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LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK (1774-1839)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 749 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK (1774-1839)  , governor-general of India, was the second son of the 3rd duke of Portland and was born on the 14th of September 1774 . He entered the army, rose to the rank of
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lieutenant-colonel and was
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present at
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Marengo . In 1803 he was nominated governor of
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Madras, where he quarrelled with the chief justice,
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Sir Henry Gwillim, and several members of his council . The
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sepoy mutiny at
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Vellore in 1807 led to his recall . His name was considered at this time for the
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post of governor-general, but Lord Minto was selected instead;and it was not until twenty years later that he succeeded Lord Amherst in that office . His governor-generalship (1827—1835) was notable for;' many reforms, chief among which were the suppression of the
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Thugs (q.v.), the abolition of suttee, and the making of the
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English language the basis of
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education in India . It was on this last subject that Lord Macaulay's famous minute was written . Lord William's administration was essentially peaceful, but progressive and successful . He died at Paris on the 17th of
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June 1839 . See
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Demetrius C . Boulger, Lord William Bentinck, in the " Rulers of India " series (1892) .

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