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Lord Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (3 March 1744 – 8 October 1819), known as Lord Edward Bentinck, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1802.
Its members have served in the armed forces and as ambassadors and politicians, including as Governor General of India and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The family is related to the British royal family through the maternal Cavendish-Bentinck line of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother .
Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB GCH PC (14 September 1774 – 17 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British soldier and statesman who served as the governor of Fort William (Bengal) from 1828 to 1834 and the first Governor-General of India from 1834 to 1835.
Perhaps the most outspoken of Bentinck's admirers was the dramatisthistorian Edward Thompson who declared that “the credit [for the abolition of suttee] is almost entirely personal and it is Bentinck's.”
19 de set. de 2022 · Edward VI gave the crumbling ruins to George Talbot, 6 th Earl of Shrewsbury; his son, the 7 th Earl, sold it in 1590 to his half-brother, Sir Charles Cavendish (son of the celebrated Bess of Hardwick).
Nicknamed ‘Jolly Heart’, Lord Edward Bentinck entered Parliament because he was the brother of a Duke, but had no liking for it. He was returned unopposed at Lewes on the Duke of Newcastle’s interest, as a compliment to his brother.
Judging from his portraits, an exceptionally handsome young man, known by his courtesy title as the Marquess of Titchfield, he soon acquired a reputation as a philanderer and rapidly got into debt.
