The Portal Baronetcy, of Malshanger, Church Oakley, in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 March 1901 for Wyndham Portal, Chairman of the London and South Western Railway Company

London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in...

. His son, the second Baronet, was Chairman of Portals Ltd and Deputy Chairman of the London and South Western Railway Company. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet. He was also Managing Director of Portals Ltd and served as Minister of Works during the Second World War. He was created Baron Portal, of Laverstoke in the County of Southampton, in 1935, and Viscount Portal, of Laverstoke in the County of Southampton, in 1945. Both titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. Lord Portal was childless and on his death the peerages became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his 84-year-old uncle, the fourth Baronet. He was President of the Trustee Savings Banks Association

Trustee Savings Banks Association

The Trustee Savings Banks Association was established in Manchester in 1887. However, throughout its history the Trustee Savings Banks Association failed to act as central provider of administrative functions to small independent savings banks....

. On his death the title passed to his son, the fifth Baronet. He was Chairman and Director of Portals Ltd. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1984.

Sir Bertram Portal (1866-1949), third son of the first Baronet, was a Brigadier-General in the British Army

British Army

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Portal Baronets, of Malshanger (1901)

• Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal, 1st Baronet (1822–1905)
• Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Baronet (1850–1931)
• Sir William Raymond Portal, 3rd Baronet
  Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal
  Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Viscount Portal PC GCMG DSO MVO was a British politician.The eldest son of Sir William Wyndam Portal, 2nd Baronet, and Florence Elizabeth Mary Glyn CBE, daughter of Hon...
  
   (1885–1949) (created Baron Portal in 1935 and Viscount Portal in 1945)

Viscounts Portal (1945)

• Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Viscount Portal
  Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal
  Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Viscount Portal PC GCMG DSO MVO was a British politician.The eldest son of Sir William Wyndam Portal, 2nd Baronet, and Florence Elizabeth Mary Glyn CBE, daughter of Hon...
  
   (1885–1949)

Portal Baronets, of Malshanger (1901; Reverted)

• Sir Spencer John Portal, 4th Baronet (1864–1955)
• Sir Francis Spencer Portal, 5th Baronet (1903–1984)
• Sir Jonathan Francis Portal, 6th Baronet (b. 1953)