Rudolph Bentinck

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Sir Rudolph Bentinck
Born20 March 1869
Littlegreenhouse, Sussex
Died31 March 1947 (1947-04-01) (aged 78)
Basingstoke, Hampshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Years of service1882–1929
RankAdmiral
Commands heldAfrica Station
Plymouth Command
Battles/warsMahdist War
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Admiral Sir Rudolph Walter Bentinck KCB KCMG (20 March 1869 – 31 March 1947) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

Background[]

Rudolph was the second son of Walter Theodore Edward Bentinck, 13th Baron Bentinck (1840-1901), of a distinguished Dutch family, by his wife Henrietta Jane Christina (d. 1924), daughter of William Hinton, of The Til, Madeira, Portugal.[1]

Naval career[]

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Bentinck joined the Royal Navy in 1882.[2] He took part in the Mahdist War in 1891, and was promoted to Commander on 31 December 1901.[3] He was appointed Commander of the Royal Naval College, Osborne, in 1913.[2]

Bentinck served in World War I taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir David Beatty,[4] and being mentioned in despatches.[2] After the War he became Naval Secretary.[2] He became Commander of the 1st Battle Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet in 1921 and went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Africa Station in 1922.[2] In that capacity he was briefly Acting Governor-General of South Africa from December 1923 to January 1924.[5]

He became Admiral Commanding the Reserve Fleet in March 1926 and then Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth later that year: he retired in 1929.[6]

Family[]

In 1898 he married Mabel Fetherstonhaugh;[7] they had one son and one daughter.[2] A descendant is the entrepreneur Alice Bentinck.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 3, p. 3183
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f The Peerage.com
  3. ^ "No. 27393". The London Gazette. 3 January 1902. p. 3.
  4. ^ Battle of Jutland - Royal Navy Ships and Commanding Officers
  5. ^ Botswana World Statesmen
  6. ^ Moseley, Brian (18 March 2006). "Royal Navy Training Ships". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouth Data. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  7. ^ World Roots
  8. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 3, p. 3183
Military offices
Preceded by
Allan Everett 		Naval Secretary
1918–1921 		Succeeded by
Hugh Watson
Preceded by
Sir William Goodenough 		Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station
1922–1924 		Succeeded by
Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice
Preceded by
Sir Victor Stanley 		Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet
March 1926–October 1926 		Succeeded by
Sir Hugh Watson
Preceded by
Sir Richard Phillimore 		Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
1926–1929 		Succeeded by
Sir Hubert Brand
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