Lord William Bentinck

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Lord William Bentinck was a British statesman and colonial administrator noted for his social and legal reforms in India, including efforts to suppress practices like sati and to modernize governance under East India Company rule.

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instanceOf British politician
Governor-General of India
colonial administrator
human
allegiance British Army
appointedBy British East India Company
surface form: East India Company
birthDate 1774-09-14
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
deathDate 1839-06-17
education Westminster School
ethnicGroup English
familyName Bentinck family
surface form: Cavendish-Bentinck
father William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
fullName William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
givenName William
honorificTitle Lord
implementedPolicy ban on sati in territories under East India Company rule
financial retrenchment and cost-cutting in Indian administration
introduction of English education in India
judicial and revenue reforms in India
knownFor Regulation XVII of 1829 banning sati
modernization of governance under East India Company rule
social reforms in India
memberOf Whig Party
militaryRank Major-General
mother Lady Dorothy Cavendish
nobleFamily Bentinck family
surface form: Cavendish-Bentinck family
notableWork administrative and legal reforms in British India
suppression of sati in British India
occupation diplomat
soldier
statesman
oversaw consolidation of British rule in India in early 19th century
participatedIn Napoleonic Wars
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Paris
positionHeld Governor of Madras
Governor-General of Bengal
Governor-General
surface form: Governor-General of India
religion Anglicanism
servedAs British envoy in Sicily
commander of British forces in the Mediterranean
sibling Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck
spouse Lady Mary Acheson
supportedBy Raja Ram Mohan Roy
termEnd 1835 (Governor-General of Bengal)
termStart 1828 (Governor-General of Bengal)

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