Lord John Bentinck

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:advocacy Agricultural reform
Social reforms
Railway_expansion
gptkbp:affiliation Tory
Peelite faction
gptkbp:associatedWith Anti-Corn Law League
gptkbp:birthDate 1802-01-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Lord_Henry_Bentinck
gptkbp:contribution Economic_reforms_in_Britain
gptkbp:controversy Free trade vs protectionism
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence_on_Victorian_politics
gptkbp:deathDate 1848-09-21
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkbp:electionYear 1832 general election
1835 general election
1841 general election
1847 general election
gptkbp:historicalContext Victorian era
gptkbp:historicalRole Reformer
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Key_figure_in_the_repeal_of_the_Corn_Laws
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord John Bentinck
gptkbp:influenced Conservative_Party_policies
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Robert_Peel
gptkbp:knownFor Advocacy for free trade
gptkbp:legacy Prominent figure in 19th-century British politics
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork Opposition to the Corn Laws
gptkbp:office gptkb:Lord_of_the_Treasury
gptkbp:parent gptkb:William_Bentinck,_4th_Duke_of_Portland
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Classical liberalism
Opposition Leader
Coalition with Whigs
Influence on future Conservative leaders
gptkbp:politicalRole 1830
1848
gptkbp:positionHeld Member_of_Parliament_for_King's_Lynn
gptkbp:publications Memoirs
Political essays
Letters to constituents
Pamphlets on economic policy
Speeches_in_Parliament
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Lord_William_Bentinck
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Elizabeth_Bentinck
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Bentinck