The House of Bentinck is a prominent European family belonging to

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and

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. Its members have served in the armed forces and as ambassadors and politicians, including as

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and as

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. The family is related to the

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through the maternal Cavendish-Bentinck line of

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. Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 1774–1839, Governor General of India, son of Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Earl of Portland is missing from the family tree.

History

The name Bentinck is a

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variation of the

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name Bento. The family is originally from the east of the

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and is regarded as ''

Uradel (, German: "ancient nobility"; adjective or ) is a genealogical term introduced in late 18th-century Germany to distinguish those families whose noble rank can be traced to the 14th century or earlier. The word stands opposed to '' Briefadel'' ...

'' nobility, or noble from earliest times. The oldest known ancestor is Johan Bentinck, who owned land near

Heerde Heerde () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland, in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of t ...

and is mentioned in documents between 1343 and 1386. An important British branch was founded by

Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland ( Dutch: ''Hans Willem Bentinck''; 20 July 164923 November 1709) was a Dutch-born English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, a ...

, who accompanied William Henry, Prince of Orange to England during the

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. The head of this line was initially given the title of

Earl of Portland Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1633 and secondly in 1689. What proved to be a long co-held title, Duke of Portland, was created in 1716 and became extinct in 1990 upon the death of t ...

(later

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). In 1732, the title of Count Bentinck (''

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Bentinck''), of the

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, was created for Willem Bentinck, the second surviving son of the 1st Earl of Portland. A Royal Licence of 1886 was created which allowed the use of this title in Britain. The Royal Warrant of 27 April 1932 abolished the use of foreign titles in the United Kingdom but extended the special allowance in 13 cases, including the Bentinck comital title "during the lives of the present holders, their heirs, and their heir's heir, provided such heir's heir is now in existence." That exception has now expired. Another branch with the title of count existed in the Netherlands, but it died out in the male line. The Dutch and British branches of the family continue to exist and belong to the

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and

The Lordship of In- and Kniphausen

The counts of Bentinck were sovereign rulers of the Lordship of In- and Kniphausen, a territory of two parts in and around what is now the city of

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. Originally subject to

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, the general reorganisation of the Holy Empire in 1803 (''

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'') granted

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until the dissolution of the Holy Empire in 1806. The Lordship maintained a precarious independence until 1810, when

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annexed it and the whole German

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coast to enforce the

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. At the

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in 1815, the Lordship was denied admittance to the

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in deference to

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, who wished to see the territory annexed by his cousin, the

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. Count Bentinck fought for his little state, however, and at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1818, the Great Powers agreed that the Count's territory should be granted limited sovereignty. The Frankfurt Convention of 10 July 1819 recognised In- and Kniphausen as sovereign within its own borders but under the protection of Oldenburg. The Treaty of Berlin on 8 June 1825 finalized the terms. In- and Kniphausen was permitted its own commercial flag, which its vessels bore on the high seas. Nevertheless, there was a long dispute between the Oldenburg and the Bentinck families in the latter's inheritance. This dispute was not ended until 1854 with a settlement in which the Bentinck family renounced its sovereignty for financial compensation and certain property rights. The Counts of Bentinck no longer claimed sovereignty over In- and Kniphausen. Even before the final settlement, Oldenburg and Prussia had negotiated the Treaty of Jade of 1853 in which Oldenburg agreed to sell 340 hectares of Kniphausen territory to Prussia as a naval station for its North Sea Fleet. The cession became the city of Wilhelmshaven.

Today

The Dutch estate of the Bentinck family since the 16th century, , is situated between the villages

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and

Raalte Raalte () is a municipality and a town in the heart of the region of Salland in the Dutch province of Overijssel. Population centres The municipality consists of the following towns and villages. Raalte is the main place of the municipality, w ...

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. The area contains of forests and cultivated land. Today the family mainly earns its living by forestry, agriculture and renting holiday houses. The British branch of the family owns

Bothal Castle Bothal Castle is a castle and stately home in the village of the same name near the River Wansbeck, between Morpeth and Ashington in the English county of Northumberland. The word "Bothal" is Old English for a dwelling, and may have referred t ...

