Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland

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Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland ( October 2, 1919 - January 30, 1997 ) was a British peer and politician. He was a member of the German-English noble family Bentinck .

life and career

Bentinck was the son of Robert Charles Graf Bentinck (1875-1932) and Lady Norah Ida Emily Noel (1881-1939). Before he inherited the British title, he had held the old German title of (Reich) Count Bentinck and Waldeck-Limpurg since 1932 . Due to special royal permission, the family was allowed to use the title in the United Kingdom since 1886.

He attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst , Berkshire.

During the Second World War Bentinck served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards . During this time he was wounded twice and was taken prisoner of war. From 1952 to 1955 he worked as a cattle breeding assistant in Tasmania .

With his first wife, Pauline Ursula Mellowes (1921–1967), whom he married on October 13, 1940 in London , he had three children, two daughters Sorrel and Anna and a son, Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, who was later 12. Earl of Portland . From February 23, 1974 he was married to Jennifer Hopkins for the second time.

Bentinck wrote several books: "Anyone Can Understand the Atom" was published in 1965 and deals with the topic of nuclear energy . In 1966 he published the children's book "The Avenue of Flutes", and in 1971 the thriller "Isoworg" appeared.

When his 7th cousin Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland died on July 30, 1990, he inherited his title of Earl of Portland , but not the title of Duke of Portland , which became extinct. Bentinck was a direct descendant of Johann Wilhelm Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland († 1709). A hereditary seat in the House of Lords was associated with the earl title . He made his inaugural address in Parliament on April 28, 1992.

Bentinck died in January 1997 at the age of 77.

Works

  • Anyone Can Understand the Atom . Parrish, London 1965.
  • The Avenue of Flutes . Chatto & Windus, London 1966.
  • Isoworg . Joseph Books, London 1971.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Henry Noel Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ Mr Henry Bentinck in Hansard (English)

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predecessor Office successor
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Earl of Portland
1990-1997 		Tim Bentinck
personal data
SURNAME Bentinck, Henry, 11th Earl of Portland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentinck, Henry Noel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and peer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1997