She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), and one transporting convicts to Tasmania.

[1] Captain John Cragie sailed Lord William Bentinck from the Downs on 8 June 1828, bound for China and Halifax.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 January 1829, reached St Helena on 30 March, and arrived at Halifax on 9 May.

[2] Lord William Bentinck discharged her cargo of tea but then ran ashore.

[1] On 2 Feb. 1830, her owners sold Lord William Bentinck to Henry Hutchinson, master mariner.