(Bothal Estates) in Northumberland and

Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Abbey is an English country house near the village of Welbeck in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire. It was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order, and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries a residen ...

(Welbeck Estates), the ancestral seat of the

Dukes of Portland Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, firstly in 1633 and secondly in 1689. What proved to be a long co-held title, Duke of Portland, was created in 1716 and became extinct in 1990 upon the death of t ...

in Nottinghamshire. Gary Ramsay Bentinck, Baron Bentinck (1964), is head of both the British baronial branch and the Dutch family. At the moment, there are not so many of the Dutch Bentincks bearing this surname and belonging to the branch of the original family, such as Maxim (baptismal name Maxim Wilhelm Christian Fredrik) Bentinck and Anna Bentinck, direct descendants who are aristocrats.

Notable members

* (c. 1397–1477) **Henrich Bentinck (died 1502) *** (c. 1468–1538), Dutch steward of the Veluwe region, and diplomat ****Willem Bentinck (died 1576) *****Eusebius Bentinck (died 1584) ******Hendrik Bentinck (1563–1639) *******Berent Bentinck (1597–1668) ********Eusebius Borchart Bentinck (1643–1710) *********Willem Bentinck (1673–1747) **********Berend Hendrik Bentinck (1702–1773) ***********Derk Bentinck (1741–1813) ************Berend Hendrik Wolter Jan Bentinck (1781–1849) *************Walter Theodore Edward Bentinck (1840–1901) **************Reginald Joseph Bentinck (1866–1937) ***************Moyra de Vere Bentinck (1917–1997), married to

Dom Mintoff Dominic Mintoff ( ; often called ''il-Perit'', "the Architect"; 6 August 1916 – 20 August 2012) was a Maltese socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party (Malta), Labour Party from 1949 to 1984 ...

, Prime Minister of Malta ****************

Yana Mintoff Yana Bland or Yana Bland Mintoff (' Yana Joan Mintoff) is a Maltese Labour politician, economist and educator. Mintoff was born on 21 August 1951, the daughter of the former Prime Minister of Malta, Dom Mintoff and Moyra De Vere Bentinck, by w ...

(born 1951) **************Sir Rudolph Walter Bentinck (1868–1947), Royal Navy admiral ***************Wolf Walter Rudolph Bentinck (1903–1992) ****************Vivian Mark Bentinck (born 1945) *****************

Alice Bentinck Alice Yvonne Bentinck (born 23 July 1986) is a British entrepreneur. Along with Matt Clifford she is the co-founder of Entrepreneurs First (EF), a London-based company builder and startup accelerator founded in 2011. EF finds exceptional tale ...

(born 1986), British entrepreneur ************** Bernhard Bentinck (1877–1931), English cricketer *********** (1745–1781), Dutch naval hero *********** (1751–1825), Dutch lieutenant-general *********** (1753–1830), Dutch soldier and statesman *********Hendrik Adolf Bentinck (1678–1734) **********Willem Bentinck (1721–1784) *********** (1764–1837), Dutch politician ************ (1798–1868), Dutch politician ************John Adolf Bentinck (1824–1917) *************Johannes Adolf Bentinck (1857–1941) **************Johannes Adolf Bentinck (1890–1953) *************** (1916–2000), Dutch major-general **************** (born 1940), Dutch judge ********

William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland ( Dutch: ''Hans Willem Bentinck''; 20 July 164923 November 1709) was a Dutch-born English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, ...

(1649–1709), Dutch general and diplomat; English peer from 1689 *********

Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (17 March 1682 – 4 July 1726) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1721 to 1726. Styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 until 1709 ...

(1682–1726), Dutch-born British politician and colonial statesman **********

William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1 March 1709 – 1 May 1762), styled Viscount Woodstock from 1709 to 1716 and Marquess of Titchfield from 1716 to 1726, was a British peer and politician. Early life Portland was the son of Henry ...

(1709–1762), British peer; married to

Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (11 February 1715 – 17 July 1785) was the richest woman in Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain of her time, styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her ...

