Marriage and Issue
On 21 August 1798, he married Lucy Whitby, daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby. Their children were:
- Marianne Portman, married George Drummond (son of George Harley Drummond and Margaret Munro) in 1831, died 1 December 1842
- Edward Berkley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman (1799–1888)
- Reverend Henry Fitzharding Berkeley Portman (1811–1893)
After Lucy's death in 1812, he married as his second wife Mary Hulse, daughter of Sir Edward Hulse, 3rd Baronet Hulse, on 22 March 1816. The couple had no children.
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