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Edwin Berkeley Portman
Edwin
Berkeley
Portman
was an English
barrister
and
Liberal
politician
.
Portman was born at
Bryanston
,
Dorset
, the son of
Edward Portman, 1st Viscount Portman
and his
wife
Lady Emma Lascelles
. He was educated at
Rugby School
and
Balliol College, Oxford
. He was
called to the bar
at
Inner Temple
in
1852
.
In
1885
Portman was
elected
Member of Parliament
for
North Dorset
. He lost the seat in
1892
.