Lord Williams Bentinck

Lord Bentinck

Question 1:

British political and military (Portland 1774-Paris 1839). He participated in the Italian campaign of 1799 in the wake of Marshal Suvorov and 1801 with the Austrian army. Then he held the post of governor of Madras, India (1803-06), from 1811 to 1814 was in Sicily, nominally as sent to court and commander of British forces in the island, almost as governor of the island, which introduced constitutional government in imitation of the English, despite the hostility of Queen Caroline.

In 1803 he was named, surprisingly, Governor of Madras . Although its mandate was relatively successful, ended in a somewhat abrupt, to declare a mutiny at Vellore in 1806 because of the Bentinck issued a directive prohibiting the native troops could use their traditional costume. After this riot, Bentinck was transferred to Spain , where he participated in the Spanish War of Independence , and was appointed commander of British troops in Sicily .

On his return to England in 1815 , Bentinck sat in the House of Commons for a while before being appointed Governor General of India in 1827 . During his tenure, Bentinck applied strong measures to cut spending, reforming the judicial system and promoted a more European education did the natives to adapt to the British bureaucracy.

Question 2:

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Question 3:

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