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Bentinck

American  
[ben-tingk] / ˈbɛn tɪŋk /

noun

  1. William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland, 1738–1809, British statesman: prime minister 1783; 1807–09.


Bentinck British  
/ ˈbɛntɪŋk /

noun

  1. Lord William Cavendish . 1774–1839, British statesman, governor general of Bengal (1828–35)

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The first voice to be heard in the "lockdown era" was Tim Bentinck, who plays David Archer.

From BBC • May 25, 2020

Actor Gary Wilmot, The Archers' Timothy Bentinck and TV presenter Stacey Dooley are among those from the entertainment world to be made MBEs.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2018

Her suave European style soon brought her modelling work and there was a marriage to Richard Bentinck Boyle, 9th Earl of Shannon.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2018

Eighteen days later he abdicated as King and Emperor at Amerongen, the moat-defended chateau of Count Godard Bentinck, a Knight of the Prussian Order of St. John of which Wilhelm II was the head.

From Time Magazine Archive

It must have come therefore, to the Cromwells by intermarriage either with Bentinck, which, I believe, was not the case, or with some subsequent purchasers of the manor.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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