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Lord William Henry Cavendish- Bentinck
(1774-1839)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, Lord, 1774-1839
NRA:    Bentinck, Lord William Henry Cavendish- (1774-1839) Lieutenant General Governor General of India
DNB:    Bentinck, Lord William Henry Cavendish- [known as Lord William Bentinck] (1774-1839), army officer, diplomatist, and governor-general of India
LBT ID: WiBenti1839    VIAF ID: 35251879    LOC ID: n50007413		B/BAP:   1774-09-14
DIED:   1839-06-17
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
He was governor of Madras (1803), served in Spain, was governor of Bengal (1827) and the first governor-general of India (1833).
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