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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 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
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 ...
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)
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 Bentinck 1704–1774 1st Count Bentinck: William Bentinck 1709–1762 2nd Duke of Portland, 3rd Earl of Portland: 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 ...