George Bentinck (Norfolk MP)

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"Big Ben"
Bentinck caricatured by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, August 1871

George William Pierrepont Bentinck

JP (17 July 1803 – 20 February 1886) was a British Conservative
politician.

Background

Bentinck was the son of Vice-Admiral William Bentinck, son of Captain John Bentinck, son of Willem Bentinck van Rhoon, younger son of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. His mother was Lady Frances Augusta Eliza, daughter of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers.

Political career

After unsuccessfully contesting a

resigned from the Commons in 1884.[1]

He also served as a

.

Personal life

Bentinck died unmarried in February 1886, aged 82.

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Hon. Edward Coke
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Hon. Thomas de Grey
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