The 1806 United Kingdom general election was the second general election after the Acts of Union 1800, held from 29 October 1806 to 17 December 1806, to elect members of the House of Commons, the lowe
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01 Bentinck William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland c 1774
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 and as
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…political figures of the day. However it did not include George Canning, who had inherited the leadership of Pitt's faction in the House of Commons or the Duke of Portland who led it in the House of Lords. This government was known as the Ministry of all the Talents. An attempt was made to end the Napoleonic Wars by…
Portrait by John Powell, c. 1782
Lady Dorothy Cavendish, by George Romney, c. 1772
Memorial to the 3rd Duke of Portland at the family vault in St Marylebone Parish Church