The House of Bentinck is a prominent 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

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and

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. The family is related to the British royal family via

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's maternal

Cavendish-Bentinck Cavendish-Bentinck is a surname associated with the Dukes of Portland and their descendants. Bentinck is a Dutch surname brought to England by William Bentinck, an advisor to William III of England. Cavendish was added to the family name by ...

line.

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 ''

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

Heerde Heerde () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of the towns and cities in the Veluwe region. Population centres Politics The municipal counc ...

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

Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, (20 July 164923 November 1709) was a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England. ...

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

Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...

. 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 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 ...

(''

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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

Heeten 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 ...

and Raalte in

Overijssel Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...

. The area contains 5 square kilometres of forests and cultivated land. Nowadays, 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. Botl is Old English for a dwelling. Bothal could refer to a particular ...

(Bothal Estates) in Northumberland and

Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Abbey in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house residence of the Dukes of Portland. It is one ...

(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.

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, ( mt, Duminku 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 from 1949 to 198 ...

, 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 wh ...

(born 1951) **************Sir

Rudolph Walter Bentinck Admiral Sir Rudolph Walter Bentinck, (20 March 1869 – 31 March 1947) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from 1926 to 1929. Early life Rudolph was the second son of Walter Theodore Edward Bentinck, 13th Baron ...

(1868–1947), Royal Navy admiral ***************Wolf Walter Rudolph Bentinck (1903–1992) ****************Vivian Mark Bentinck (born 1945) ***************** Alice Bentinck (born 1986), British entrepreneur ************** Bernhard Bentinck (1877–1931), English cricketer ***************

Johan Volkier Baron Bentinck Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han, a manu ...

(1969-), consultant. *********** (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 Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, (20 July 164923 November 1709) was a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England. H ...

(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), of Titchfield, Hampshire, styled Viscount Woodstock from 1689 until 1709, was a British Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 until 17 ...

(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. Portland was the son of Henry Bentinck, 1s ...

(1709–1762), British peer; married to

Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (11 February 1715 – 17 July 1785) was a British aristocrat, styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Por ...

(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 Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) an ...

(1738–1809), British politician, twice Prime Minister; married to Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (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 ...

(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 peer. Born into the noble Bentinck family, his grandfather Will ...

(1796–1824), British politician ************* John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (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 politician and racehorse owner noted for his role (with Benjamin Disraeli) in unseatin ...

(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 Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (14 September 177417 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British soldier and statesman who served as the Governor of Fort William (Bengal) from 1828 to 1834 and the First G ...

(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 Lady Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (born Anne Wellesley; 29 February 1788 – 19 March 1875), known between 1806 and 1816 as Lady Abdy, was a British aristocrat and a great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Background She was a daughter of ...

(1788–1875) ************* Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (1817–1865), Church of England clergyman; married Louisa Cavendish-Bentinck (1832–1918) **************

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

, 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 John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, (28 December 1857 – 26 April 1943), known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier, and Conservative politician. He notably ser ...

(1857–1943), British Conservative politician; married to

Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Winifred Anna Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (''née'' Dallas-Yorke; 7 September 1863 – 30 July 1954) was a British humanitarian and animal welfare activist. Background Born at Murthly Castle, Perthshire, she was the only daughte ...

(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 Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. Biography Portland was the ...

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

Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland DBE (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". Fa ...

(1887–1982) ****************

Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck Lady Alexandra Margaret Anne Cavendish-Bentinck (6 September 1916 – 29 December 2008) was a member of the British nobility and one of the richest landowners in the country. She was a notable charity worker, art collector, and horsewoman. Fam ...

(1916–2008), British landowner, charity worker, art collector and horsewoman **************

Lady Ottoline Morrell Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell (16 June 1873 – 21 April 1938) was an English aristocrat and society hostess. Her patronage was influential in artistic and intellectual circles, where she befriended writers including Aldous Huxley, Siegfr ...

, 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 1 ...

(1821–1891) **************

William George Cavendish-Bentinck William George Cavendish-Bentinck (6 March 1854 – 22 August 1909), was a member of parliament for Penryn and Falmouth between 1886 and 1895, who married into the American Livingston family. Early life Cavendish-Bentinck was born on 6 March 18 ...

(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 Ruth Mary Cavendish-Bentinck ( St Maur; 21 October 1867 – 28 January 1953) was a Morocco-born British aristocrat, suffragist and socialist. Her library was the basis for what is now the Women's Library. Early life Bentinck was born in Tangier ...

(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 of G ...

(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 William ...

(1744–1819) **********

(1715–1759) *********

Mary Capel, Countess of Essex Mary Capel, Countess of Essex (1679 – August 20, 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 1715– 5 of 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). adjacen ...

(1715–1800), ruling Countess of Varel and Kniphausen **********Christiaan Frederik Anton Willem Karel Bentinck (1734–1768) ***********, 2nd Count Bentinck (1762–1835), Dutch politician ***********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 und Waldeck Limpurg, (born 1 June 1953), commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an English actor and writer, known for his long-running role as David Archer in the BBC ...

, 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 Reverend Sir Charles Bentinck (23 April 1879 – 26 March 1955) was a British diplomat who served as Minister (diplomacy) to several countries. After retirement from the Diplomatic Service, he became an Anglican priest. He was the third o ...

(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 (1796–1876), British general ***********

Charles Ferdinand Bentinck Charles Ferdinand Bentinck (20 August 1764 – 8 November 1811) was an Anglo-Dutch military officer and colonial governor. He served as Governor of Suriname from 1809 until his death in 1811. Biography Bentinck was born in The Hague, Dutch Repub ...

(1764–1811), British colonial governor ***********

Henry William Bentinck Henry William Bentinck (15 November 1765–10 November 1820) was a Dutch-born military officer, planter and colonial administrator. He served as Governor of Saint Vincent (1802–1806), Essequibo Demerara (1806–1812), and Berbice (1814–1820 ...

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

John Bentinck John Albert Bentinck (29 December 1737 – 23 September 1775) was an officer of the Royal Navy, an inventor and a Member of Parliament. Family background He was a member of the younger line of the house of Bentinck. His father, William, Count ...

(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

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Bentinck Island Bentinck Island is a small island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca just off the southern tip of Vancouver Island in Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada near Race Rocks. It served as a leper colony beginning in 1924, when the federal government shut d ...

near

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

at may have been named after

. *

North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

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 T ...

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's ...

, were named after

Captain Vancouver Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what ar ...

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 (or MacKenzie, gd, Alasdair MacCoinnich; – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer known for accomplishing the first crossing of America north of Mexico in 1793. The Mackenzie River is named after him. Early life ...

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 (german: Kaiser) and List of monarchs of Prussia, King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until Abdication of Wilhelm II, his abdication on 9 ...

fled to the

at the end of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, he was housed at Amerongen Castle, 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, but the first to be named after the Portland family, rather than

Portland Harbour Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England. Construction of the harbour began in 1849; when completed in 1872, its surface area made it the largest man-made harbour in the world, and rema ...

. *Bentinck Street, near Cavendish Square in the West End of London, bears the family name. * Bentinckia, a genus of palms named after Lord William Bentinck, Governor General of British India. Welbeckabbeysmall123.jpg,

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Schoonheten Manor The House of Bentinck 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 Governor General of India and Prime Minister of the United ...

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

family, Dukes of Portland Bentinck_wapen_1920.svg, Arms of Aldenburg-Bentinck, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire

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