Edward Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman (31 January 1771 – 19 January 1823, Rome) of Bryanston House, Bryanston, Dorset was an 18th-century English housing developer and politician.

[1] 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.

He also sat as Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge between 1802 and 1806[2] and for Dorset between 1806 and 1823.

[3] On 21 August 1798, he married Lucy Whitby (10 Mar 1778 - 25 Mar 1812), daughter of Reverend Thomas Whitby.