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Lord William Bentinck

1774 - 1839

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Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (14 September 1774 – 17 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of the Fort William (Bengal) presidency from 1828 to 1834 and the first governor-general of India from 1834 to 1835. He has been credited for significant social and educational reforms in India, including abolishing sati, forbidding women to witness the cremations on the ghats of Varanasi, and suppressing female infanticide and human sacrifice. Bentinck noted "the dreadful responsibility hanging over his head in this world and the next, if… he was to consent to the continuance of this practice (sati) one moment longer." After consultation with the army and officials, Bentinch passed the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829. This was challenged by the Dharma Sabha which appealed in the Privy Council, however the ban on Sati was upheld. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lord William Bentinck is the 10,081st most popular politician (down from 7,848th in 2019), the 2,239th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,561st in 2019) and the 354th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Lord William Bentinck ranks 10,081 out of 19,576. Before him are Johnson Toribiong, Claudius Silvanus, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Ali Saibou, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, and Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus. After him are Muse Bihi Abdi, Benigno Aquino III, Leni Robredo, Sani Abacha, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, and Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr.

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Among people born in 1774, Lord William Bentinck ranks 22. Before him are Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, André Marie Constant Duméril, Matthew Flinders, Robert Southey, and Francis Baily. After him are Václav Tomášek, Pierre Rode, Karl Mollweide, Marie-Denise Villers, Johann Jakob Bernhardi, and Georg von Langsdorff. Among people deceased in 1839, Lord William Bentinck ranks 22. Before him are William Murdoch, Mikhail Speransky, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Adolphe Nourrit, Joseph Anton Koch, and Andrew Dũng-Lạc. After him are Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Dorothea von Schlegel, Maurice de Guérin, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, and Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lord William Bentinck ranks 2,239 out of 8,785. Before him are Stephen Langton (1150), Thomas Byles (1870), Trevor Taylor (1936), John Canton (1718), Andy Gray (1955), and Jonathan Bailey (1988). After him are Albert F. Mummery (1855), Bobby Smith (1933), Jethro Tull (1674), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), William Blackstone (1723), and David Seaman (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Lord William Bentinck ranks 354. Before him are Randolph Churchill (1911), Menzies Campbell (1941), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), and Prasutagus (50). After him are Joe Davis (1901), Erskine Childers (1870), Norman Lamont (1942), Mary McAleese (1951), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), and Ernest Bevin (1881).

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