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Lord William Bentinck

ウィリアム・キャヴェンディッシュ＝ベンティンク　/　うぃりあむ・きゃゔぇんでぃっしゅ＝べんてぃんく

American politician

September 14, 1774 – June 17, 1839　・　Portland, Oregon, United States

Oregon
politician
diplomat
military personnel

My Take

Lord William Bentinck fascinates me as a study in the contradictions of power. A British soldier and statesman, he became the first Governor-General of India, and history remembers him chiefly for the 1829 abolition of sati. I find him impossible to read in a single key: he was an agent of colonial rule, yet he used that authority to outlaw a practice that cost women their lives. I hold both of those truths at once rather than flattening him into hero or villain. That he still provokes argument nearly two centuries on is, to me, the surest measure of how consequential a figure he was.

Overview

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 Bengal presidency from 1828 to 1834 and the first governor-general of India from 1834 to 1835.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Lord William Bentinck
Name (Japanese): ウィリアム・キャヴェンディッシュ＝ベンティンク
Reading: うぃりあむ・きゃゔぇんでぃっしゅ＝べんてぃんく
Born: September 14, 1774 – June 17, 1839
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Horse
Origin: Portland, Oregon, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / diplomat / military personnel / cricketer / military officer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Royal Guelphic Order

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%20(%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E7%B7%8F%E7%9D%A3)

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