The Portman Estate

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Thomas Portman MP for Taunton

1308

Thomas Portman rents
a market stall in
Taunton for 10d a year

1335

The Portman family
owns 12 properties
in Taunton

1362-1406

William Portman
MP for Taunton
eleven times

1417-1435

Walter Portman, the grandson of William, MP for Taunton in ten Parliaments

c1425

the Portman family
acquire the Tudor Tavern,
Taunton

1460

Walter’s son, John,
a lawyer at the
Middle Temple

1555

Sir William Portman becomes Lord Chief Justice of England

1557

Sir William Portman's death

1611

Sir John Portman is granted a baronetcy. His fourth son, Sir William, becomes 5th baronet in 1629.

1778

Bryanston House rebuilt by James Wyatt

1776-1780

Manchester Square

1783

Tyburn gallows moved to Newgate Prison

1797

The St Marylebone Volunteers formed

1810

Britain’s first curry house opened at 34 (now 102) George Street

c1825

Church Street &Lisson Grove area developed

1843

Orchard House is demolished

1873

Lord Portman created Viscount Portman

1884

Madame Tussauds moves to its new Marylebone Road building

c1900-1935

Many more mansion blocks added

1909

Selfridges opens

1948

The Portman Burtley Estate acquired

1955, 1965 & 1976

Resettlements of the London Estate

1996

Home House becomes a private club

2003

The Tudor Tavern in Taunton acquired for the Estate once again

2011

The Estate’s new office opens at 40 Portman Square

1307

death of Edward I

1327-1377

the reign of Edward III

1338

Hundred Years’ War with France begins

1346

Battle of Crecy

1348

Black Death

1356

Battle of Poitiers

1377

Richard II becomes king

1381

Peasants’ Revolt

1413-1422

Henry V king, in succession to Henry IV

1415

Battle of Agincourt

1453

end of the Hundred Years’ War

1455

beginning of Wars of the Roses

1476

William Caxton
sets up his printing
press in London

1485

Battle of Bosworth and death of Richard III; Henry VII becomes king

1492

Columbus’s
discovery
of America

1509–1547

The reign of Henry VIII

1536

Dissolution of the Monasteries

1547-1553

The reign of Edward VI

1553-1558

The reign of Queen Mary - Philip and Mary

1558-1603

The reign of Queen Elizabeth I

1588

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

1605

Gunpowder Plot

1611

Authorised Version of the Bible

1625

death of James I; Charles I becomes king

1642

Beginning of the Civil War

1644

The Royalist army is defeated at Marston Moor and in 1645 at Naseby

1649

Execution of Charles I

1660

Restoration of Charles II; The Royal Society is founded

1665

The Plague of London

1666

The Great Fire of London

1685

Monmouth’s Rebellion is ended at the battle of Sedgemoor

1688

The Glorious Revolution – beginning of the reign of William and Mary

1700

London’s population 750,000

1714-1727

The reign of George I

1727-1760

The reign of George II

1760-1820

The reign of George III

1756-1763

Seven Years’ War

1789

French Revolution

1793

Execution of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette

1793-1815

War with France

1801

London’s population 960,000

1807

Abolition of the Slave Trade

1815

Waterloo

1832

Reform Bill passed

1837–1901

Queen Victoria’s reign

1840

The Penny Post

1851

London’s population 2.3m

1851

The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park

1854-1855

Crimean War

1876

Invention of the telephone and in 1878; electric lighting

1886

The first motor car

1888

Jack the Ripper

1901

London’s population 6.5m

1901

Death of Queen Victoria

1914-1918

First World War

1926

General strike

1936

Edward VIII’s abdication

1951

London’s population 8.2m

1951

Festival of Britain

1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

1963

Local Government Bill: in 1965 Marylebone becomes part of the City of Westminster

2001

London’s population 7.3m

2011

London’s population 8.2m

2012

London 2012 Olympics

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View of Orchard House by JC Buckler, 1832

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The Monument, which commemorates the Geat Fire of London

1610

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1793

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1794

1807

The Official Medallion of the British Anti-Slavery Society

1815

Statue of the Duke of Wellington outside his stately home of stratfield saye near

1840

Examples of William Dockwra’s postal markings used in 1680-1682. The triangle-shaped mark is regarded by some as the world’s first postage stamp

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Ray Hanna flying Spitfire MH434 at the Flying Legends

