Lord George Frederic Cavendish-Scott- Bentinck

(1802-1848)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bentinck, George, Lord, 1802-1848 NRA: Bentinck Lord William George Frederick Cavendish- (1802-1848) Politician and Sportsman DNB: Bentinck, Lord (William) George Frederic Cavendish-Scott- [known as Lord George Bentinck] (1802–1848), politician and sportsman LBT ID: GeBenti1848 VIAF ID: 74727771 LOC ID: n88255853	B/BAP: 1802-02-27 DIED: 1848-09-21
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The second surviving son of the fourth duke of Portland and nephew of George Canning, he devoted himself to horse racing and a busy political career as Tory MP for King's Lynn (1826-48).
REFERENCES TO Lord George Frederic Cavendish-Scott- Bentinck: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 26 April 1826 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. IV: 1825-26