William Portman ( 1643 - 1690 )

Birth: 05 September 1643 Death: His seat of Orchard Portman, near Taunton, Somerset (20 March 1690) Profession: Landowner Education: All Souls College, Oxford (matriculated 1659) Career: MP for Taunton (1661-1678, 1678-1679, 1685-1687, 1689-1690); MP for Somerset (1679-1681); Commissioner for Assessment for Somerset (1661-1664), and for Somerset and Dorset (1664-1680, 1689-death); Deputy-Lieutenant for Somerset (1666-1687, 1689-death), and for Dorset (1688-death); Colonel of Militia, Dorset (1668-1687, 1688-death); Recorder of Taunton (1685-death); captured the Duke of Monmouth after the Battle of Sedgemoor (1685); Commissioner for preventing export of wool (1689-death) Honours: KB 1661 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 28/12/1664 Proposers: John Graunt.