The Portman Baronetcy, of Orchard in the County of Somerset, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 25 November 1611 for John Portman. He was the grandson of Sir William Portman

William Portman

Sir William Portman was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Origins and early career:Portman was the son of John Portman, who was buried in the Temple Church on 5 June 1521, by Alice, daughter of William Knoell of Dorset...

, Lord Chief Justice of England between 1555 and 1557. Sir William Portman acquired land in Marylebone

Marylebone

Marylebone is an affluent inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It is sometimes written as St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone....

, London

London

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, which - through the later housing developments of Henry William Portman

Henry William Portman

Henry William Portman was an 18th century housing developer, the ancestor of the Viscounts Portman.He was the son and heir of Henry William Berkeley Portman, by his wife Anne Fitch. He succeeded his father in the estates of Bryanston and Orchard Portman in 1761, and to the Berkeley estates at Pylle...

, which turned it into the Portman Estate

Portman Estate

The Portman Estate is a property estate in Marylebone, Central London. It lies between Oxford Street and Edgware Road, and includes Portman Square, Manchester Square, and some parts of Baker Street and Gloucester Place....

 - is still the base of the Portman family wealth. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Somerset

Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

Somerset was a parliamentary constituency in Somerset, which returned two Members of Parliament , known traditionally as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England until 1707, the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from...

. The fourth and fifth Baronets both represented Taunton

Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)

Taunton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors from 1295 to 2010, taking its name from the town of Taunton in Somerset...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. The sixth Baronet was Member of Parliament for both Taunton and Somerset. The title became extinct on his death in 1690.

The family estates passed under a settlement to Henry Seymour, fifth son of Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet

Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet

Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1688...

, of Berry Pomeroy

Berry Pomeroy

Berry Pomeroy is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England, about two miles east of Totnes. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 973...

 and Anne, the second daughter of Sir John Portman, 1st Baronet. He took the surname Portman, but left no issue. The property then devolved upon William Berkeley, of Pylle, who took the surname Portman. His great-grandson was Edward Berkeley Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman was an 18th century housing developer and politician. He was the son of Henry Portman, and ultimately a descendant of the Tudor landowner Sir William Portman. Edward continued his father's work developing the family lands in London into the Portman Estate...

, Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Dorset

Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)

Dorset was a county constituency covering Dorset in southern England, which elected two Members of Parliament , traditionally known as knights of the shire, to the House of Commons of England from 1290 until 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the House of...

, father of Edward Portman, 1st 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...

. See Viscount Portman

Viscount Portman

Viscount Portman, of Bryanston in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1873 for the former Lord Lieutenant of Somerset and Liberal Member of Parliament Edward Portman, 1st Baron Portman. He had already been created Baron Portman, of Orchard...

 for later history of the family.

Portman Baronets, of Orchard (1611)

• Sir John Portman, 1st Baronet (d. 1612)
• Sir Henry Portman, 2nd Baronet (d. 1623)
• Sir John Portman, 3rd Baronet (d. 1624)
• Sir Hugh Portman, 4th Baronet
  Sir Hugh Portman, 4th Baronet
  Sir Hugh Portman, 4th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1625 and 1629.Portman was the son of Sir John Portman, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Gifford, daughter of Sir Henry Gifford...
  
   (d. 1632)
• Sir William Portman, 5th Baronet
  Sir William Portman, 5th Baronet
  Sir William Portman, 5th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
  
   (d. 1645)
• Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet
  Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet
  Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet FRS was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1690....
  
  (d. 1690)