William Harry Edward Bentinck (2 February 178429 September 1868) was an Anglican clergyman, who served as

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. Bentinck was the oldest son of

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 ...

(son of the 2nd Duke of Portland and younger brother of the

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 ...

, the Prime Minister) and his wife Elizabeth Cumberland, daughter of the dramatist

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. He was educated at

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and

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, matriculating in 1802 aged 18, graduating

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1805,

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1808. He was ordained deacon on 4 May 1807, and priest on 7 February 1808.https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/ ID 22530 Soon after his ordination, Bentinck was appointed Rector of

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, after

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accepted the recommendation of the Prime Minister (Bentinck's uncle the Duke of Portland) on 27 February 1808. He was appointed domestic chaplain to Edward Venables-Vernon,

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in January 1810. He was a canon of

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1809–1864, becoming

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in 1842 and

. He resigned in October 1864. On 19 July 1814, Bentinck married Frances Constable, daughter of

Thomas Constable Thomas Constable (21 July 1737, Beverley16 February 1786, Sigglesthorne) was Archdeacon of the East Riding from 11 December 1784 until his death. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge; and ordained in 1673. He held livings at Ston ...

(a priest). Bentinck paid for the construction of Holy Trinity Church, Bessborough Gardens, opened in 1852. (After suffering damage in

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, the church was demolished in 1954.)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bentinck, William Harry Edward 1784 births 1868 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Archdeacons of Westminster 19th-century English Anglican priests

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