biography
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Bentinck, Lord (William) George (Frederick Cavendish)
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| (1802–48)
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| biography:
| British politician, born at Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, C England, UK. He entered parliament in 1828, supported Catholic Emancipation and the Reform Bill, but left the Whigs in 1834 to form a separate Conservative parliamentary group with Lord Stanley. On Peel's third betrayal of his party in introducing free trade measures, Bentinck led the Tory Opposition to Peel. A great lover of racing and field sports, he stamped out many dishonest turf practices. |
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