Lot Essay
The arms are those of Portman quartering those of Berkeley and impaling those of Julse quartering those of Lethieullier, as borne by Edward Berkeley Portman of Bryanston and Orchard Portman, born in 1771. He married as his first wife Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Whitby, who died in 1812. He married second, in 1816, Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hulse, Bt. of Breamore House, Wiltshire. He died at Rome in 1823 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward, who in 1837 was created Viscount Portman.