CAVENDISH-BENTINCK, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, only son of Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (qv); b. 8 Jul 1821; adm. 26 May 1834 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Mar 1839; MA 1844; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards, 28 Jul 1840; retd. 21 May 1841; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Apr 1842, called to bar 29 Jan 1846; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; MP (Cons) Taunton 1859-65, Whitehaven from 1865; Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade, 1874-5; Judge Advocate-General, 1875-80; Privy Councillor 27 Nov 1875; a well-known connoisseur; Trustee of the British Museum from 1871; Hon ARIBA 1878; his pictures and objets d’art were sold at Christies in 1891 (9 day sale); JP Cumberland, Dorset; author, Fact against Sensation : Speeches on Merchant Shipping Legislation, 1875; m. 14 Aug 1850 Prudence Penelope, fourth dau. of Charles Powell Leslie MP, Glasslough, co. Monaghan, Col. Monaghan Militia; d. 9 Apr 1891.
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Houses
- NT Armfeild's
- NT Ashburnham
- NT Ashby's
- NT Atwood's
- NT Bainbrigg's
- NT Benthall's
- NT Best's
- NT Bourne's
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- NT Clarke's
- NT College
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- NT Dean's
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- NT Douglas'
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- NT Edwards'
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- NT Hakluyt's
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- NT Hodgson's
- NT Homeboarders'
- NT Howe's
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- NT Morrison's
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- NT Packharness'
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- NT Powell's
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- NT Taylor's
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- NT Wynniate's