Lord Henry Bentinck

{{Short description|19th-century British politician (1804-1870)}} {{about|Conservative politician|colonial governor|Henry William Bentinck}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1804|06|09}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1870|12|31|1804|06|09}} | constituency_MP = [[North Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Nottinghamshire]] | parliament = United Kingdom | term_start = 1846 | term_end = 1857 | predecessor = [[Henry Gally Knight]] | successor = [[Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington|Sir Evelyn Denison]] | father = [[William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland|William Bentinck]] | mother = [[Henrietta Bentinck, Duchess of Portland|Henrietta Scott]] }}

'''Lord Henry William Scott-Bentinck''' (9 June 1804 – 31 December 1870),<ref>{{Rayment-hc|n|3|date=March 2012}}</ref> known as '''Lord Henry Bentinck''', was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.

==Background== Bentinck was the third son of [[William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland]], and [[Henrietta Bentinck, Duchess of Portland|Henrietta]], daughter of Major-General John Scott. [[William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland]] and [[Lord George Bentinck]] were his elder brothers.

==Political career== Bentinck sat as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[North Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Nottinghamshire]] from 1846<ref>{{cite news|title=North Nottinghamshire.|date=7 March 1846|page=6|website=[[The Times]]|access-date=2018-01-15|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=cam_earl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS100825703&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0}}</ref> to 1857.<ref name="craig1832-1885">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 |orig-year=1977 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-26-4 |page=438 }}</ref> He was also a Trustee of the [[British Museum]] and a well-known hound man.

Despite being an [[abolitionism|advocate of the abolition of slavery]], he nevertheless submitted an unsuccessful claim for £2,411, relating to 46 [[enslaved Africans]] on the L'amitie estate, [[Trinidad]].<ref name="LBS Trinidad 1684">{{cite web |title=Trinidad 1684 (L'amitie) Claim Details, Associated Individuals and Estates |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/30049 |website=www.ucl.ac.uk |access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Imperial Careering Bentinck">{{cite book |last1=Haggerty |first1=Sheryllynne |last2=Seymour |first2=Susanne |title=Imperial Careering in the Long Eighteenth Century::The Bentinck Family, 1710-1830s |date=2018 |publisher=University of Nottingham |location=Nottingham |url=https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/908497/1/Final%20document%20for%20University%20Repository.pdf}}</ref>

==Personal life== Bentinck died in December 1870, aged 66.

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== External links == * {{Hansard-contribs | lord-henry-bentinck | Lord Henry Bentinck }}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = [[Thomas Houldsworth]] <br /> [[Henry Gally-Knight]] }} {{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[North Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottinghamshire North]] | with = [[Thomas Houldsworth]] 1846–1852 | with2 = [[Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton]] 1852–1857 | years = 1846 – [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857]] }} {{s-aft| after = [[Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton]] <br /> [[Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington|Sir Evelyn Denison]] }} {{s-end}}

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