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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.
William Butterworth Bayley (acting) (1782–1860) 13 March 1828: 4 July 1828 Governors-General of India, 1833–1858 Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839) 4 July 1828 20 March 1835 First Governor General of India; Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829; Suppression of Thuggee (1829–1835) Kol Rebellion (1831) Barasat Uprising (1831), led by Titumir
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.
Period of Tenure Events William Bentinck: 22 April 1834 – 20 March 1835: Coorg annexed (1834). Lord Auckland: 4 March 1836 – 28 February 1842: North-Western Provinces established (1836) Post Offices were established (1837) Agra famine of 1837–1838 Aden is captured by Company (1839) [19] First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)
The Ropar Meeting in October 1831 was between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Lord William Bentinck, Governor-General of the East India Company, on the banks of the river Satluj, in a town of the same name. [1] Ranjit Singh's fame had reached its peak, attracting the attention and friendship of sovereigns from afar. [2]
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 ...
Warren Hastings, the first governor-general of Fort William from 1773 to 1785. Lord William Bentinck, the first governor general of India from 1834 – 1835. Many parts of the Indian subcontinent were governed by the British East India Company (founded in 1600), which nominally acted as the agent of the Mughal emperor.
Lady Henrietta Bentinck (8 February 1737 – 4 June 1827), who married George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford [2] (1737–1819) William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (b. 14 April 1738 – d. 30 October 1809), who married Lady Dorothy Cavendish (1750–1794) daughter of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire