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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.
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 elder son of the actor Tim Bentinck, and couture milliner Judith ("Judy") Ann Emerson, he was accorded the courtesy style of Viscount Woodstock [2] upon his father inheriting the earldom of Portland. [3] Bentinck attended Harrow School before going up to read Philosophy at Heythrop College, London, graduating BA with first-class honours in ...
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 ...
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).
Bentinck has a long list of theatre, television and film credits. [4] He appeared in The Thick of It in 2005 and 2007 and starred with David Jason in The Royal Bodyguard in 2012. As himself, Bentinck has appeared on Call My Bluff , won a round of University Challenge , [ 5 ] Celebrity Mastermind , [ 6 ] Pointless Celebrities and beaten Judith ...
His church, First Reformed of Snowbridge, Albany County, New York, is an old Dutch Reformed church that was once a stop on the Underground Railroad, but now it is mostly a tourist attraction. The congregation is tiny, and it was bought some years ago by Pastor Joel Jeffers' Abundant Life church, an evangelical megachurch in Albany , which pays ...
An Act for effecting an engagement with the East India Company, and for the better Government of His Majesty's Indian Territories, till the Thirtieth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Citation: 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 85: Dates; Royal assent: 28 August 1833: Other legislation; Amended by