Duchess of Portland (1912-2004) widow of the 9th (and last) Duke of Portland (1897-1990)
Michael Rhodes
92, was the second wife, and widow, of the 9th (and last) Duke of
Portland.
She was the former Kathleen Elsie Barry, younger daughter of Arthur
Barry, and was born at Montreal, 26 June, 1912.
Her first marriage was to Arthur Richie Tillotson.
In 1948, she married as her second husband (and his second wife), the
then Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck (known by his last
Christian name), who played a central role in the intelligence war
against Nazi Germany.
Cavendish-Bentinck's first marriage had been to an American, Clothilde
Bruce Quigley, who bore him a son who predeceased him, and a daughter.
Immediately after the war William Cavendish-Bentinck was sent to
Warsaw as British Ambassador to Poland, but his troubled private life,
and divorce, and then his marriage to Kathleen Tillotson, caused a
rift with the Foreign Office.
The FO and the Treasury seized the excuse of the divorce to dismiss
him without a pension (his biographer Patrick Howarth, ascribes this
to the _class hatred_ of the Labour party, then in power).
In 1977 Kathleen's brother-in-law inherited the dukedom of Portland
(but none of the vast family fortune that had been enjoyed by previous
dukes), and she and her husband became Lord and Lady William Bentinck.
Her brother-in-law's death, in Nairobi, 13 December, 1980, made
William and Kathleen Duke and Duchess of Portland, Marquess and
Marchioness of Titchfield, Earl and Countess of Portland, Viscount and
Viscountess Woodstock, and Baron and Baroness Cirencester.
The 9th Duke died 30 July, 1990, aged 93, when the dukedom became
extinct, but the earldom and lesser honours devolved upon a distant
relative.
The Duchess is survived by a step-daughter, Lady Mary Jane Graubard.
The funeral service takes place at Chelsea Old Church, 22 January,
2004.
-- Michael Rhodes (Please delete x to e-mail me)
Netty
On Paul Theroff's Online Gotha I found her married since 1963 to an
Alexander Georgiadis, without date of birth or death. No second
husband is listed. Does anyone know more about the marriages of Lady
Mary Jane?
Netty
Pierre Aronax
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> The 9th Duke died 30 July, 1990, aged 93, when the dukedom became
> extinct, but the earldom and lesser honours devolved upon a distant
> relative.
The Count of Bentinck. By the way, does the present earl of Portland and
count of Bentinck use the former title?
Pierre
Michael Rhodes
Netty, Debrett states: Lady Mary Jane m 1st 1963 (m diss 1978)
Alexander Constantine Georgiades, of Pilton, Oundle, Northamptonshire;
2ndly, 1978, Prof Stephen Ritchards Graubard, and has issue living (by
1st m) William James, b. 1967, - David Constantine, b. 1969.
Netty
> Alexander Constantine Georgiades, of Pilton, Oundle, Northamptonshire;
> 2ndly, 1978, Prof Stephen Ritchards Graubard, and has issue living (by
> 1st m) William James, b. 1967, - David Constantine, b. 1969.
Thanks very much. Unfortunately the Dutch nobility books don't go any
further than the living Dutch branches of the Bentinck family (not
many alive anymore in the mediatized branche), and the British part is
far from complete in my genealogy. Debrett's is not available here in
the library. There used to be quite some information on the website of
Tim Bentinck, the present Earl of Portland - by the way is it right
there was one count more than dukes? I have Tim listed as the 12th
Earl, following his father in 1997, while this father inherited the
titles from the 9th Duke in 1990 (I have his date of death listed as
July 31 by the way, not July 30). Unfortunately the 12th Earl didn't
have the information on his website anymore the last time I watched.
If anyone is able to answer some the following questions for me I'd be
very happy.
Is anyone able to add something to the following dates of death?
- Lady Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck * 1890, + May
1994; as well as her husband Michael John Erskine-Wemyss, * 1888, +
1982
- Lady Alice Cavendish-Bentinck, * 1904 (or is she still alive?). Date
of birth of her late husband Terence Alfred Andrew Watt (+ k.i.a.
1942)
- Lady Alexandra Margaret Anne Cavendish-Bentinck * 1916 (could be
still alive of course)
- Ruth Evelyn Cavendish-Bentinck, * 1883, + 19..
