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    Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1633 and secondly in 1689. What proved to be a long co-held...
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    William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, KG, PC (Dutch: Hans Willem Bentinck; 20 July 1649 – 23 November 1709) was a Dutch-born English nobleman who became...
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  • Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck of Waldeck Limpurg, MBE (born 1 June 1953), commonly known as Tim Bentinck...
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    initially given the title of Earl of Portland (later Duke of Portland). In 1732, the title of Count Bentinck (Graf Bentinck), of the Holy Roman Empire, was...
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    duke, marquess, earl (Earl of Portland), viscount (Viscount Woodstock), and baron (Baron Cirencester). He was the leader of the Portland Whigs faction,...
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  • Portland Portland Vase, a Roman antique exhibited at the British Galleries The Adventures of Portland Bill Earl of Portland (also Duke of Portland), an English...
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  • Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck und Waldeck Limpurg (2 October 1919 – 30 January 1997) was a British Army officer, peer, and...
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    Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, KG (1 March 1577 – 13 March 1634/1635), was Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Lord Treasurer of England under James...
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    English and British House of Commons from 1705 until 1709 when he succeeded to the peerage of Great Britain as Earl of Portland. Bentinck was the second...
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  • based in Central London. She is married to fellow actor Tim Bentinck, Earl of Portland. She was born to John Robert Emerson (Weardale, County Durham, 1920–1994)...
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    contain items relating to Portland's properties. His full titles were Duke of Portland, Marquess of Titchfield, Earl of Portland, Viscount Woodstock, and...
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  • Several vessels have been named Duke of Portland for one or another Earl of Portland: Duke of Portland (1794 ship) was a sailing ship built in 1790 at...
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    became the 11th Earl of Portland. The 9th Duke was interred at the traditional burial place of the Dukes of Portland in the churchyard of St Winifred's...
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  • William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649–1709), Knight of the Garter William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709–1762), Knight of the Garter William...
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  • This is a list of the 189 present earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It does not include extant...
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    Edward Herbert (judge) (category Earls in the Jacobite peerage)
    titular Earl of Portland, was an English judge who served as Chief Justice of the King's Bench during the reign of James II. Herbert was a younger son of Sir...
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  • Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland (9 October 1609 – May 1688) was a younger son of the 1st Earl of Portland, by his second wife Frances Walgrave. He...
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    1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC (1 June 1563 – 24 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns...
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    William Laud (category Chancellors of the University of Dublin)
    prevarications. There were opponents at court: Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington and Queen Henrietta Maria...
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    under the control of a Board of Commissioners. The first such First Lord of the Admiralty was Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, who was appointed...
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    most of Multnomah County, including Gresham, Troutdale, and most of Portland east of the Willamette River (parts of Northwest and Southwest Portland lie...
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  • descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly...
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    district since 1996. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. As a member of the Democratic Party, Blumenauer previously spent...
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    the history of these titles, see Earl of Chichester.) Extensive personal, transaction and estate papers of the dukes are held in the Portland (Welbeck)...
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    George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British...
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    Wessex Yeomanry Worshipful Company of Scriveners Worshipful Company of Masons Dorset Chamber of Commerce Earl of Portland Cambridge URNU Winsford Middlewich...
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    4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich...
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    Portland (/ˈpɔːrtlənd/ PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern...
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    Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (category British people of English descent)
    of Orange in 1670 and was created Earl of Portland in 1689. His son, Henry, 2nd Earl, was created Duke of Portland in 1716. The family accumulated property...
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    Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, KG (January 1670 – 30 May 1718) was a Dutch States Army officer and nobleman who fought for William III of England and...
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