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Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (27 February 1802 – 21 September 1848), better known as Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner noted for his role (with Benjamin Disraeli) in unseating Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Lord George Bentinck (born Feb. 27, 1802, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died Sept. 21, 1848, Welbeck) was a British politician who in 1846–47 articulately led the protective-tariff advocates who opposed the free-trade policy of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel.
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Perhaps the primary interest in Lord George Bentinck's life, however, was horseracing. He carried on breeding, training and racing operations on an almost unparalleled scale and virtually controlled Goodwood. He was responsible for many of the reforms which helped horseracing become a more regulated sport.
7 de set. de 2016 · Lord George Bentinck took a very active part in these transactions, and moved the most important of all the amendments to the government measure, namely, an attempt to assimilate the poor law of Ireland as much as possible to that of England, and make the entire rates be paid by the occupying tenant.
People. History. British and Irish History: Biographies. Lord William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck. Bentinck, Lord George. views 3,250,213 updated Jun 11 2018. Bentinck, Lord George (1802–48). Bentinck personified integrity in politics and sport.
Hall of Famers. History. Meet The Panel. Voting. Features. Lord George Bentinck. Regarded as the second great ‘Dictator of the Turf’, Lord George Bentinck was Steward of the Jockey Club and the preeminent figure in British Flat racing from the mid-1830s to the mid-1840s.
Overview. Lord George Bentinck. (1802—1848) politician and sportsman. Quick Reference. (1802–48). Bentinck personified integrity in politics and sport. A son of the duke of Portland, Bentinck was private secretary to Canning, his uncle by marriage, and an MP from 1828. ... From: Bentinck, Lord George in The Oxford Companion to British History »
