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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.
Reverend Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (8 November 1817 – 17 August 1865). He was a great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II through his daughter, who married the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne .
Lord Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (3 March 1744 – 8 October 1819), married Elizabeth Cumberland (d. 1837) Portland died in May 1762, aged 53, was buried at Westminster Abbey . He was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son William, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain .
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).
A decision was taken by the Governor-General of India, William Bentinck for direct administration of the Kingdom with two Commissioners viz. J. Briggs & C.M. Lushington. The two however quarreled and this led to the appointment of a sole Commissioner, William Morrison, in May 1834 [ 7 ] but on his transfer in June 1834, Cubbon was then made as ...
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.
Bentinck became Lieutenant Governor and introduced important reforms. The Royal Court was no longer a lawmaking body and all legislative power was vested in the States. With the fixing in 1771 of the Code des Lois it was established that the States had a legislative monopoly, and the lawmaking powers of the Royal Court were removed ( see quote ...
Charles Bentinck may refer to: Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (1817–1865), Church of England clergyman; Charles Ferdinand Bentinck (1764–1811), Dutch-born British colonial governor; Lord Charles Bentinck (1780–1826), British aristocrat, father of Charles Cavendish-Bentinck; Charles Henry Bentinck (1879–1955), British diplomat and Anglican ...