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Lord William Bentinck was the first governor general of British-occupied India. Everyone else before him was the Governor of Bengal (Fort William). On his return to England, Bentinck served in the House of Commons for some years before being appointed Governor-General of Bengal in 1828.
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 ...
Lord George Bentinck (1802–1848), British politician and racehorse owner; Lord Henry Bentinck (1804–1870), British politician; Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), British soldier and statesman, Governor-General of India; Lord Charles Bentinck (1780–1826), British soldier and politician; married to Lady Charles Bentinck (1788–1875)
William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield (21 August 1796 – 5 March 1824)—styled Viscount Woodstock until 1809—was a British Member of Parliament (MP) and son of a duke. Born into the noble Bentinck family , his grandfather William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , served as both Prime Minister of Great ...
Bentinck was born in The Hague, Dutch Republic on 15 November 1765 as Hendrik Willem Bentinck. [2] [3] He was a grandson of Willem Bentinck van Rhoon, [4]: 71 and a relative of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. [4] Bentinck was educated in Great-Britain. [1]: 13 He served 12 years in the cavalry of William V, Prince of Orange.
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck may refer to: William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809), British Whig and Tory statesman and Prime Minister Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), British statesman and governor of India
William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, PC (24 June 1768 – 27 March 1854), styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1809, was a British politician who served in various positions in the governments of George Canning and Lord Goderich.