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Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB GCH PC (14 September 1774 – 17 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of Fort William (Bengal) from 1828 to 1834 and the first governor-general of India from 1834 to 1835.
Lord William Bentinck became the first Governor-General of India in the end of 1833. [1] The "Governor-General in Council" were given exclusive legislative powers, that is, the right to proclaim laws which would be enforced as the law of the land across the whole of British India.
The Charter Act 1833 re-designated the office with the title of Governor-General of India. William Bentinck was the first to be designated as the Governor-general of India in 1833. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the company rule was brought to an end, but the British India along with princely states came under the direct rule of the ...
That status came only with the Charter Act 1833, which granted him "superintendence, direction and control of the whole civil and military Government" of all of British India. The act also granted legislative powers to the governor-general and council. In 1835, Lord William Bentinck became the first governor general of India. [4]
Christian Frederick Anthony Bentinck 1734–1768: William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 1738–1809 3rd Duke of Portland, 4th Earl of Portland: William Gustavus Frederic Bentinck 1762–1835 2nd Count Bentinck: John Charles Bentinck 1763–1833 3rd Count Bentinck: William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 1768–1854 4th Duke of Portland, 5th Earl of ...
William Bentinck. William Bentinck, the Governor-General of Bengal and afterwards Governor-General of India (1828-1835), revised the Regulation of 1822, introducing the Mahalwari System. They realized that the result of the Regulation of 1822 was widespread misery. After a prolonged consultation, Bentick's Government passed a new regulation in ...
1763–1833 3rd Count Bentinck: William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 1768–1854 4th Duke of Portland, 5th Earl of Portland:
William Bentinck (Royal Navy officer) (1764–1813), Royal Navy officer; Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), British soldier and statesman; William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649–1709), Knight of the Garter; William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709–1762), Knight of the Garter; William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (1768–1854 ...