Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of

World Encyclopedia | Date: 2005

Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of (1738–1809) British statesman, prime minister (1783, 1807–09). He was briefly made prime minister at the end of the American Revolution. As home secretary (1794–1801), Portland helped William Pitt (the Younger) draft the Act of Union (1801). His second ministry ended in a feud between Canning and Castlereagh.

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