PORTMAN, Henry (d.1728), of Bryanston, Dorset and Orchard Portman, Som.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Constituency

Dates

1679 - 1690
1690 - 1695
21 Nov. 1696 - 1698
1698 - 1700
1701 - 1708
1708 - 1710
1710 - 30 Aug. 1715

Family and Education

5th s. of Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Bt., M.P., of Berry Pomeroy, Devon by Anne, da. of Sir John Portman, 1st Bt., of Orchard, Som. m. (1) Penelope, da. of Sir William Haslewood of Maidwell, Northants. s.p.; (2) Meliora, da. of William Fitch of High Hall, Dorset, s.p. suc. to estates of cos. Sir William Portman, 6th Bt., 1690, and assumed name of Portman.

Offices Held

Ranger of Hyde Park 1703-d.

Biography

Portman was returned as a Tory from 1679 to 1715, when he was unseated on petition. He died 23 Feb. 1728 at an advanced age.1

Ref Volumes: 1715-1754

Author: Shirley Matthews

Notes

  • 1. Pol. State, xxxv. 212.