1909

Selfridges name board at the entrance to Selfridges, Oxford Street, London

1894

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1953

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John Lennon's blue plaque at 34 Montagu Square

2011

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2013

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2012

2003

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The Portman family’s coat of arms is already established

Thomas Portman MP for Taunton

Thomas Portman rents a market stall in Taunton for 10d a year

The Portman family owns 12 properties in Taunton

William Portman MP for Taunton eleven times

The manor of Orchard, near Taunton, first recorded in 854 AD, is surveyed…

Walter Portman, the grandson of William, MP for Taunton in ten Parliaments

the Portman family acquire the Tudor Tavern, Taunton

Walter Portman marries Christina de Orchard and moves to Orchard House

Walter’s son, John, a lawyer at the Middle Temple

Sir William Portman (c1498-1557)

Sir William Portman enlarges Orchard House

Sir William Portman purchases the properties of four dissolved religious houses in Somerset

Sir William Portman becomes Lord Chief Justice of England

Sir William Portman's death

The death of Sir William Portman's son, Sir Henry, after making many further…

deaths of Sir Hugh and Sir John Portman, the sons of Sir Henry.

Sir John Portman is granted a baronetcy. His fourth son, Sir William, becomes 5th baronet in 1629.

Orchard House is used in turn as their headquarters by both the Royalist…

Sir William, 6th baronet, purchases Bryanston

Sir William captures the Duke of Monmouth

On Sir William’s death he is succeeded by his cousin, Henry Seymour

death of Henry Seymour. William Berkeley inherits the Estate and is…

the first building leases are issued on the London Estate

the New Road (Marylebone Road) is opened

Death of Henry William Berkeley Portman. He is succeeded by his son,…

Building begins at Portman Square

The Music Room at Home House

Bryanston House rebuilt by James Wyatt

Manchester Square

Montagu House completed

Tyburn gallows moved to Newgate Prison

Thomas Lord’s first cricket ground opened

The St Marylebone Volunteers formed

Balloon ascent from Dorset Square

Montagu Square, 1811-1821 Bryanston Square, 1812-26 Dorset Square

Britain’s first curry house opened at 34 (now 102) George Street

Death of Edward Berkeley Portman (born 1771) in Rome. His son Edward (born 1799) was MP for Dorset...

Church Street &Lisson Grove area developed

Madame Tussaud’s waxworks exhibition opens in the new Baker Street Bazaar

Edward Berkeley Portman created Baron Portman of Orchard Portman

Orchard House is demolished

Lord Portman created Viscount Portman

Hestercombe House acquired

Madame Tussauds moves to its new Marylebone Road building

In 1888 a large number of the Estate's original leases came up for renewal...

Death of Viscount Portman

Mansion blocks

Many more mansion blocks added

Selfridges opens

Buxted Park, near Uckfield, East Sussex, becomes a new Portman family home

Gradual sale of all the west country estates including Bryanston

death of the 2nd Viscount

The Portman Burtley Estate acquired

Post-war rebuilding and new development

sale of the northern part of the London estate

Resettlements of the London Estate

The Beatles' Apple shop

Home House becomes a private club

Unveiling of the Wallenburg statue by the Queen

Christopher, 10th Viscount Portman, inherits the title

Launch of Portman Village to establish Seymour Place and New Quebec Street…

March 2009, Portman Estate takes over management of Chiltern Street retailing

January 2012, Portman Square - completion of public realm scheme…

March 2013, The regeneration of Gloucester Place completed - with No 46

April 2013, Creation of Baker Street Quarter

The Tudor Tavern in Taunton acquired for the Estate once again

The Estate’s new office opens at 40 Portman Square

Marylebone Manors and Estates

Extract from Speed's map of Somerset, 1610

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The Portman family’s coat of
arms is already established

Thomas Portman rents
a market stall in
Taunton for 10d a year

The Portman family
owns 12 properties
in Taunton

William Portman
MP for Taunton
eleven times

the Portman family
acquire the Tudor Tavern,
Taunton

Walter’s son, John,
a lawyer at the
Middle Temple

The Tudor Tavern, Fore Street,
Taunton, built c1350

West Coker
manor house

Baker Street
Bazaar, 1839

1863 Baker
Street station

1899
Marylebone
station

Views of Baker
Street in c1910

William Caxton
sets up his printing
press in London

Columbus’s
discovery
of America