Baron Bolsover, of Bolsover Castle in the County of Derby, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 23 April 1880 (as Baroness Bolsover) for Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck, with remainder to the heirs male of the body of her late husband Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck (1819–1877), younger son of Lord Charles Bentinck, third son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.[2] Lady Bolsover was the daughter of the Very Reverend Henry Montague Browne, Dean of Lismore, second son of James Caulfeild Browne, 2nd Baron Kilmaine.[3] She was succeeded according to the special remainder by her stepson William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, who became the second Baron Bolsover. He was the only child from Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck's first marriage, to Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins-Whitshed.
The barony remained united with the dukedom until the death of the sixth Duke's son, the seventh Duke, in 1977. The dukedom was passed on to a cousin while the barony became extinct.
Barons Bolsover (1880)
- Augusta Cavendish-Bentinck, 1st Baroness Bolsover (1834–1893)
- William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 2nd Baron Bolsover, 6th Duke of Portland (1857–1943)
- William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Baron Bolsover, 7th Duke of Portland (1893–1977)
See also
- Lady Ottoline Morrell, daughter of the 1st Baroness and half-sister of the 2nd Baron
- Duke of Portland
- Baron Cavendish of Bolsover (held by the Dukes of Newcastle-upon-Tyne of the 1665 creation)
- Baron Kilmaine
Notes
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1967 edition) p2023
- ^ thePeerage.com
- ^ DEATH OF THE BARONESS BOLSOVER Nottinghamshire Guardian (London, England), Saturday, August 12, 1893; pg. 5; Issue 2517
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