- Venetia Barbara Cavendish-Bentinck, * 1902, + 198.
Places of death of:
- William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke of Portland, *
1893, + 21-3-1977; as well as his wife + 3-3-1982
- Lady Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck, * 1901, + 13-8-1977. Any dates of
her former husband Roger Henry Wethered?
- Wenthworth Frances Hope-Johnstone, * 1882 (does anyone have a date
of birth, I only have February), + 25-6-1964; as well as date of birth
of Gwyneth Ethel Edwards + 7-3-1996. Both wifes of the 8th Duke of
Portland
- Lucy Joan Cavendish-Bentinck * 1889, + 29-6-1971
- The 9th Duke of Portland, + 30 or 31-7-1990. Is his first wife
Clothilde Bruce Quigley * 1904, still alive?
- Lord William James Cavendish-Bentinck, + 4-9-1966. Are there any
dates/places of birth of his wifes Pamela Collins, Inger
Grantzau-Christensen (* Copenhagen) and Eleanor Barbara Muriel Lygon
(* 1-11-1938)
Does anyone know something about the descendants of Antony Otto Guy
Albion Count Bentinck? He was married to Laura Wellenkamp * 1872 - no
date/place of death known to me.
- Henry Anton, * 1896
- Katherine Angela, * 1899, married to Harold C Humphrey
- Rosalie, * 1902, married (divorced) to George A Jennings
- William Edward * ?, + ?
- Another son?
Louis Epstein
:> Netty, Debrett states: Lady Mary Jane m 1st 1963 (m diss 1978)
:> Alexander Constantine Georgiades, of Pilton, Oundle, Northamptonshire;
:> 2ndly, 1978, Prof Stephen Ritchards Graubard, and has issue living (by
:> 1st m) William James, b. 1967, - David Constantine, b. 1969.
: Thanks very much. Unfortunately the Dutch nobility books don't go any
: further than the living Dutch branches of the Bentinck family (not
: many alive anymore in the mediatized branche), and the British part is
: far from complete in my genealogy. Debrett's is not available here in
: the library. There used to be quite some information on the website of
: Tim Bentinck, the present Earl of Portland - by the way is it right
: there was one count more than dukes? I have Tim listed as the 12th
: Earl, following his father in 1997, while this father inherited the
: titles from the 9th Duke in 1990 (I have his date of death listed as
: July 31 by the way, not July 30). Unfortunately the 12th Earl didn't
: have the information on his website anymore the last time I watched.
One Earl before the Dukes,so the 9th Duke was 10th Earl,
his successors have been 11th and 12th Earls.
Succession as the Count Bentinck is a little murkier to me,
it was resigned to a younger branch and then apparently
resumed by the senior when the younger died out?
: If anyone is able to answer some the following questions for me I'd be
: very happy.
He was of course never so titled,would only have been "Lord" if
he had survived until his father became Duke.(Of course,when the
8th Duke succeeded his brother became "Lord" as if their father
(1856-1948) had become Duke,though never in his life was his
succession remotely likely.
: Does anyone know something about the descendants of Antony Otto Guy
: Albion Count Bentinck? He was married to Laura Wellenkamp * 1872 - no
: date/place of death known to me.
: - Henry Anton, * 1896
: - Katherine Angela, * 1899, married to Harold C Humphrey
: - Rosalie, * 1902, married (divorced) to George A Jennings
: - William Edward * ?, + ?
: - Another son?
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Michael Rhodes
> > Alexander Constantine Georgiades, of Pilton, Oundle, Northamptonshire;
> > 2ndly, 1978, Prof Stephen Ritchards Graubard, and has issue living (by
> > 1st m) William James, b. 1967, - David Constantine, b. 1969.
> very happy.
> - Lady Alexandra Margaret Anne Cavendish-Bentinck * 1916 (could be
> still alive of course)
This lady, who inherited the vast estates and works of art of the
Dukes of Portland, is alive and well. Her nephew, Mr Parente, is her
designated heir.
> - Venetia Barbara Cavendish-Bentinck, * 1902, + 198.
Lady Venetia Barbara died in London, 15 Jan 1980.
>
> Places of death of:
> - William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 7th Duke of Portland, *
> 1893, + 21-3-1977; as well as his wife + 3-3-1982
See:-
http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/portland.html