British Prime Minister. He received recognition for serving twice as the British Prime Minister, serving from April 2nd to December 19, 1783, and twenty-four years later, from March 31, 1807 to October 4, 1809. He was a Whig and later a Troy. With strong political leaders, such as Foreign Secretary George Canning and Secretary of War Viscount Gaslereagh, in control of the government, both of his terms were considered weak. Born the oldest son of William, 2nd Duke of Portland, he became the 3rd Duke of Portland after his father's death and inheriting numerous acres of land. He held a title of every degree of British nobility: duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron. After being educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, he entered Parliament in 1761, and from July of 1765 to December of 1766, he held the post of Lord Chamberlain in the Royal British household. He served from April to August of 1782 as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1783 he was selected as titular chief of a coalition government, but lost this post after a reform bill for India, that he supported, was rejected by King George II and the House of Lords. He served as home secretary from 1794 to 1801 in the first administration of William Pitt the Younger. He suppressed the Irish Rebellion in 1798 and was the Lord President of the Council from 1801 to 1805. He served as Chancellor of Oxford College from 1798 until his death. He resigned from the office of British Prime Minister a few weeks before his death, and became one of the nine British Prime Ministers, who died shortly after leaving office. Through his son Charles, he is a direct ancestor of Elizabeth II. He married Lady Dorothy Cavendish, a direct descendant of Lady Georgiana Cavendish , and the couple had six children to live to adulthood.