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	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	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	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

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady Dorothy, (1750-1794), wife of 3rd Duke of Portland	wife/husband		Family