Sir Rudolph Bentinck | |
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Born | Littlegreenhouse, Sussex | 20 March 1869
Died | 31 March 1947 Basingstoke, Hampshire | (aged 78)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1882–1929 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | Plymouth Command (1926–29) Reserve Fleet (1926) Africa Station (1922–24) 4th Light Cruiser Squadron (1917–18) HMS Calliope (1917–18) HMS Tiger (1916–17) HMS Superb (1914–15) Royal Naval College, Osborne (1913–14) HMS Bristol (1910–13) HMS Prometheus (1906–08) |
Battles/wars | Mahdist War First World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Mentioned in Despatches |
Admiral Sir Rudolph Walter Bentinck, KCB, KCMG (20 March 1869 – 31 March 1947) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from 1926 to 1929.
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]
In 1898 Bentinck married Mabel Fetherstonhaugh;[7] they had one son and one daughter.[2] A descendant is the entrepreneur Alice Bentinck.[1]