William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland and Lord George Bentinck were his elder brothers.
Bentinck sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Nottinghamshire from 1846[2] to 1857.
[3] He was also a Trustee of the British Museum and a well-known hound man.
Despite being an advocate of the abolition of slavery, he nevertheless submitted an unsuccessful claim for £2,411, relating to 46 enslaved Africans on the L'amitie estate, Trinidad.
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