(1715–1785), Cavendish heiress and bluestocking ***********

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (14 April 173830 October 1809) was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig and then a Tories (British political party), Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He s ...

(1738–1809), British politician, twice Prime Minister; married to

Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (née Lady Dorothy Cavendish; 27 August 17503 June 1794) was Duchess of Portland and the wife of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Biography Dorothy Caven ...

(1750–1794) ************

William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, (24 June 1768 – 27 March 1854), styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1809, was a British politician who served in various positions in the governments of George Canning and Lord G ...

(1768–1854), British politician *************

William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield (21 August 1796 – 5 March 1824)—styled Viscount Woodstock until 1809—was a British Member of Parliament (MP) and son of a duke. Born into the noble Bentinck family, his grand ...

(1796–1824), British politician *************

John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (17 September 1800 – 6 December 1879), styled Lord John Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British Army officer and politician best known fo ...

(1800–1879), British aristocratic eccentric and recluse *************

Lord George Bentinck Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (27 February 180221 September 1848), better known as Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician and racehorse owner noted for his role (with Benj ...

(1802–1848), British politician and racehorse owner *************

Lord Henry Bentinck Lord Henry William Scott-Bentinck (9 June 1804 – 31 December 1870), known as Lord Henry Bentinck, was a British Conservative Party politician. Background Bentinck was the third son of William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, and Henrietta ...

(1804–1870), British politician ************

Lord William Bentinck Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (14 September 177417 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of the Be ...

(1774–1839), British soldier and statesman, Governor-General of India ************

Lord Charles Bentinck Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck (20 May 178028 April 1826), known as Lord Charles Bentinck, was a British soldier and politician and a great-great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II. Background Bentinck was the third son of Brit ...

(1780–1826), British soldier and politician; married to Lady Charles Bentinck (1788–1875) ************* Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (1817–1865), Church of England clergyman; married

Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck Caroline Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck (née Burnaby; 23 November 18326 July 1918) was the maternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and a great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Early life Caroline Louisa Burnaby was born at Baggrav ...

(1832–1918) **************

Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (''née'' Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth&nbs ...

, née Cavendish-Bentinck (1862–1938), maternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II *************Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck (1819–1877), British lieutenant-general **************

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland William Arthur Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, (28 December 1857 – 26 April 1943) was a British landowner, courtier, and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He notably served as Master of the Horse between ...

(1857–1943), British Conservative politician; married to Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1863–1954) ***************

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland, (16 March 1893 – 21 March 1977), styled Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British peer and Conservative politician. Biography Portland was the elder son of William Cavendish ...

(1893–1977), British Conservative politician; married to

Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland GBE (née Gordon-Lennox; 16 June 1887 – 3 March 1982) was Duchess of Portland from 1943 – 1977 and afterwards Dowager Duchess. She initiated the Harley Foundation, "to encourage creativity". F ...

(1887–1982) **************** Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (1916–2008), British landowner, charity worker, art collector and horsewoman **************

Lady Ottoline Morrell Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (née Cavendish-Bentinck; 16 June 1873 – 21 April 1938) was an English Aristocracy (class), aristocrat and society hostess. Her patronage was influential in artistic and intellectual circles, where she befri ...

, née Cavendish-Bentinck (1873–1938), British society hostess ************Lord Frederick Guy Cavendish-Bentinck (1781–1828), British major-general *************

George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (9 July 1821 – 9 April 1891), known as George Bentinck and scored in cricket as GAFC Bentinck, was a British barrister, Conservative politician, and cricketer. A member of parliament from 1859 to ...

(1821–1891) **************

William George Cavendish-Bentinck William George Cavendish-Bentinck (6 March 1854 – 22 August 1909), known as George Cavendish-Bentinck, was a member of parliament for Penryn and Falmouth between 1886 and 1895, who married into the American Livingston family. Early life Caven ...

(1854–1909), British Member of Parliament; married to

Elizabeth Livingston Cavendish-Bentinck Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck ( Livingston; August 12, 1855 – November 4, 1943) was an American born member of the Livingston family who married a British Member of Parliament from the Cavendish-Bentinck family and was a prominent member of New ...

