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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.
- 1791–1839
- Westminster School
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC, FRS (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809) was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and as Prime Minister of ...
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd duke of Portland British prime minister from April 2 to Dec. 19, 1783, and from March 31, 1807, to Oct. 4, 1809; on both occasions he was merely the nominal head of a government controlled by stronger political leaders. The eldest son of William, 2nd Duke of.
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Images. William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. Family. In 1766 he married Lady Dorothy Cavendish (1750-1794), daughter of the 4th Duke of Devonshire, and by her had: William Henry (1768-1854), later 4th Duke of Portland. William Henry (1774-1839), known as Lord William Bentinck. William Charles Augustus (1780-1826)
Biography of Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1774-1839; M.P. and Governor General of India) Lord William Bentinck was born in London, the second son of the 3rd Duke of Portland. He was educated at Rev. Dr Samuel Goodenough's school in Ealing, before moving on to Westminster School.
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 ...
He divided for inquiry into the legal proceedings against the Dublin Orange rioters, 22 Apr., and against the Irish insurrection bill, 12 May. He was mentioned in debate as a reformer, 21 Apr., and duly voted for parliamentary reform, 24 Apr., and reform of the Scottish representative system, 2 June.