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     Sir John Portman Portman was born c in 1605.¹ He was the son of Sir John Portman and Anne Gifford.² He died on 12 December 1624, there unmarried.¹
     He was also known as 3rd Baronet [U.K. Life Peer].¹ He was educated Wadham College Oxford.¹

     Sir Hugh Portman Portman was born c in 1608.¹ He was the son of Sir John Portman and Anne Gifford.² He died on 14 May 1632, by unmarried.¹
     He was also known as 4th Baronet [U.K. Life Peer].¹ He was educated Exeter College Oxford.¹ He was Member of Parliament (M.P.) Taunton and 1628–29 in 1625.¹

     Sir William Portman Portman was born c in 1610.¹ He was the son of Sir John Portman and Anne Gifford.² He married Elizabeth Colles in 1644.¹ He died in September 1645, or 1648 while imprisoned in the Tower of London.¹
     He was educated Wadham College Oxford and Middle Temple.¹ He was also known as 5th Baronet [U.K. Life Peer].¹ He was Sheriff Somerset , Member of Parliament (M.P.) Taunton April-May 1640 and 1640–Feb 1642/3, royalist Civil War (taken prisoner after Battle of Naseby 1645, his estate being sequestrated by Parliamentarians for £20,000 (c £1,350,000 in early–2000s t in 1637.¹

     Elizabeth Colles married Sir William Portman Portman, son of Sir John Portman and Anne Gifford, in 1644.¹
      By Elizabeth.¹ Daughter and sole heiress of Humphrey Wyndham.¹ She lived Wiveliscombe.¹ Her married name became Portman. Daughter and coheir of John Colles.¹ She lived Barton.¹

     Sir William Portman Portman was born or 1644 circa 1641.¹ He was the son of Sir William Portman Portman and Elizabeth Colles.² He married Elizabeth Cutler.¹
     He was educated All Souls College Oxford.¹ Married 2nd Elizabeth, dau of Sir Thomas Southcote, of Buckland All Saints, Devon.¹ He was also known as 6th and last Baronet [U.K. Life Peer].¹ He was Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) in 1661.¹ He was Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) , Member of Parliament (M.P.) Taunton 1661–79 and 1685–90, with Lord Lumley (see SCARBROUGH, E) captured Duke of Monmouth 8 July 1685 following latter's failed uprising, suppressed at the Battle of Sedgmoor 6 July 16 in 1664.¹ On 20 March 1689 married 3rd Mary, daughter and heiress of Sir John Holman, but d without issue /90, when the btcy expired Orchard Portman and other estates worth £8,000 (c £600,000 in early–2000s terms) p.a. to his cousin Henry SEYMOUR later PORTMAN.¹

     Elizabeth Cutler married Sir William Portman Portman, son of Sir William Portman Portman and Elizabeth Colles.¹
      Daughter and heiress of Sir John Cutler.¹ She was also known as 1st Baronet [U.K. Life Peer].¹ Her married name became Portman.

     Joan Portman is the daughter of Sir John Portman and Anne Gifford.² She married George Speke.¹
      Her married name became Speke.

     George Speke married Joan Portman, daughter of Sir John Portman and Anne Gifford.¹
      Somerset.¹ He lived Whitelackington.¹

     Philippa Speke was the daughter of George Speke and Joan Portman.² She married Edward Berkeley, son of Sir Maurice Berkeley, in 1654.¹ She died in 1699.¹
      See BERKELEY, B), by Margaret, dau of John Holland, of Steyning, Sussex.¹ Her married name became Berkeley.