William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (14 April 173830 October 1809) was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom (1807–1809). The gap of 26 years between his two terms as prime minister is the longest of any British prime minister. He was also an ancestor of King Charles III through his great-granddaughter Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.Portland was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title for every degree of British nobility: duke, marquess, earl (Earl of Portland), viscount (Viscount Woodstock), and baron (Baron Cirencester). He was the leader of the Portland Whigs faction, which broke with the Whig leadership of Charles James Fox and joined with William Pitt the Younger in the wake of the French Revolution. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
London: printed for J. Almon, and Dublin: re-printed by John Exshaw, in Dame-Street
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1800
Published 1800
Printed by J. Fletcher, Toregate-Street, Chester
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Published 1768
Published 1768
Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly
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by Burke, Edmund
Published 1797
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“...Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck...”Published 1797
London: printed. Philadelphia: re-printed for James Humphreys, no. 74, North Third-Street, the corner of Cherry Alley