Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman (9 July 1799 – 19 November 1888), was a British Liberal politician.

Background and education

Portman was the son of Edward Portman, of Bryanston and Orchard in Dorset, and his wife Lucy, daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby. He was a descendant of Sir William Portman, Lord Chief Justice of England between 1555 and 1557. Portman was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

In 1823 Portman was elected to Parliament for Dorsetshire, a seat he held until 1832, and then represented the newly created constituency of Marylebone from 1832 to 1833. In 1837 Portman was raised to the peerage as Baron Portman, of Orchard Portman in the County of Somerset, and became an active member of the House of Lords. Lord Portman was also a member of the councils of the Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster and served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset from 1839 to 1864 and as Lord Warden of the Stannaries from 1865 to 1888. In 1873 he was further honoured when he was created Viscount Portman, of Bryanston in the County of Dorset.

Family

Lord Portman married Lady Emma Lascelles, third daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood, in 1827. They had six children, four sons and two daughters. Lord Portman died in November 1888, aged 89, and was succeeded in the barony and viscountcy by his eldest son Henry Berkeley Portman. Another son, Edwin Berkeley Portman, became Member of Parliament for North Devon.

References

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• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Portman

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Morton Pitt Edward Portman	Member of Parliament for Dorset 1823–1832 With: William Morton Pitt 1823–1826 Henry Bankes 1826–1831 John Calcraft 1831 Lord Ashley 1831–1832	Succeeded by Lord Ashley William John Bankes William Ponsonby
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Marylebone 1832–1833 With: Sir William Horne	Succeeded by Sir William Horne Sir Samuel Whalley
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Ilchester	Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 1839–1864	Succeeded by The Earl of Cork
Preceded by The Duke of Newcastle	Lord Warden of the Stannaries 1865–1888	Succeeded by The Earl of Ducie
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Viscount Portman 1873–1888	Succeeded by Henry Berkeley Portman
	Baron Portman 1837–1888