Henry Bentinck (British Army officer)
Sir Henry Bentinck | |
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Born | 8 September 1796 |
Died | 29 September 1878 | (aged 82)
Occupation | Soldier |
General Sir Henry John William Bentinck KCB (8 September 1796 – 29 September 1878)[1] was a British soldier and courtier.
Background
He was the third and youngest son of Major-General John Charles Bentinck and his wife Jemima Helena, eldest daughter of Frederick de Ginkell, 6th Earl of Athlone.[2] His older brothers were the generals William Bentinck, 3rd Count Bentinck and Charles Bentinck, 4th Count Bentinck.[3]
Early career
Bentinck entered the British Army as ensign in March 1813 and was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards.[1] He rose to lieutenant in 1820 and to captain nine years thereafter.[4] In 1841, he was appointed an aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria with the rank of an brevet-colonel.[5] Bentinck was promoted to major in 1846[6] and five years later he purchased a lieutenant-colonelship.[7]
Crimean war
With the begin of the
Later life
After his return to
Family
In 1829, he married his distant cousin Renira Antoinette, the daughter of Admiral
References
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- ^ Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke. pp. 46.
- ^ a b c "ThePeerage - Sir Henry John William Bentinck". Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ a b c Hart, H. G. (1868). The New Annual Army List, Militia List and Imperial Yeomanry List. London: John Murray. p. 282.
- ^ "No. 20044". The London Gazette. 23 November 1841. p. 3012.
- ^ "No. 20664". The London Gazette. 13 November 1846. p. 4260.
- ^ "No. 21238". The London Gazette. 22 August 1851. p. 2147.
- ^ "No. 21564". The London Gazette. 22 June 1854. p. 1933.
- ^ a b c d Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. pp. 114–115.
- ^ "No. 22107". The London Gazette. 2 March 1858. p. 1251.
- ^ "No. 22328". The London Gazette. 22 November 1859. p. 4191.
- ^ "No. 23027". The London Gazette. 20 October 1865. p. 4943.
- ^ "No. 24508". The London Gazette. 2 October 1877. p. 5455.