Lord William Bentinck
First Governor General of India, British soldier and statesman (1774-1839) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 64
Lieutenant-General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,, known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of the Bengal presidency from 1828 to 1834 and the first governor-general of India from 1834 to 1835.
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Elisa Bonaparte; whom Bentinck would not countenance retaining the Principality of Lucca and Piombino, first granted to her by Napoleon in 1805.
Territory of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1796
Northern Italy in 1814
Portrait of Napoleon as King of Italy. He renounced the Italian throne, along with the French, on 11 April 1814.
Lady William Cavendish-Bentinck (c 1783-1843) (Ellen Sharples)
Memorial at the Bentinck family vault in St Marylebone Parish Church, London
