The Duke of Portland

Political reputations are forged by actions, but the long view of history can be hard to predict.

Elizabeth Wiskemann writes that Bentinck’s achievements as British Minister in Sicily, and inspirer of Italian resistance to Napoleon in the years 1811-1814, suggest interesting parallels with recent conflicts.

Mike Curtis explroes an important collection of papers from the Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland.