Lord Charles Bentinck

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Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable
Lord Charles Bentinck
Treasurer of the Household
In office
29 July 1812 – 28 April 1826
Monarch George III
George IV
Prime Minister The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by Viscount Jocelyn
Succeeded by Sir William Henry Fremantle
Personal details
Born 3 October 1780 (1780-10-03)
Died 28 April 1826 (1826-04-29)
Nationality British
Spouse(s) (1) Georgiana Seymour
(d. 1813)
(2) Lady Anne Wellesley
(c. 1795–1875)

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck (3 October 1780 – 28 April 1826), known as Lord Charles Bentinck, was a British soldier and politician and a great-great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.

Background

Bentinck was the third son of Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland and Lady Dorothy (1750–1794), daughter of Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire. William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, and Lord William Bentinck were his elder brothers.[1]

Political career

Bentinck was returned to Parliament for Ashburton in 1806, a seat he held until 1812.[2] He served under the Earl of Liverpool as Treasurer of the Household between 1812[3] and 1826.

Family

Bentinck married, firstly, Georgiana Augusta Frederica Seymour (baptized Elliott) (1782-10 December 1813), daughter of the courtesan Mrs Grace Elliott on 21 September 1808; she was said to be a daughter of the Prince of Wales or of the 4th Earl of Cholmondeley, both men claiming her paternity.[4] They had one daughter, who was raised after Georgiana's death by Lord Cholmondeley, according to the entry on Grace Elliott. The marriage enabled Bentinck to become Treasurer of the Household in 1812, a position he held till death, despite his involvement in a notorious divorce suit and his subsequent remarriage.[5]

In 1815 he eloped with his mistress, Lady Abdy, daughter of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, and Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland, and wife of Bentinck's friend Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet. Lady Anne was divorced by her husband, and she and Bentinck were married on 16 July 1816. They had four children:

Abdy-Cavendish divorce

Anne and Lord Charles became lovers at some point during her first marriage. They eloped on 5 September 1815, following which Abdy brought a suit for criminal conversation (crim.con. in Regency parlance) for 30,000 pounds but won only 7,000 pounds in damages. (These damages were never paid by the impecunious Bentinck). During the discussion of the divorce bill, the customary provision against remarriage was struck out in the House of Lords. Lady Abdy (or rather, her husband Sir William Abdy) was granted a divorce on 25 June 1816. Anne and Lord William were married on 23 July 1816, enabling their first child (which she was expecting) to be born legitimate three weeks later.[6]

Bentinck died on 28 April 1826 at age 45. His wife survived him by almost 50 years and died in March 1875.[1]

Ancestors

Family of Lord Charles Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Anne Villiers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Wriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Lady Elizabeth Noel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. The Hon. Catherine Greville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Elizabeth Foley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Lady Margaret Cavendish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. The Hon. Rachel Russell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. John Hoskins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Catherine Hoskins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Catherine Hale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Lady Dorothy Cavendish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Juliana Noel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Charlotte Boyle, 6th Baroness Clifford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Lady Dorothy Savile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Lady Mary Finch
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 thepeerage.com Lt.-Col. Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck
  2. leighrayment.com House of Commons: Arundel to Ayrshire South
  3. The London Gazette: no. 16632. p. 1579. 11 August 1812.
  4. R.G. Thorne, [1] "CAVENDISH BENTINCK, Lord William Charles Augustus (1780-1826) reference in his biographical entry pp. 421-2 to his wife's parentage, in his book The House of Commons, see p. 421. Referenced through Google Books, 17 November 2012
  5. Thorne, see above
  6. R.G. Thorne, p. 422.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Ashburton
1807–1812
With: Hon. Gilbert Elliot 1807–1811
John Sullivan 1811–1812
Succeeded by
John Sullivan
Richard Preston
Political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of the Household
1812–1826
Succeeded by
Sir William Henry Fremantle