Heir To The Dukedom of Portland
Cavendish-Bentinck died on 17 August 1865 at age 47, thus missing out by more than a decade on the chance to succeed his first cousin as Duke of Portland.
His paternal uncle William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, had died on 27 March 1854. Two of his sons predeceased the Duke, including politician Lord George Bentinck, who died suddenly, still unmarried, on 21 September 1848.
His first cousin William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, remained unwed. His presumptive heir was his younger brother Lord Henry William Cavendish-Bentinck. Charles was the second-in-line heir at this point.
However both cousins outlived him. Lord Henry William died on 31 December 1870 and the 5th Duke followed on 6 December 1879. The heir was William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, son of Lt.-Gen. Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck, who was the younger brother of the Reverend.
Thus Charles's three daughters missed out on a chance to rise socially, although one daughter made a brilliant marriage despite her father's early death.
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