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William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,becomes the Prime Minister

Appointment of the Prime Minister
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William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC, FRS 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 Prime Minister of Great Britain and then of the United Kingdom.