Lord William Bentinck

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Lord William Bentinck was a British statesman and colonial administrator noted for his social and legal reforms in India, including efforts to suppress practices like sati and to modernize governance under East India Company rule.

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance British Army ⓘ
appointedBy East India Company ⓘ
birthDate 1774-09-14 ⓘ
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1839-06-17 ⓘ
education Westminster School ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Cavendish-Bentinck ⓘ
linked to: Bentinck family
father William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ⓘ
fullName William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
honorificTitle Lord ⓘ
implementedPolicy ban on sati in territories under East India Company rule ⓘ
financial retrenchment and cost-cutting in Indian administration ⓘ
introduction of English education in India ⓘ
judicial and revenue reforms in India ⓘ
knownFor Regulation XVII of 1829 banning sati ⓘ
modernization of governance under East India Company rule ⓘ
social reforms in India ⓘ
memberOf Whig Party ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
mother Lady Dorothy Cavendish ⓘ
nobleFamily Cavendish-Bentinck family ⓘ
linked to: Bentinck family
notableWork administrative and legal reforms in British India ⓘ
suppression of sati in British India ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
oversaw consolidation of British rule in India in early 19th century ⓘ
participatedIn Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Madras ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
servedAs British envoy in Sicily ⓘ
commander of British forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ
sibling Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck ⓘ
spouse Lady Mary Acheson ⓘ
supportedBy Raja Ram Mohan Roy ⓘ
termEnd 1835 (Governor-General of Bengal) ⓘ
termStart 1828 (Governor-General of Bengal) ⓘ

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Governor-General of Bengal → officeHolder → Lord William Bentinck ⓘ
Bentinck family → notableMember → Lord William Bentinck ⓘ
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck → child → Lord William Bentinck ⓘ
William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst → successor → Lord William Bentinck ⓘ
William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst → successor → Lord William Bentinck ⓘ
Lady Mary Acheson → spouse → Lord William Bentinck ⓘ
Minute on Indian Education → commissionedBy → Governor-General William Bentinck ⓘ
linked to: Lord William Bentinck
Governor-General of the Presidency Towns of India → officeHolder → William Bentinck ⓘ
linked to: Lord William Bentinck
Lord Auckland → predecessor → Lord William Bentinck ⓘ