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William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, twice served as Prime Minister: from 2 April to 18 December 1783 and from 31 March 1807 to 4 October 1809. He was born on 14 April 1738, the eldest son and third of six children born to the second Duke of Portland and his wife Margaret Cavendishe Harley. Portland's mother was the heir of the second Earl of ...
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, III duque de Portland ( Nottinghamshire, 14 de abril de 1738-Bulstrode Park, Buckinghamshire, 30 de octubre de 1809) fue un político whig y estadista británico, que ocupó los cargos de rector de la Universidad de Oxford y Primer Ministro del Reino de Gran Bretaña, Reino Unido desde 1801.
Lord Edward Charles Bentinck (brother) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck (son) William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (father) Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (née Harley), Duchess of Portland (mother) Dorothy Bentinck (née Cavendish), Duchess of Portland (wife) William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (son)
The Right Honorable General Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, G.C.B. Late Governor General of India | Museum number 2010,7081.4709 |
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.
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.
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.
