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Lord William Bentinck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Bentinck, the second son of the 3rd Duke of Portland joined the Coldstream Guards in 1791, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. |
 | | A Whig, Bentinck used this position to meddle in internal Sicilian affairs, effecting the King's withdrawal from government in favor of his son, the Crown Prince, the reactionary queen's disgrace, and an attempt to devise a constitutional government for the troubled island, all of which ultimately ended in failure. |
 | | Bentinck returned to the UK in 1835, refusing a peerage, and again entered the House of Commons as a member for the Glasgow constituency, in Scotland. |
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