Rudolph Bentinck

Sir Rudolph Bentinck
Sir Rudolph Bentinck
Born	20 March 1869; Littlegreenhouse, Sussex
Died	31 March 1947 (aged 78); Basingstoke, Hampshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	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.

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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 the First World War, 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 was appointed second-in-command 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]

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

Family[edit]

In 1898 Bentinck married Mabel Fetherstonhaugh;^[7] they had one son and one daughter.^[2] A descendant is the entrepreneur Alice Bentinck.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 3, p. 3183
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Peerage.com
^ "No. 27393". The London Gazette. 3 January 1902. p. 3.
^ Battle of Jutland – Royal Navy Ships and Commanding Officers
^ Botswana World Statesmen
^ 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.
^ World Roots

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–October 1926	Succeeded by Sir Hugh Watson
Preceded by Sir Richard Phillimore	Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1926–1929	Succeeded by Sir Hubert Brand

[Burke's_Peerage_2003-1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 3, p. 3183

[peerage-2] ^ ^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

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