(1855–1943) **************Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (1856–1948); married Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck (1867–1953), suffragist ***************

Ferdinand Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland (4 July 1889 – 13 December 1980) was a British peer and grandson of George Cavendish-Bentinck. The son of Frederick W. Cavendish-Bentinck and Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck, grandson o ...

(1889–1980) ***************

Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, (18 June 1897 – 30 July 1990), known as Victor Cavendish-Bentinck until 1977 and Lord Victor Cavendish-Bentinck from 1977 to 1980, and informally as Bill Bentinck, was a Britis ...

(1897–1990), British diplomat and businessman ***********

Lord Edward Bentinck Lord Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (3 March 1744 – 8 October 1819), known as Lord Edward Bentinck, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1766 to 1802. Background and education Bentinck was the second son of Willi ...

(1744–1819) **********

(1715–1759) *********

Mary Capel, Countess of Essex Mary Capell, Countess of Essex (1679 – 20 August 1726), born Lady Mary Bentinck, was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince ...

, née Bentinck (1679–1726) *********

Willem Bentinck van Rhoon Willem, Count Bentinck, Lord of Rhoon and Pendrecht (6 November 1704 – 13 October 1774) was a Dutch nobleman and politician, and the eldest son from the second marriage of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. He was created Count Bentinck ...

, 1st Count Bentinck (1704–1774), Dutch politician; married

Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg (4 August 17155 February 1800), was the ruling Countess of Varel and Kniphausen,Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser IV. "Portland". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1956, pp. 484-485. (German). adjacent lord ...

(1715–1800), ruling Countess of Varel and Kniphausen **********Christiaan Frederik Anton Willem Karel Bentinck (1734–1768) ***********, 2nd Count Bentinck (1762–1835), Dutch politician ************Willem Gustaaf Frederik Bentinck (1801–1867) *************Wilhelmine Augusta Friederike Bentinck (1834–1922); married in 1862 to James Smith (1822–1906) ************** Mary Bentinck Smith (1864–1921), headmistress of

St Leonards School St Leonards School is a co-educational private boarding and day school for pupils aged 4–19 in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Founded in 1877 as St Andrews School for Girls Company, it adopted the St Leonards name upon moving to its current pre ...

1907–1921 **************William Frederick Bentinck-Smith (1872–1924) *************** William Bentinck-Smith (1914–1993),

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, administrator *************Willem Gustav Frederick Bentinck (1836–1871) ***********Jan Carel van Aldenburg Bentinck (1763–1833) ************Willem Frederik Christiaan Bentinck, 3rd Count Bentinck (1787–1855) ************Carel Anton Ferdinand van Aldenburg Bentinck, 4th Count Bentinck (1792–1864) *************Henry Bentinck, 5th Count Bentinck (1846–1903), resigned his rights to his younger brothers 1874 **************Count Robert Bentinck (1875–1932) *************** Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland, 10th Count Bentinck (1919–1997), British Army officer and non-conformist intellectual ****************

Timothy Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck of Waldeck Limpurg (born 1 June 1953), commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an Australian-born British actor and writer, known for his long-running role as David Arche ...

, 11th Count Bentinck (born 1953), British actor and writer; married to Judy Bentinck (born 1952), British milliner ***************** William Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock (born 1984), English social entrepreneur and speaker **************Sir Charles Henry Bentinck (1879–1955), British diplomat who, after retirement, became an Anglican priest *************Willem van Aldenburg Bentinck, 6th Count Bentinck (1848–1912) **************Willem van Aldenburg Bentinck, 7th Count Bentinck (1880–1958) *************** (1925–2013) *************Carel Reinhard Adelbert van Aldenburg Bentinck (1853–1934) ************** (1879–1975) *************Godard Johan George Carel van Aldenburg Bentinck (1857–1940) **************Carel van Aldenburg Bentinck, 8th Count Bentinck (1885–1964) **************Adriaan van Aldenburg Bentinck, 9th Count Bentinck (1887–1968) ************Sir

Henry John William Bentinck General Sir Henry John William Bentinck KCB (8 September 1796 – 29 September 1878) 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 da ...

