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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 George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (27 February 1802 – 21 September 1848), better known as Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner noted for his role (with Benjamin Disraeli) in unseating Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws.
Lord George Bentinck (24 December 1715 – 1 March 1759) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament (MP). [1] Biography. ... William, Duke of Portland. [3]
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.
The English Education Act 1835 was a legislative Act of the Council of India, gave effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, to reallocate funds it was required to spend on education and literature in India.
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).
William George Cavendish-Bentinck (1854–1909), who married Elizabeth Livingston, granddaughter of Maturin Livingston, in 1880. [ 27 ] Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (1856–1948), who married Ruth St Maur , and was father of the 8th and 9th Duke of Portland .
George Bentinck may refer to: Lord George Bentinck (1802–1848), English Conservative politician and racehorse owner, MP for King's Lynn; George Bentinck (Norfolk MP) (1803–1886), British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for Norfolk West; George Cavendish-Bentinck (1821–1891), British Conservative politician, barrister, and ...