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The Bentinck family is a prominent family belonging to Dutch, German and British nobility. Its members have served in the armed forces and as ambassadors and politicians, including as Governor General of India and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
William Bentinck (priest) William Bentinck (Royal Navy officer) William George Cavendish-Bentinck; William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland; Lord William Bentinck; Will Bentinck; William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield; William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland; William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland; William Bentinck, 4th ...
Bentinck was born in Buckinghamshire, the second son of Prime Minister William Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, and Lady Dorothy (née Cavendish), only daughter of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. On the marriage the family name became Cavendish-Bentinck. [11] He was educated at Westminster School, a boys' public school in Westminster ...
Vice-Admiral William Bentinck FRS (17 June 1764 – 21 February 1813) was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Saint Vincent from 1798 to 1802. During his long career in the navy, he eventually rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue .
Quartered arms of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, KG, PC. William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, [1] KG, PC (Dutch: Hans Willem Bentinck; 20 July 1649 – 23 November 1709) was a Dutch-born English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England.
One of nine children, he was known by his second Christian name, John, as all the male members of the family were named William. He was the brother of Charlotte Denison, future wife of Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington. Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck was educated at home rather than at school.
The son of the non-conformist intellectual Henry Bentinck, Portland was born on a sheep station in Barton, Tasmania, Australia, but moved with his family to Berkhamsted in England at the age of two. He was educated at a prep school , then Harrow School , and finally at the University of East Anglia , where he spent much of his time on ...
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809) was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom (1807–1809).