6th Duke of Portland
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PORTLAND
Great Edwardian and "Squire Bountiful"
The Duke of Portland, sporting peer and great Edwardian, died at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, to-day. He had been in failing health for some time. He was 85.
Heir to the title is the Marquess of Titchfield, M.P., who was born on March 16, 1893. He has represented Newark since 1922 as Conservative, and his elevation causes a by-election.
Personification of most that was good in the Edwardian tradition, the Duke was a likeable and popular man. To the tenants of his immense domains in England Scotland he was a squire bountiful. He called his tenants his "friends and neighbours", and he loathed the word "class".
"How I hate that word," he said, when he invited a thousand of his tenants to a part at Welbeck Abbey to celebrate his jubilee in the Peerage. He opened the celebration ball by dancing with his housekeeper in the famous underground ballroom at Welbeck.
It is by the sometimes abused title of sporting Peer that the Duke will be best remembered. He loved horses and horse racing and he won a fortune on the Turf, but he did not squander it in the wild betting and wilder card parties of the Edwardian era. Most of the money he won -- and it was a colossal sum -- he put back into the Turf. His breeding studs and racing establishments were famous throughout the world.
"THE WINNINGS"
It is estimated that during his long racing life he won nearly £350,000 in prize money. For one year alone he had £73,858. These figures are records for the British Turf.
It was characteristic of the man that he decided to devote his record winnings of 1889 to charity. He built a row of almshouses and called them "The Winnings".
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck was born on December 28, 1857. He was a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards when he succeeded to the title on the death of his cousin, the eccentric fifth Duke, in 1879. His father was a grandson of the third Duke, who was twice Prime Minister.
With the Dukedom came vast estates, 183,200 acres in all in England and Scotland, and many titles. It was thought that he might find a Royal bride, but for ten years the Duke remained a bachelor. Then a chance glimpse of a pretty face seen from a railway train led to his becoming one of the happiest married men in England.
This real romance of the Peerage began at a lonely little railway station. When the Duke glanced out of the carriage window he saw a beautiful girl on the platform. In that instance England's most desirable bachelor decided to get married "I made up my mind I would never marry anyone else" he confessed afterwards.
Miss Dallas-Yorke was the girl on the platform. Her home was at Louth, Lincolnshire. There was a hurricane wooing. Their marriage is 1889 was one of the events of the social season.
IDEALLY HAPPY MARRIAGE
It was an ideally happy marriage. The Duchess spent thousands of pounds on charity particularly among the miners of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, where the Duke's lands included valuable coalfields. The secretary of the Nottingham Miners' Welfare Association once called her "that angel, our beloved Duchess".
Dr Lang, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, once referred to her as "the benefactress of suffering men, women, and children: the benefactress of all animals."
To the Duke she was "not only queen of my heart, but I believe queen of all hearts wherever she goes and wherever she is known."
They had three children. The eldest his daughter, Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck, married in 1918 Capt Michael Wemyss of Wemyss Castle, East Wemyss.
The Duke is succeeded by his eldest son, the Marquis of Titchfield. The other son is Lord Francis Cavendish-Bentinck.
In 1939 the Duke and Duchess celebrated their golden wedding at Welbeck, where they had spent their honeymoon, and were the recipients of thousands of telegrams conveying greetings from people in all walks of life.
The late Duke had the honour of entertaining frequently members of the Royal Family since the days of King Edward VII.
The family motto is "Fear disgrace." On one occasion the late Duke said that he would like to take for his personal motto "Live, let live, and help to live."
(Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 26 April 1943, page 4)
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PORTLAND
Great Edwardian and "Squire Bountiful"
The Duke of Portland, sporting peer and great Edwardian, died at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, to-day. He had been in failing health for some time. He was 85.
Heir to the title is the Marquess of Titchfield, M.P., who was born on March 16, 1893. He has represented Newark since 1922 as Conservative, and his elevation causes a by-election.
Personification of most that was good in the Edwardian tradition, the Duke was a likeable and popular man. To the tenants of his immense domains in England Scotland he was a squire bountiful. He called his tenants his "friends and neighbours", and he loathed the word "class".
"How I hate that word," he said, when he invited a thousand of his tenants to a part at Welbeck Abbey to celebrate his jubilee in the Peerage. He opened the celebration ball by dancing with his housekeeper in the famous underground ballroom at Welbeck.
It is by the sometimes abused title of sporting Peer that the Duke will be best remembered. He loved horses and horse racing and he won a fortune on the Turf, but he did not squander it in the wild betting and wilder card parties of the Edwardian era. Most of the money he won -- and it was a colossal sum -- he put back into the Turf. His breeding studs and racing establishments were famous throughout the world.
