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Lord William Bentinck: The Making of a Liberal Imperialist, 1774-1839 John Rosselli University of California Press , 1974 - Biography & Autobiography - 384 pages
Lord William Cavendish Bentinck (1774-1839), the second son in an aristocratic, landed family, had entered the British army. His influential contacts secured several major political offices for him, including the governorship of Madras from 1803 to 1807 that he assumed when he was only 28, and much later, the governor-generalship of India from ...
page 72 note 2 The effectiveness of this provision depended largely on the attitude adopted by Bentinck's successors. Had Metcalfe succeeded Bentinck as Governor-General it is likely that the policy adopted in 1835 would have been carried out rigorously. Metcalfe sympathized with Bentinck's policy.
The Bentinck family is a prominent family belonging to Dutch, German and British nobility. Its members have served in the armed forces and as ambassadors and politicians, including as Governor General of India and as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The family is related to the British royal family through the maternal Cavendish-Bentinck ...
From "Lord William Bentinck on the Suppression of Sati, 8 November 1829," in Speeches and Documents on Indian Policy, 17501921, ed. Arthur B. Keith (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922), vol. 1, pp. 208226. This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
26 de ago. de 2020 · The first important contribution of William Bentinck was social reforms in India. The main reforms were like, he put the ban on thugs. Female infanticide, which was a general practice in regions of Punjab and Rajputana. But, the most important step was the abolition of Sati in 1829. The general reason behind these reforms was the petition of ...
10 de abr. de 2024 · William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd duke of Portland (born April 14, 1738, Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, Eng.—died Oct. 30, 1809, Bulstrode) was a British prime minister from April 2 to Dec. 19, 1783, and from March 31, 1807, to Oct. 4, 1809; on both occasions he was merely the nominal head of a government controlled by stronger political leaders.
