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See also:BENTINCK, See also:LORD See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1774-1839) , See also:governor-See also:general of See also:India, was the second son of the 3rd See also:duke of See also:Portland and was See also:born on the 14th of See also:September 1774. He entered the See also:army, See also:rose to the See also:rank of See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel and was See also:present at See also:Marengo. In 1803 he was nominated governor of See also:Madras, where he quarrelled with the See also:chief See also:justice, See also:Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Gwillim, and several members of his See also:council. The See also:sepoy See also:mutiny at See also:Vellore in 1807 led to his recall. His name was considered at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time for the See also:post of governor-general, but Lord See also:Minto was selected instead;and it was not until twenty years later that he succeeded Lord See also:Amherst in that See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office. His governor-generalship (1827—1835) was notable for;' many reforms, chief among which were the suppression of the See also:Thugs (q.v.), the abolition of See also:suttee, and the making of the See also:English See also:language the basis of See also:education in India. It was on this last subject that Lord See also:Macaulay's famous See also:minute was written. Lord William's See also:administration was essentially
peaceful, but progressive and successful. He died at See also:Paris on the 17th of See also:June 1839.
See See also:Demetrius C. Boulger, Lord William Bentinck, in the " Rulers of India " See also:series (1892).
End of Article: BENTINCK, LORD WILLIAM (1774-1839)
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