"THE WINNINGS"
It is estimated that during his long racing life he won nearly £350,000 in prize money. For one year alone he had £73,858. These figures are records for the British Turf.
It was characteristic of the man that he decided to devote his record winnings of 1889 to charity. He built a row of almshouses and called them "The Winnings".
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck was born on December 28, 1857. He was a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards when he succeeded to the title on the death of his cousin, the eccentric fifth Duke, in 1879. His father was a grandson of the third Duke, who was twice Prime Minister.
With the Dukedom came vast estates, 183,200 acres in all in England and Scotland, and many titles. It was thought that he might find a Royal bride, but for ten years the Duke remained a bachelor. Then a chance glimpse of a pretty face seen from a railway train led to his becoming one of the happiest married men in England.
This real romance of the Peerage began at a lonely little railway station. When the Duke glanced out of the carriage window he saw a beautiful girl on the platform. In that instance England's most desirable bachelor decided to get married "I made up my mind I would never marry anyone else" he confessed afterwards.
Miss Dallas-Yorke was the girl on the platform. Her home was at Louth, Lincolnshire. There was a hurricane wooing. Their marriage is 1889 was one of the events of the social season.
IDEALLY HAPPY MARRIAGE
It was an ideally happy marriage. The Duchess spent thousands of pounds on charity particularly among the miners of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, where the Duke's lands included valuable coalfields. The secretary of the Nottingham Miners' Welfare Association once called her "that angel, our beloved Duchess".
Dr Lang, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, once referred to her as "the benefactress of suffering men, women, and children: the benefactress of all animals."
To the Duke she was "not only queen of my heart, but I believe queen of all hearts wherever she goes and wherever she is known."
They had three children. The eldest his daughter, Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck, married in 1918 Capt Michael Wemyss of Wemyss Castle, East Wemyss.
The Duke is succeeded by his eldest son, the Marquis of Titchfield. The other son is Lord Francis Cavendish-Bentinck.
In 1939 the Duke and Duchess celebrated their golden wedding at Welbeck, where they had spent their honeymoon, and were the recipients of thousands of telegrams conveying greetings from people in all walks of life.
The late Duke had the honour of entertaining frequently members of the Royal Family since the days of King Edward VII.
The family motto is "Fear disgrace." On one occasion the late Duke said that he would like to take for his personal motto "Live, let live, and help to live."
(Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 26 April 1943, page 4)
6th Duke of Portland
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PORTLAND
Great Edwardian and "Squire Bountiful"
The Duke of Portland, sporting peer and great Edwardian, died at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, to-day. He had been in failing health for some time. He was 85.
Heir to the title is the Marquess of Titchfield, M.P., who was born on March 16, 1893. He has represented Newark since 1922 as Conservative, and his elevation causes a by-election.
Personification of most that was good in the Edwardian tradition, the Duke was a likeable and popular man. To the tenants of his immense domains in England Scotland he was a squire bountiful. He called his tenants his "friends and neighbours", and he loathed the word "class".
"How I hate that word," he said, when he invited a thousand of his tenants to a part at Welbeck Abbey to celebrate his jubilee in the Peerage. He opened the celebration ball by dancing with his housekeeper in the famous underground ballroom at Welbeck.
It is by the sometimes abused title of sporting Peer that the Duke will be best remembered. He loved horses and horse racing and he won a fortune on the Turf, but he did not squander it in the wild betting and wilder card parties of the Edwardian era. Most of the money he won -- and it was a colossal sum -- he put back into the Turf. His breeding studs and racing establishments were famous throughout the world.
"THE WINNINGS"
It is estimated that during his long racing life he won nearly £350,000 in prize money. For one year alone he had £73,858. These figures are records for the British Turf.
It was characteristic of the man that he decided to devote his record winnings of 1889 to charity. He built a row of almshouses and called them "The Winnings".
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck was born on December 28, 1857. He was a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards when he succeeded to the title on the death of his cousin, the eccentric fifth Duke, in 1879. His father was a grandson of the third Duke, who was twice Prime Minister.
With the Dukedom came vast estates, 183,200 acres in all in England and Scotland, and many titles. It was thought that he might find a Royal bride, but for ten years the Duke remained a bachelor. Then a chance glimpse of a pretty face seen from a railway train led to his becoming one of the happiest married men in England.
This real romance of the Peerage began at a lonely little railway station. When the Duke glanced out of the carriage window he saw a beautiful girl on the platform. In that instance England's most desirable bachelor decided to get married "I made up my mind I would never marry anyone else" he confessed afterwards.
Miss Dallas-Yorke was the girl on the platform. Her home was at Louth, Lincolnshire. There was a hurricane wooing. Their marriage is 1889 was one of the events of the social season.
