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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 Fort William (Bengal) 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, suppressing female infanticide and human sacrifice. Bentinck said, "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." Bentinck after consultation with the army and officials passed the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lord William Bentinck has received more than 1,078,818 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Lord William Bentinck is the 7,849th most popular politician (down from 7,161st in 2019), the 1,561st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,502nd in 2019) and the 250th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lord William Bentinck ranks 7,849 out of 19,576. Before him are Obelerio degli Antenori, Artuk Bey, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Alexander Yakovlev, Damat Ferid Pasha, and Evgeny Pashukanis. After him are Leopold Figl, Rostislav I of Kiev, Jonas Basanavičius, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Xu Shichang, and Prince Ernst August of Hanover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Lord William Bentinck ranks 18. Before him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Charles Bell, Christian Leopold von Buch, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and Robert Southey. After him are Francis Baily, Matthew Flinders, Pierre Rode, Daniel D. Tompkins, Marie-Denise Villers, and Georg von Langsdorff. Among people deceased in 1839, Lord William Bentinck ranks 15. Before him are Pehr Henrik Ling, William Smith, Joseph Fesch, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Charlotte Bonaparte, and William Murdoch. After him are Ferdinando Paer, Mikhail Speransky, Adolphe Nourrit, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Joseph Anton Koch, and Dorothea von Schlegel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lord William Bentinck ranks 1,561 out of 8,785. Before him are Eglantyne Jebb (1876), David Purley (1945), N. R. Pogson (1829), Simon Rattle (1955), Philip Kerr (1956), and Clive Barker (1952). After him are Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Bear Grylls (1974), George Bentham (1800), John Guillermin (1925), Samantha Fox (1966), and Andrew Lincoln (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Lord William Bentinck ranks 250. Before him are Edward the Exile (1016), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720), George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840). After him are Gytha of Wessex (1053), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693), Jeffrey Archer (1940), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), and George Grenville (1712).

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