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Political career. Family. References. Lord Edward Bentinck. 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. Background and education.
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.
Lord Edward Bentinck (1744–1819) Lord George Bentinck (1715–1759) Mary Capel, Countess of Essex, née Bentinck (1679–1726) Willem Bentinck van Rhoon, 1st Count Bentinck (1704–1774), Dutch politician; married Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg (1715–1800), ruling Countess of Varel and Kniphausen
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.” Thompson, Edward, Suttee.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland, & Lord Edward Bentinck. Museum number 1840,0808.136 |
m. 28 Dec. 1782, Elizabeth, da. of Richard Cumberland, the dramatist, 2s. 2da. Offices Held. Biography. 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.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Lord William Bentinck (born September 14, 1774, Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England—died June 17, 1839, Paris, France) was a British governor-general of Bengal (1828–33) and of India (1833–35). An aristocrat who sympathized with many of the liberal ideas of his day, he made important administrative reforms in Indian government ...
