent Daily Mail article). The Portland family owned the estate until a period of sales commencing in the 1790's. The Duke also owns estates in Canada and Spain and is said to be worth 7.8billion. Though Thomas married in 1667, his wife died only two years later and there were no heirs. The titles, but not the lands, went to a distant cousin, Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, who became the 8th Duke at age 89 in 1977. 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. and its surrounding countryside. But it is no longer Bentinck property, having been sold to a local shipping family (Van Hoboken) in 1830. endobj 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. His son James, the 14th Earl of Glencairn, sold the estate to Henrietta, 'the rich Miss Scott', eldest daughter of General John Scott of Balcomie, Fife in 1786. endobj Portland. I am also a musician and an avid traveler. Originally created by James I as a hunting park, the house was a significant royal palace. BZ,_nN]mr10k Last modified on Tue 12 Apr 2022 03.51 EDT. He and his wife remained in Nairobi, even after he became duke, as there were no lands to inherit in England. It sits within an area known as the Dukeries. [)~qY0 R[j3 Fe]=Kr_!N@Lof);A25 L$f"Ap*0>-kJ)N'm#5n5 NJG#UDXK#(B{DHzJvL1\ XT Records kept by the Estate are therefore a valuable source for family history. He was recalled to Britain but surprisingly went unpunished. Portland. and Governor General of India), William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879), William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943), William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977), Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (1888-1980), Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland (1897-1990), Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland (1919-1997), Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland (b 1953), Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704-1774), Charlotte Sophie, Countess Bentinck, ne Countess of Aldenburg (1715-1800), John Albert Bentinck (1737-1775; naval captain and M.P. Only the garden centre and a newly built art gallery is open to the public. 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