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HERALDRY. 
quis of Titchfield, heir apparent, born June 24, 1768, 
married Auguft 4, 1795, Henrietta Scott, daughter of 
the late general Scott, and in September following, by' 
his majefty’s permiffion, added the name of Scott to that 
of Bentinck; and has iffite William-Henry, born Auguft 
21, 1796; Caroline, born July 6, 1799; and Willianv- 
John, born September 18, 1800. William-Henry Ca- 
vendiffi, born September 14, 1774; Charlotte, born 
Oftober 3, 1775; married, March 31, 1793, Charles 
Greville, efq. fon of Fulke Greville,'of Witbury, in 
Wiltffiire; and has iffhe, Charles-Cavendilh Fulke, 
‘ born April 2, 1794; arid Algernon-Frederic, born Janu¬ 
ary 29, 1798; Mary, born March 13, 1778 ; William, 
lieutenant-colonel o'f the,24th regiment of infantry ; and 
Frederic Cavendifh, born November 2, 1781. 
William firft earl of Portland was defeended from the 
noble family of Bentinck, of the province of Overyffel 
in the United Provinces, where his family had floufiffied 
for many ages. In his youth he had been page of 
honour to William prince of Orange, afterwards king 
William III. from which office he was advanced to 
that of gentleman of his bed-chamber. He was the 
confidential ambaffador of the prince, and was fent into 
Engjaud in 1667, to folicit his marriage with the princefs 
Mary, eldeft daughter of James duke of York ; and 
again in 1685, to offer to king James the affiftarice of 
the prince’s troops and perfon to repel the invalion of 
the 'duke of Monmouth. In the year fucceeding that 
of the revolution, in the promotion of which meafure 
Mr. Bentinck had been extremely aftive, he was ap¬ 
pointed, February 13, to be groom of the ftole, and 
ioon after created baron Cirencefter, vifeount Wood- 
ftock, and earl of Portland. His lordffiip ferved under 
his royal mailer both in Ireland and the Netherlands 
with great reputation. He was principally employed 
in the negociation of the treaty of Ryfwic in 1697, and 
Was foon after appointed ambaffador extraordinary to 
the court of France. In 1695, an enquiry being infti- 
tuted into certain tranfaftions relative to the pailing of 
an aft for incorporating the Eaft-India company, it was 
reported to the houfe of commons, that fome members 
of both houfes had been bribed ; and it appeared that 
fifty thoufand pounds had been offered to the earl of 
Portland, and- refused. But, notwithftanding the 
integrity of his conduft, and the great favour that he 
poffdled with'king William, he was not always.regarded 
with equal partiality by the houfe of commons. In 
1696 they addreffed the king in oppofition to an intended 
grant to the earl of Portland of certain lordfhips in the 
principality of Wales; and in 1701 this nobleman, toge¬ 
ther with John Somers lord Somers, Edward RufTel earl 
of Orford, and Charles Montagu lord Halifax, was 
impeached for his ffiare in advifing,and negociating the 
treaty of partition. The office of groom of the ftole he 
had refigned in the year 1699. Upon the fubfequent 
death of the king, the earl of Portland retired from 
public bufinefs, and died November 23, 1709. 
Henry, lecond earl of Portland, by his marriage with 
Elizabeth, daughter of Wriothefley fecond earl of 
Gainfborough, obtained among other poffeffions the 
moiety of the lordfhip of Titchfield in the county of 
Southampton. By George I. lie was 'created marquis 
of Titchfield and duke of Portland; and he died 
governor of the ifland of Jamaica, July 4, 1726. 
William, feepnd duke of Portland, his fon, married 
Margaret Cavendifh, daughter and heir of Edward 
fecond earl of Oxford; by which lady, : who died July 
7, 1785, he had iffue, Elizabeth Cavendifh, born July 
37, I 735> and married to Thomas vifeount Weymouth. 
.Henrietta Cavendifh, born May 6, <md married to 
George Henry earl of Stamford. William-Henry Ca^ 
yendifh, prelent and third duke of Portland. Edward- 
Charles Cavendifh, born March 3, 1744; married De¬ 
cember 28, 1782, Mifs Cumberland, daughter of Richard 
Cumberland, elq. 
