Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Baronet

Sold Malsanger House in 1908 to Mr Godfrey Walter.

• Born on 12 April 1850.
• Son of Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal, 1st Bt. and Mary Jane Hicks-Beach.
• Married Florence Elizabeth Mary Glyn, daughter of Hon. St. Leger Richard Glyn and Florence Elizabeth Williams, on 23 June 1880.
• Died on 30 September 1931 at age 81.1
• Educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
• Graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1874 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).1 and in 1876 with a Master of Arts (M.A.).
• Gained the rank of Captain in 1877 in the service of the Artillery Militia.
• Director and deputy chairman of the London and South Western Railway.
• Junior Brother of Trinity House.
• Held the offices of

• Chairman of the Quarter Sessions (Q.S.) in Hampshire,
  
• Chairman of Portals Limited.
  
• Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Hampshire.
  
• Vice Lieutenant of Hampshire.
  
• High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1886.
  
• County Councillor (C.C.) of Hampshire between 1889 and 1931
  
• Alderman and Vice-Chairman of the County Council of Hampshire between 1897 and 1920.
  
• Justice of the Peace (J.P.)
  * Invested as a Knight, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (K.St.J.) and as a Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.).

He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Portal, of Malshanger, Church Oakley, co. Southampton [U.K., 1901] on 14 September 1905.

Children of Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Bt. and Florence Elizabeth Mary Glyn

• Mary Florence Portal d. 12 Feb 1918
• Margery Portal d. 12 Dec 1962
• Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st and last Viscount Portal b. 9 Apr 1885, d. 6 May 1949
• Robert St. Leger Portal b. 20 Nov 1892, d. 20 Jul 1926

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