Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck 1819-1877

Paternal Family Tree: Bentinck

On 3rd July 1806 [his step-father] William Abdy 7th Baronet [aged 27] and [his mother] Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy [aged 18] were married at Hyde Park Corner; this is possibly Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner. She by marriage Lady Abdy of Felix Hall in Kelveden in Essex. She the illegitmate daughter of [his grandfather] Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley [aged 46] and [his grandmother] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley [aged 40].

On 21st September 1808 [his father] Charles Cavendish-Bentinck [aged 28] and Georgiana Augusta Frederica Seymour [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 46] and Grace Elliott. He the son of [his grandfather] William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland [aged 70] and [his grandmother] Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland.

On 16th July 1816 [his father] Charles Cavendish-Bentinck [aged 36] and [his mother] Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy [aged 28] were married. She the illegitmate daughter of [his grandfather] Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley [aged 56] and [his grandmother] Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley [aged 50]. He the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland and Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland.

On 10th May 1819 Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck was born to Charles Cavendish-Bentinck [aged 38] and Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy [aged 31].

On 28th April 1826 [his father] Charles Cavendish-Bentinck [aged 45] died.

On 18th February 1857 Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck [aged 37] and Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed were married.

On 28th December 1857 [his son] William Cavendish-Bentinck 6th Duke Portland was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck [aged 38] and [his wife] Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed. His mother died a week later. He married 11th June 1889 Winifred Anna Dallas-Yorke Duchess Portland and had issue.

On 4th January 1858 [his wife] Elizabeth Sophia Hawkins Whitshed died from childbirth.

On 10th June 1862 Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck [aged 43] and Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover [aged 27] were married.

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On 28th May 1863 [his son] Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cavendish-Bentinck was born to Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck [aged 44] and [his wife] Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover [aged 28]. He married 27th January 1892 his fourth cousin once removed Olivia Caroline Amelia Taylour.

On 16th June 1873 Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck [aged 54] and [his wife] Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover [aged 38]

In 1875 [his mother] Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy [aged 87] died.

On 11th December 1877 Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck [aged 58] died.

On 23rd April 1880 [his former wife] Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover [aged 45] was created 1st Baroness Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire with remainder to the heirs male of the body of her late husband Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck.

On 7th August 1893 [his former wife] Augusta Mary Elizabeth Browne 1st Baroness Bolsover [aged 58] died. Her step-son Her ninth cousin [his son] William [aged 35] succeeded 2nd Baron Bolsover of Bolsover in Derbyshire.

Ancestors of Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck 1819-1877

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Villiers Countess Portland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 1st Earl Gainsborough 22 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Wriothesley Baptist Noel 2nd Earl Gainsborough 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wriothesley Countess Gainsborough 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulke Greville 5th Baron Brooke 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Dashwood Baroness Brooke

Grandfather: William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Harley 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Foley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Foley Countess of Oxford and Mortimer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl de Clare 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Holles 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont Countess de Clare 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Pierrepont Duchess Newcastle upon Tyne 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

father: Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 9 x Great Grandson of King Robert III of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Hoskins

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hale

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hale

Grandmother: Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Seymour 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Noel 22 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Noel Countess Burlington 23 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Savile 2nd Marquess Halifax 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Spencer Lady Savile 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Finch Duchess Roxburghe 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Essex Rich Countess Nottingham 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Colley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Colley aka Wesley 1st Baron Mornington

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ussher of Bridgefoot

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Ussher

Great x 1 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale

Grandfather: Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hill

Great x 3 Grandfather: Michael Hill

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Hill aka Hill-Trevor 1st Viscount Dungannon

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Trevor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Trevor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hill Countess Mornington

mother: Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Pierre Roland

Grandmother: Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley

Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck 1819-1877

Royal Ancestors of Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck 1819-1877

Ancestors of Lieutenant-General Arthur Cavendish Bentinck 1819-1877