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<p><b>Earl of Portland</b> is a title that has been created twice in the <a href="page.php?w=Peerage_of_England">Peerage of England</a>, firstly in 1633 and secondly in 1689. What proved to be a long co-held title, <b>Duke of Portland</b>, was created in 1716 and became extinct in 1990 upon the death of the ninth Duke, at which point the earldom passed to the most senior <a href="page.php?w=Primogeniture">agnatic</a> cousin, namely one of the 6th degree.</p>

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