William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck,3rd Duke of Portland,was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and twice as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom (1807–1809). The gap of 26 years between his two terms as Prime Minister is the longest of any British Prime Minister. He was also the fourth great-grandfather of King Charles III through his great-granddaughter Cecilia Bowes-Lyon,Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Earl of Hardwicke is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1754 for Philip Yorke,1st Baron Hardwicke,Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1737 to 1756. He had already been created Baron Hardwicke,of Hardwicke in the County of Gloucestershire,in 1733,and was made Viscount Royston at the same time as he was given the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was succeeded by his eldest son,the second Earl. He represented Reigate and Cambridgeshire in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. Lord Hardwicke married Lady Jemima Campbell,only daughter of John Campbell,3rd Earl of Breadalbane,and granddaughter and heiress of Henry Grey,1st Duke of Kent,who succeeded her grandfather as Marchioness Grey in 1722. They had two daughters of whom the eldest,Lady Amabel,was created Countess De Grey in her own right in 1816.
Earl of Chichester is a title that has been created three times,twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The current title was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801 for Thomas Pelham,2nd Baron Pelham of Stanmer.
Robert Hobart,4th Earl of Buckinghamshire,,styled Lord Hobart from 1793 to 1804,was a British Tory politician.
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton,5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne,,styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851,was a British politician.
William Wellesley-Pole,3rd Earl of Mornington,,known as Lord Maryborough between 1821 and 1842,was an Anglo-Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington. His surname changed twice:he was born with the name Wesley,which he changed to Wesley-Pole following an inheritance in 1781. In 1789 the spelling was updated to Wellesley-Pole,just as other members of the family had changed Wesley to Wellesley.
William Brabazon Ponsonby,1st Baron Ponsonby,PC (Ire) was a leading Irish Whig politician,being a member of the Irish House of Commons,and,after 1800,of the United Kingdom parliament. Ponsonby was the son of the Hon. John Ponsonby,the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish,daughter of the 3rd Duke of Devonshire. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor of Ireland in 1784. He served as Joint Postmaster-General of Ireland (1784–1789).
William Pitt the Younger led the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801.
Henry Wellesley,1st Baron Cowley GCB was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and politician. He was the younger brother of the soldier and politician the first Duke of Wellington. He is known particularly for his service as British Ambassador to Spain during the Peninsular War where he acted in cooperation with his brother to gain the support of Cortes of Cádiz. His later postings included being Ambassador in Vienna where he dealt with Metternich and British Ambassador to France during the reign of Louis Philippe I.
Francis Seymour-Conway,1st Marquess of Hertford,KG,PC,PC (Ire) of Ragley Hall,Arrow,in Warwickshire,was a British courtier and politician who,briefly,was Viceroy of Ireland where he had substantial estates.
Aubrey Beauclerk,5th Duke of St Albans was a British landowner,and a collector of antiquities and works of art.
George Legge,3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG,PC,FRS,styled Viscount Lewisham until 1801,was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1778 to 1784.
Philip Stanhope,5th Earl of Chesterfield KG,PC,FRS,FSA,known as Philip Stanhope until 1773,was a British politician and diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Spain between 1784 and 1787,Master of the Mint between 1789 and 1790,Joint Postmaster General between 1790 and 1798 and Master of the Horse between 1798 and 1804.
Sir David Barnett Dundas,2nd Baronet,was a Scottish advocate,Liberal politician and agricultural improver.
Thomas Manners-Sutton,1st Baron Manners,was a British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1807 to 1827.
George Townshend,2nd Marquess Townshend,PC,FRS,known as The Lord Ferrers of Chartley from 1770 to 1784 and as The Earl of Leicester from 1784 to 1807,was a British peer and politician.
Thomas Pelham,1st Earl of Chichester PC,known as the Lord Pelham of Stanmer from 1768 to 1801,was a British Whig politician.
James George Stopford,3rd Earl of Courtown KP,PC,known as Viscount Stopford from 1770 to 1810,was an Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician.
Thomas William Anson,1st Earl of Lichfield PC,previously known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831,was a British Whig politician from the Anson family. He served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as Master of the Buckhounds between 1830 and 1834 and under Melbourne Postmaster General between 1835 and 1841. His gambling and lavish entertaining got him heavily into debt and he was forced to sell off the entire contents of his Shugborough Hall estate.
Sylvester Douglas,1st Baron Glenbervie,PC,KC,FRS,FRSE,FSA was a British lawyer,politician and diarist. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1793 and 1794.
