Sir William Cavendish-Bentinck

GPTKB entity

Properties (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:birthDate 1772-09-14
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Cavendish-Bentinck,_4th_Duke_of_Portland
gptkbp:deathDate 1854-10-08
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Cavendish-Bentinck
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/William_Cavendish-Bentinck%2C_4th_Duke_of_Portland.jpg/220px-William_Cavendish-Bentinck%2C_4th_Duke_of_Portland.jpg
gptkbp:influenced Indian_education_system
gptkbp:knownFor Abolition of Sati
Suppression of Thuggee
Promotion_of_Western_education_in_India
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork Reform_of_the_East_India_Company
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Bentinck_Lodge,_near_Calcutta
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Governor-General_of_India
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_William_Bentinck
gptkbp:signature https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/William_Cavendish-Bentinck_signature.svg/220px-William_Cavendish-Bentinck_signature.svg.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Margaret_Cavendish-Bentinck
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lord_Auckland
gptkbp:termEnd 1835
gptkbp:termStart 1828