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DUNDAS, Charles (1751-1832), of Barton Court, Kintbury, Berks.; Aston Hall, Hawarden, Flints., and Manor House, Pimlico, Mdx.

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b. 5 Aug. 1751, 2nd s. of Thomas Dundas† (d. 1786) of Fingask, Stirling and 2nd w. Lady Janet Maitland, da. of Charles, 6th earl of Lauderdale [S]. educ. Edinburgh h.s.; Edinburgh Univ. 1768; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1769; M. Temple 1774, called 1777. m. (1) 16 Feb. 1782, Anne (d. 29 Nov. 1812), d. and h. of Ralph Whitley of Kintbury and Aston Hall, 1da.; (2) 25 Jan. 1822, his cos. Margaret, da. of Hon. Charles Barclay Maitland, wid. of Charles Ogilvy of Inchmartin, Perth and of Maj. Archibald Erskine of Venlaw, Peebles, s.p. cr. Bar. Amesbury 16 May 1832. d. 30 June 1832.

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Counsellor to prince of Wales as gt. steward of Scotland 1785 – 1820.

Col. White Horse (Berks.) vol. cav. 1797, lt.-col. commdt. 1799, capt. commdt. 1803, lt.-col. commdt. 1804.

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DUNDAS, Charles (1751-1832), of Barton Court, Kintbury, Berks.; Aston Hall, Hawarden, Flints., and Manor House, Pimlico, Mdx.

Main residences: Barton Court, Kintbury, Berks. and Aston Hall, Hawarden, Flints. and Manor House, Pimlico, Mdx.

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Commons 1820-1832

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DUNDAS, Charles (1751-1832)

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CAVENDISH BENTINCK, Lord William George Frederick (1802-1848).

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b. 27 Feb. 1802, 3rd. s. of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck†, 4th duke of Portland (d. 1854), and Henrietta, da. and coh. of Maj.-Gen. John Scott† of Balcomie, Fife; bro. of William Henry Cavendish Scott Bentinck, mq. of Titchfield* and William John Cavendish Scott Bentinck, mq. of Titchfield*. educ. by fa.’s chaplain Rev. D.H. Parry. unm. d.v.p. 21 Sept. 1848.

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Ensign and lt. (half-pay) 1 Ft. Gds. 1818; cornet 9 Drag. 1819; capt. 50 Ft. 1821; capt. 41 Ft. 1822, half-pay 1823; capt. 2 Life Gds. 1824; capt. 75 Ft. Jan. 1826; maj. army (half-pay) Feb. 1826; ret. 1835.

Private sec. to sec. of state for foreign affairs Oct. 1822 – Apr. 1824.

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CAVENDISH BENTINCK, Lord William George Frederick (1802-1848).

Notes

No comprehensive biography has been published. His later political career as a Protectionist is covered in B. Disraeli, Lord George Bentinck: A Political Biography (1872), which draws on material not subsequently available; N. Gash, Pillars of Government, 112-75; and A. Macintyre, ‘Lord George Bentinck and the Protectionists: A Lost Cause’, TRHS (ser.5), xxxix (1989), 141-65. His career on the Turf is covered in J. Kent, The Racing Life of George Cavendish Bentinck (1892); M. Seth Smith, Lord Paramount of the Turf (1971); M.J. Huggins, ‘Lord Bentinck, the Jockey Club and Racing Morality in 19th Cent.’, International Jnl. of Hist. of Sport, xiii (1996), 432-44.