William Bentinck (priest)
William Harry Edward Bentinck was an Anglican clergyman, who served as Archdeacon of Westminster 1854–1864.
Bentinck was the oldest son of Lord Edward Bentinck and his wife Elizabeth Cumberland, daughter of the dramatist Richard Cumberland.
He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1802 aged 18, graduating B.A. 1805, M.A. 1808. He was ordained deacon on 4 May 1807, and priest on 7 February 1808.
Soon after his ordination, Bentinck was appointed Rector of Sigglesthorne, East Riding of Yorkshire, after King George III accepted the recommendation of the Prime Minister on 27 February 1808. He was appointed domestic chaplain to Edward Venables-Vernon, Archbishop of York in January 1810. He was a canon of Westminster Abbey 1809–1864, becoming rural dean in 1842 and Archdeacon of Westminster in 1854. He resigned in October 1864.
On 19 July 1814, Bentinck married Frances Constable, daughter of Thomas Constable.
Bentinck paid for the construction of Holy Trinity Church, Bessborough Gardens, opened in 1852.
