Maurice Berkeley Portman (January 18, 1833 – January 12, 1888) was a political figure in Canada West. He represented East Middlesex in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...

 from 1861 to 1863.

He was the son of Viscount Portman

Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman, 1st Viscount Portman , was a British Liberal politician.Portman was the son of Edward Portman, of Bryanston and Orchard in Dorset, and his wife Lucy, daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby. He was a descendant of Sir William Portman, Lord Chief Justice of England between 1555...

 and Lady Emma Lascelles

Emma Portman, Viscountess Portman

Emma Lascelles Portman, Viscountess Portman , was an English aristocrat. She was the daughter of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood and Henrietta Sebright....

 and was educated at Durham University

Durham University

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

 in England

England

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. In 1846, he married Helen V. Harris. Portman married Evelyn Harriet Lavinia Portman in 1867 after the death of his first wife.

His son Maurice Vidal became a colonial administrator in the Andaman Islands, also researching the native people and languages of those islands.