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Biography. Lord Charles Bentinck, as he was known, remains a shadowy figure, remembered only as one of the principals in the celebrated Abdy divorce case. He was elected a member of Brooks’s in March 1804. Returned for Ashburton on the Clinton interest in 1807, he presumably gave silent support to his father’s ministry.
Bentinck was the third son of William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, and Henrietta, daughter of Major-General John Scott. William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland and Lord George Bentinck were his elder brothers. Political career. Bentinck sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Nottinghamshire from 1846 to 1857.
Distinctions. Chevalier grand-croix de l'ordre du Bain. Ordre royal des Guelfes. Gouverneurs généraux des Indes. modifier. William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, connu comme Lord William Bentinck ( 14 septembre 1774 – 17 juin 1839 ), est un diplomate et officier britannique qui fut gouverneur général des Indes .
Family and Education b. 14 Sept. 1774, 2nd s. of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck†, 3rd duke of Portland (d. 1809), and Lady Dorothy Cavendish, da. of William Cavendish†, 4th duke of Devonshire; bro. of Lords William Charles Augustus Cavendish Bentinck†, William Frederick Cavendish Bentinck* and William Henry Cavendish Scott Bentinck†, 4th duke of Portland.
The Right Honorable General Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, G.C.B. Late Governor General of India | Museum number 2010,7081.4709 |
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 William Cavendish Bentinck (1774-1839), the second son in an aristocratic, landed family, had entered the British army. His influential contacts secured several major political offices for him, including the governorship of Madras from 1803 to 1807 that he assumed when he was only 28, and much later, the governor-generalship of India from 1828 to 1835.
