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Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (born 1774)

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Lord William Bentinck

British military commander and politician (1774–1839)

Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of the Fort William (Bengal) presidency from 1828 to 1834 and the first governor-general of India from 1834 to…
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Governor-General of India

Representative of the Indian monarch

The governor-general of India was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the emperor or empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the monarch of India. The office was created in 1773, with the title of…
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