Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck

Lord Henry in 1895.

Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (28 May 1863 – 6 October 1931), known as Henry Cavendish-Bentinck until 1880, was a British Conservative politician.

Biography

Cavendish-Bentinck was the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck from his second marriage to Augusta Mary Elizabeth, 1st Baroness Bolsover. His paternal grandfather Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck was the third son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, while William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, was his elder half-brother. In 1880 he was granted the rank of a younger son of a duke on his half-brother's succession to the dukedom.[1]

He entered Parliament for Norfolk North-West in 1886, defeating Joseph Arch, a seat he lost in 1892, when Arch reclaimed the seat. He returned to the House of Commons in 1895 when he was elected for Nottingham South, a seat he held until 1906 and again from 1910 to 1929.[1]

Cavendish-Bentinck was commissioned into the part-time 3rd (2nd Derbyshire Militia) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, as a lieutenant on 1 July 1881, and later transferred to the Derbyshire Yeomanry, in which he was promoted to captain on 7 April 1897.[2] He served in South Africa during the Second Boer War in 1899–1900, where he was appointed to the Staff on 20 February 1900 as a major.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and commanding officer of the Derbyshire Yeomanry on 22 August 1912, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration (TD).[2] He served in World War I, and postwar became honorary colonel of 24th (Derby Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps.[1] He had been appointed Hon Col of the 4th (Cumberland and Westmorland) Battalion of the Border Regiment on 8 July 1893.[1][2]

Family

Cavendish-Bentinck married, in 1882, Lady Olivia Caroline Amelia, daughter of Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective, and granddaughter of the 3rd Marquess of Headfort.[1] She was known as Lady Henry Bentick, and was mentioned in despatches (29 November 1900) by Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, for civilian services during the Second Boer War.[4]

Lord Henry died in October 1931, aged 68. Lady Henry died in November 1939, aged 70.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Burke's: 'Portland'.
  2. ^ a b c Army List, various dates.
  3. ^ "No. 27441". The London Gazette. 10 June 1902. p. 3753.
  4. ^ "No. 27443". The London Gazette. 17 June 1902. pp. 3965–3967.

References

allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cavendish-Bentinck