(1796–1876), British general *********** Charles Ferdinand Bentinck (1764–1811), British colonial governor ***********

Henry William Bentinck Henry William Bentinck (born Hendrik Willem Bentinck; 15 November 1765 – 10 November 1820) was a Dutch-born British colonial administrator who served as the governor of Saint Vincent (1802–1806), Essequibo Demerara (1806–1812), and Berbice ...

(1765–1820), British colonial governor **********

John Bentinck Captain John Albert Bentinck, (29 December 1737 – 23 September 1775) was a Royal Navy officer, inventor and politician who represented Rye in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1768. Family background He was a member of the ...

(1737–1775), Royal Navy captain, inventor and member of Parliament *********** William Bentinck (1764–1813), Royal Navy admiral, Governor of St Vincent and the Grenadines ************ George William Pierrepont Bentinck (1803–1886), British politician

Family tree

Legacy

* Bentinck Island near

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre ...

at may have been named after

. *

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and

South Bentinck Arm South Bentinck Arm is a long side-inlet of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. At the north end of the arm it meets the North Bentinck Arm and then the Dean Channel before flowing into the Burke Channel. Rivers ...

s, inlets off

Burke Channel Burke Channel is a channel in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, separating the south and east coasts of King Island from the mainland. It was first charted in 1792 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver' ...

, were named after

Captain Vancouver Captain (Royal Navy), Captain George Vancouver (; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern West Coast of the Uni ...

in 1793.

North Bentinck Arm North Bentinck Arm is a short inlet about in length in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is an arm of Burke Channel and is linked via that waterway and Labouchere Channel to Dean Channel, which is one of the largest inlets ...

is significant in the history of Canada because it was here in 1793 that

Sir Alexander Mackenzie Sir Alexander Mackenzie ( – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America north of Mexico by a European in 1793. The Mackenzie River and Mount Sir Alexander are named afte ...

completed the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America by a European north of Mexico. * HMS ''Bentinck'', Royal Navy ships named after Captain

. *After

Kaiser Wilhelm II Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty ...

fled to the

at the end of

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, he was housed at

Amerongen Castle Amerongen Castle ( ) is a castle in Amerongen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Netherlands. It was built between 1674 and 1680, on the site of a medieval castle that had been burned down by the French in 1673. The gardens still contain historic elements such ...

, belonging to Count Bentinck. * HMS ''Portland'' (F79) is a

type 23 frigate The Type 23 frigate or Duke class is a class of frigates built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ships are named after British Dukes, thus leading to the class being commonly known as the Duke class. The first Type 23, , was commission ...

(''Duke'' class) named after the Dukes of Portland. It is the eighth ship to hold the title. *Bentinck Street and Bentinck School, in the Radford area of Nottingham, bear the family name.

John Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (17 September 1800 – 6 December 1879), styled Lord John Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British Army officer and politician best known fo ...

lived at

near

Clumber Park Clumber Park is a country park in The Dukeries near Worksop in the civil parish of Clumber and Hardwick, Nottinghamshire, England. The estate, which was the seat of the Earl of Lincoln, Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle, was purchased by the Na ...

in North

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

. *Bentinck Street, near Cavendish Square in the West End of London, bears the family name. *

Bentinckia ''Bentinckia'' is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae. The genus is named after William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck a colonial governor general of British India. There are two species of palms in this genus. namely '' Bentinckia condapanna'' ...

, a genus of palms named after Lord William Bentinck, Governor General of British India. Welbeckabbeysmall123.jpg,

Schoonheeten 20090426.jpg, Schoonheten Manor Bothal Castle.jpg,

CoA Bentinck Famly.svg, Arms of the Bentinck family, Earls of Portland Coat of Arms of the Duke of Portland.svg, Arms of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland Bentinck_wapen_1920.svg, Arms of Aldenburg-Bentinck, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire

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