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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.
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 ...
Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Willem Bentinck van Rhoon; 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