Lord Henry Bentinck

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Lord Henry Bentinck
Member of Parliament
for North Nottinghamshire
In office
1846–1857
Preceded byHenry Gally Knight
Succeeded bySir Evelyn Denison
Personal details
Born(1804-06-09)9 June 1804
Died31 December 1870(1870-12-31) (aged 66)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Parent(s)William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland
Henrietta Scott

Lord Henry William Scott-Bentinck (9 June 1804 – 31 December 1870),[1] known as Lord Henry Bentinck, was a British Conservative Party politician.

Background

Bentinck was the third son of

William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland and Lord George Bentinck
were his elder brothers.

Political career

Bentinck sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Nottinghamshire from 1846[2] to 1857.[3] He was also a Trustee of the British Museum and a well-known hound man.

Despite being an

enslaved Africans on the L'amitie estate, Trinidad.[4][5]

Personal life

Bentinck died in December 1870, aged 66.

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
  2. ^ "North Nottinghamshire". The Times. 7 March 1846. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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  4. ^ "Trinidad 1684 (L'amitie) Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. ^ Haggerty, Sheryllynne; Seymour, Susanne (2018). Imperial Careering in the Long Eighteenth Century::The Bentinck Family, 1710-1830s (PDF). Nottingham: University of Nottingham.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Gally-Knight
Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton
1852–1857
Succeeded by
Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton
Sir Evelyn Denison