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Bentinck, William Henry Edward, 1784-1868
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1784-1868
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BENTINCK, WILLIAM HENRY EDWARD, elder son of Lord Edward Charles Cavendish Bentinck (qv); b. 2 Feb 1784; adm. 3 Jul 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797, 1801; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1802, Canoneer Student; BA 1805; MA 1808; private secretary to his uncle, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv), when Prime Minister; ordained priest 7 Feb 1808 (York); Rector of Sigglesthorne, Yorks., 21 Mar 1808 (still 1829); Canon Residentiary of Westminster 7 Oct 1809- Oct 1864; instrumental in getting the knee-breeches which used to be worn by the KSS abolished in 1843; built and endowed at his own cost Holy Trinity, Bessborough Gardens, completed 1852; Clerk of Signet (sinecure) 11 Dec 1802 - 7 Aug 1851, when office abolished; m. 19 Jul 1814 Frances, dau. of Ven. Thomas Constable, Rector of Sigglesthorne, Yorks., and Archdeacon Yorkshire East Riding; d. 29 Sep 1868.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.