Lord William Bentinck Politician

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. He served as Governor-General of India from 1828 to 1835.

Personal facts

Lord William Bentinck
Birth dateSeptember 14, 1774
Birth place
England , Buckinghamshire
Nationality
British people
Date of deathJune 17, 1839
Place of death
Paris , France

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Office holder

awards
Order of the Bath
Royal Guelphic Order
military operations
Napoleonic Wars
military branch
British Army
military command
India
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons
military rank
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)
monarch
George IV of the United Kingdom
William IV of the United Kingdom
party
Whigs (British political party)
prime minister
Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey
service end1839
service start1791
successor
Charles Metcalfe 1st Baron Metcalfe

Topical connections

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Lord William Bentinck on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/family/portland/biographies/biographyoflord%5Bwilliam%5Dhenrycavendish-bentinck(1804-1870).aspx
  2. https://archive.org/details/lordwilliamben00boul