IDEALLY HAPPY MARRIAGE
It was an ideally happy marriage. The Duchess spent thousands of pounds on charity particularly among the miners of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, where the Duke's lands included valuable coalfields. The secretary of the Nottingham Miners' Welfare Association once called her "that angel, our beloved Duchess".
Dr Lang, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, once referred to her as "the benefactress of suffering men, women, and children: the benefactress of all animals."
To the Duke she was "not only queen of my heart, but I believe queen of all hearts wherever she goes and wherever she is known."
They had three children. The eldest his daughter, Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck, married in 1918 Capt Michael Wemyss of Wemyss Castle, East Wemyss.
The Duke is succeeded by his eldest son, the Marquis of Titchfield. The other son is Lord Francis Cavendish-Bentinck.
In 1939 the Duke and Duchess celebrated their golden wedding at Welbeck, where they had spent their honeymoon, and were the recipients of thousands of telegrams conveying greetings from people in all walks of life.
The late Duke had the honour of entertaining frequently members of the Royal Family since the days of King Edward VII.
The family motto is "Fear disgrace." On one occasion the late Duke said that he would like to take for his personal motto "Live, let live, and help to live."
(Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 26 April 1943, page 4)
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PORTLAND
Great Edwardian and "Squire Bountiful"
The Duke of Portland, sporting peer and great Edwardian, died at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, to-day. He had been in failing health for some time. He was 85.
Heir to the title is the Marquess of Titchfield, M.P., who was born on March 16, 1893. He has represented Newark since 1922 as Conservative, and his elevation causes a by-election.
Personification of most that was good in the Edwardian tradition, the Duke was a likeable and popular man. To the tenants of his immense domains in England Scotland he was a squire bountiful. He called his tenants his "friends and neighbours", and he loathed the word "class".
"How I hate that word," he said, when he invited a thousand of his tenants to a part at Welbeck Abbey to celebrate his jubilee in the Peerage. He opened the celebration ball by dancing with his housekeeper in the famous underground ballroom at Welbeck.
It is by the sometimes abused title of sporting Peer that the Duke will be best remembered. He loved horses and horse racing and he won a fortune on the Turf, but he did not squander it in the wild betting and wilder card parties of the Edwardian era. Most of the money he won -- and it was a colossal sum -- he put back into the Turf. His breeding studs and racing establishments were famous throughout the world.
"THE WINNINGS"
It is estimated that during his long racing life he won nearly £350,000 in prize money. For one year alone he had £73,858. These figures are records for the British Turf.
It was characteristic of the man that he decided to devote his record winnings of 1889 to charity. He built a row of almshouses and called them "The Winnings".
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck was born on December 28, 1857. He was a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards when he succeeded to the title on the death of his cousin, the eccentric fifth Duke, in 1879. His father was a grandson of the third Duke, who was twice Prime Minister.
With the Dukedom came vast estates, 183,200 acres in all in England and Scotland, and many titles. It was thought that he might find a Royal bride, but for ten years the Duke remained a bachelor. Then a chance glimpse of a pretty face seen from a railway train led to his becoming one of the happiest married men in England.
This real romance of the Peerage began at a lonely little railway station. When the Duke glanced out of the carriage window he saw a beautiful girl on the platform. In that instance England's most desirable bachelor decided to get married "I made up my mind I would never marry anyone else" he confessed afterwards.
Miss Dallas-Yorke was the girl on the platform. Her home was at Louth, Lincolnshire. There was a hurricane wooing. Their marriage is 1889 was one of the events of the social season.
IDEALLY HAPPY MARRIAGE
It was an ideally happy marriage. The Duchess spent thousands of pounds on charity particularly among the miners of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, where the Duke's lands included valuable coalfields. The secretary of the Nottingham Miners' Welfare Association once called her "that angel, our beloved Duchess".
Dr Lang, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, once referred to her as "the benefactress of suffering men, women, and children: the benefactress of all animals."
To the Duke she was "not only queen of my heart, but I believe queen of all hearts wherever she goes and wherever she is known."
They had three children. The eldest his daughter, Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck, married in 1918 Capt Michael Wemyss of Wemyss Castle, East Wemyss.
The Duke is succeeded by his eldest son, the Marquis of Titchfield. The other son is Lord Francis Cavendish-Bentinck.
In 1939 the Duke and Duchess celebrated their golden wedding at Welbeck, where they had spent their honeymoon, and were the recipients of thousands of telegrams conveying greetings from people in all walks of life.
The late Duke had the honour of entertaining frequently members of the Royal Family since the days of King Edward VII.
The family motto is "Fear disgrace." On one occasion the late Duke said that he would like to take for his personal motto "Live, let live, and help to live."
(Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 26 April 1943, page 4)
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