High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William George Frederic Cavendish Bentinck, (commonly called Lord George Bentinck) (1802–1848), fifth child and second surviving son of the fourth duke of Portland, by Henrietta, daughter of Major-general Scott, of Balcomie, co. Fife, was born at Welbeck Abbey on 27 February 1802. Although it has been frequently asserted that he was sent to Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (Encycl. Brit. 8th and 9th editions), his name does not appear in the lists of either the college or the house. He seems to have been educated at home, and to have entered the 10th hussars as cornet as early as 1819. Although he was a younger son, the great wealth of the house of Bentinck, augmented as it was by the marriage of his father, made him a rich man. His mother's sister was the wife of Mr. Canning ; And when, in 1822, that statesman accepted the office of governor-general of Bengal, Lord George Bentinck exchanged into the 4lst regiment, intending to accompany him...

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