Creations. —Baron of Cirencefter, Vifeount Wood- 
dock, and Earl of Portland, April 9, 1689 ; Marquis of 
Titchfield and Duke of Portland, July 6, 1716. 
Residences. —Bulftrode Houfe in the county of 
Buckingham; Bolfover Caftle, in Derby fnire ; Welbeck 
Abbey in Nottinghamffiire ; and WelbecJc in the county 
of Nottingham.—Town-houfe, Burlington Houfe in 
Piccadilly. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving, 
Motto.— Craigncz honte. —“ Fear difgrace.” 
MONTAGU, DUKE OF MANCHESTER. 
WILLIAM MONTAGU, Duke and Earl of 
MANCHESTER, Vifeount Mandeville, and Baron 
Montagu of Kimbolton, Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos 
Rotulorum of the county of Huntingdori, Colleftor of 
the Cuftoms outwards in the port of London,' and Pre- 
fidentof the Choral Fund. Born March 3, 1768; mar¬ 
ried, Oftober 7, 1793, Sufan, daughter of the duke of 
Gordon, by whom, he has ifTue ; a daughter, born No¬ 
vember 22, 1794, and another daughter, born Decem¬ 
ber 13, 1795.—Vifeount Mandeville, his heir-apparent, 
born July 9, 1799; ai id a fecond fori, born Auguft.5, 
1800. His grace was appointed Governor of Jamaica 
in 1808. 
The dukes of Manchefter are defeended frorri the Nor¬ 
man chief Drogo, who came over to England with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror. The name of Montagu is faid to 
have been derived from the town of that name in the 
province of Normandy, but in old Engliffi it is Written 
Montacute, and is thus fpelled in Domefday Book. 
William de Montacute, great grandfon of Drogo, was 
one of the baions who took arms againfl king John ; and 
his eftate was confifcated fora fhort time in confeqitence 
of his rebellion. Simon, his grandfon, had fuminons 
to parliament in 1294, by the title of lord Montacute of 
Shipton Montacute in the county of Somerfet, and re¬ 
ceived in marriage from Edward I. Anfricia, daughter 
and heirefs of Fergus, king of the ifle of Man. Wil¬ 
liam, his fon, was fteward of the houfehold to Ed¬ 
ward II. and fenefchal of the duchy of Aquitaine. 
William, his fon, was one of the principal courtiers 
and favourites of Edward Ill. At his inftigation that 
monarch authorized him to feize upon the perfons of 
Ifabeli.i the queen dowager, and Roger de Mortimer 
earl of March, with whom fhe lived in adultery. Fie 
accordingly entered tiie caftle of Nottingham, where 
they reftded, by a fubterraneous paffage, and thus ef¬ 
fected his purpofe. This nobleman was farther fer- 
viceable tS the king in his wars againft the Scots; he 
won laurels in the famous battle of Halidown; and in 
a fubfequent fkirmifh loft one of his eyes. He was ap¬ 
pointed, in 1336, conftable of the tower of London ; and, 
March 16, in the following year, advanced to the dig¬ 
nity of earl of Salifbury. He was employed by Ed¬ 
ward 111. i’n various negociations relative to his claim 
iipon the crown of France ; and, September 20, 1339, 
obtained a patent for life of the office of Earl Marlhal 
of England. In 1341 the earl of Salifbury was made 
commander in chief of the ’Engliffi forces in Flanders;, 
where it was his fate to be overpowered, and carried 
prifoner to Paris.. Upon this occafion the French king 
commanded him moll invidioutly to be put to death ; 
but his life was faved by the interpofitioti of John king 
of Bohemia. The earl of Saliffim y afterwards affifted 
at the liege of Algeliras in the ilraits of Morocco ; and 
died of the bruifes he received in a tournament at Wind- 
for, January 30, 1344. He married Catharine, daugh¬ 
ter of William lord Grandifori, of Radley, in the county 
of Gloucefter.; by which lady, (from whom it has been 
reported that the circumftance of the order of the gar¬ 
ter took its rile,) he had iffue, two fons, William, and 
John, who became, in right of his wife, lord Monther- 
mer, of Monthenner, in the county of Effex. 
William, fecond eajl of Salifbury, his fon, was fore- 
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