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Cavendish-Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, (1738-1809), 3rd Duke of Portland, statesman

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Alternative name(s):
  • Portland (Also known as)
  • Cavendish-Bentinck (Also known as)
Surname: Cavendish-Bentinck
Forenames: William Henry Cavendish
Gender: Male
Date: 1738-1809
Title: 3rd Duke of Portland
History: Statesman. Succeeded to dukedom 1762. Lord Chamberlain of Household & Privy Councillor 1765. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1782. Prime Minister 1782 & 1807-1809. Home Secretary 1794-1801. Assisted in passing Act of Union with Ireland 1798.
Biography: ODNB link for Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish Cavendish- (1738-1809) 3rd Duke of Portland, statesman
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275476 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P141643 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1676-1856: William Dacres Adams: Papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
PRO 30/58
2
corresp and papers
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
PwF
NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck

See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
3
1807-09: official papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives
PRO30/58
NRA 8264 Adams

See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
4
c1793-1800: corresp and papers
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Pl
NRA 28916
5
misc papers
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
5M53
NRA 8800 Wriothesley
6
1773-95: household accounts
Nottinghamshire Archives
DD/P/6/7/2/29-43
NRA 5959 Cavendish-Bentinck
7
1783: letters from Lord North
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
NRA 22523 Phillipps
8
1783: letters (31) from Lord Keppel
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
PHB/4
NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
9
1793-96: corresp with James Adair
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 50829-30, 53800-15
NRA 10862 Adair
10
1783-1808: letters to William Adam
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS1454
NRA 9954 Adam
11
1794-1801: corresp with Lord Balcarres
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.9769
NRA 11004 Lindsay
12
1798-02: letters to Thomas Butterworth Bayley
Collection held privately: enquiries to Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
MIC.597
NRA 39205 Perceval
13
1796-1801: corresp with William Beckford
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Beckford
NRA 22980 Beckford
14
1768-96: corresp with Edmund Burke
Sheffield City Archives
WWM
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse

See Copeland & Smith, Corresp of Burke, 1955
15
1807-09: letters to George Canning
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
NRA 9205 Canning

See HMC Prime ministers papers 1801-1902, 1968
16
1798-1808: corresp with Lord Castlereagh
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
D3030
NRA 12865 Stewart
17
1782-1807: letters to 2nd Earl of Chichester
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 33100-12 passim
18
corresp with Robert Dundas
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS3246
NRA 8398 Dundas
19
corresp with Earl Fitzwilliam
Sheffield City Archives
WWM
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse
20
1782-91: letters to John Forbes
National Library of Ireland
NRA 23756 Forbes
21
1782-96: corresp with Charles James Fox
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 47560-61
22
letters to George III
Royal Archives
See Later Correspondence of George III, ed AAspinall, 5 vols 1962-70
23
letters to Sir James Willoughby Gordon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 49476
24
1782-1807: letters to Duke of Grafton and Earl of Euston
Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch
HA513
NRA 2567 Fitzroy
25
1794-99: letters to Sir James Grant
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD248/99
NRA 32594 Ogilvie-Grant
26
1794-1807: corresp with Lord Grenville
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 58934
27
1793-99: letters to Thomas Grenville
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 41855, 42058
28
1783-84: corresp with 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 45030
29
1794-1801: corresp with 3rd Earl of Hardwicke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 35349-707 passim
30
1800-08: letters (26) to James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
9M73
NRA 6589 Harris
31
1783-1809: corresp with Lord Harrowby
Harrowby Manuscripts Trust
NRA 1561 Ryder
32
1809: corresp with Lord Hopetoun
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD364
NRA 10172 Hope

See NRA(S)1021
33
1783-92: letters to 5th Duke of Leeds
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 28060-67 passim
34
1791-1809: corresp with Earls of Liverpool
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 38191-566 passim
35
1807-09: letters to Lord Lonsdale
Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle
D LONS/L
NRA 17777 Lowther
36
1798-1808: corresp with Lords Melville
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD51
NRA 10188 Dundas
37
1764-89: corresp with Duke of Newcastle
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Ne
NRA 7411 Pelham
38
1763-68: corresp with Duke of Newcastle
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 32948-33116
39
1776-1800: letters (15) to Duke of Norfolk
Arundel Castle
pp211-16
NRA 12614 Fitzalan-Howard
40
1783-86: corresp with Lord North
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 61862
41
1783: corresp with 2nd Earl of Northington (copies)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 38716
42
corresp with Sir George Nugent
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
6807/173-83
NRA 20793 Nugent
43
1807-09: letters (12) to Spencer Perceval
Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development
NRA 8587 Holland

See HMC corresp file - Holland, David
44
1782-1805: letters to William Pitt
Kent History and Library Centre
U1590/S5/O3/13
NRA 25095
45
letters (45) to William Pitt
The National Archives
PRO30/8
46
1795-97: corresp with Sir John Pratt
Trinity College Dublin
TCD MSS 1762-3
NRA 22018
47
1766-82: letters (68) to Lord and Lady Rockingham
Sheffield City Archives
WWM
NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse
48
1783-86: letters to Lord Sandwich
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
MS 91/018
NRA 5472 Montagu
49
1796-97: letters to John Simcoe
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
1038M
NRA 12870
50
1787-1806: letters (18) to 2nd Earl Spencer
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 10410 Spencer
51
1794-98: corresp with the 7th Marquess of Tweeddale
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 7099 Passim
52
1797-1808: corresp with Lord Wellesley
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 37283-309 passim
53
1798-1804: corresp with William Wickham
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
38M49
NRA 550 Wickham
54
1783-1806: corresp with William Windham
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 37845
55
1767-68: letters to Charles Yorke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 35638
56
1804-09: corresp with Charles Philip Yorke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 45041-42
57
1783-1808: misc letters (15)
Duke University: William R Perkins Library
See Guide 1980, p43
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1
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