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Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman

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Lord Portman's first wife died in 1899. In 1908 he married, secondly, shortly before his 79th birthday, Frances Maxwell Buchanan Cuninghame, by whom there were no further children. Lord Portman died in October 1919, aged 90, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest surviving son, Henry Berkeley
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on the family properties in London came up for renewal, generating a colossal income for Lord Portman of some £100,000 a year. With this fortune he commissioned
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Hon. Edward William Berkeley Portman (30 July 1856 – 27 April 1911). He married as her second husband, Hon. Constance Mary Lawley, daughter of
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Two of his sons predeceased him and all four of the others succeeded to his title in the course of time (see the titles in the names above).
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William Henry Berkeley Portman married Mary Selina Charlotte FitzWilliam (9 Jan 1836 – 3 January 1899), daughter of
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Hon. Susan Alice Portman (30 March 1866 – 21 August 1933). She married Alan William Heber-Percy, grandson of
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
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when the second Viscount's heir and his heir's heir died within ten years of him.
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Hon. Walter George Berkeley Portman (2 June 1858 – 14 December 1865).
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Hon. Emma Selina Portman (5 April 1863 – 1 March 1941). She married
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from 1857 to 1885. In 1888 he succeeded his father and entered the
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through his son Algernon. They had four sons, and three daughters.
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Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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in 1852, a seat he held until 1857, and then represented
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William Henry Berkeley Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman
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contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Portman
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They had four sons, and one daughter. 131:, and the family was also crippled by 111:to build a new mansion for him at the 83:Portman was elected to Parliament for 215:(19 February 1868 – 2 November 1946). 187:(16 February 1860 – 18 January 1923). 169:They had six sons and two daughters: 147:(9 July 1799 – 19 November 1888) and 73:Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood 7: 145:Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman 65:Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman 594:19th-century British businesspeople 151:(16 March 1809 – 8 February 1865) 14: 234:. They had one son, and daughter. 224:Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet 363:Parliament of the United Kingdom 201:(1 November 1864 – 6 June 1929). 175:Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock 28:Portman as caricatured by Spy ( 1: 579:UK MPs who inherited peerages 472:Peerage of the United Kingdom 228:Archer Francis Lawrence Clive 156:William Charles FitzWilliam 610: 494: 485: 477: 470: 421: 405: 395: 376: 372:Richard Brinsley Sheridan 368: 361: 232:Lt.-Gen. 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Leslie Ward
Vanity Fair
GCVO
Liberal
Member of Parliament
Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
Lady Emma Lascelles
Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood
Shaftesbury
Dorset
House of Lords
99-year leases
Norman Shaw
family seat
Bryanston
Dorset
Bryanston School
a house on such a scale
death duties
Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
Lady Emma Lascelles
William Charles FitzWilliam
5th Earl Fitzwilliam
3rd Earl of Liverpool
Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock
Henry Berkeley Portman, 3rd Viscount Portman
Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven
Claud Berkeley Portman, 4th Viscount Portman
Bishop Hugh Percy

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