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b. 10 July 1649, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Bernhard Bentinck (1597-1668), Ld. of Diepenheim [Overijssel, Utd. Provinces], and Anna (1622-85), da. of Hans Hendrik van Bloemendaal; educ. DCL (hon.), Oxford 20 Dec. 1670. m. (1) Feb. 1678 (with £2,000) Anne (?1660-1688), da. of Sir Edward Villiers, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. (1 d.v.p.); Eg. 1708, f. 1. (2) 12 May 1700 (with £20,000) Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 641. Jane Martha (1672-1751), da. of Sir John Temple of East Sheen, Surrey, wid. John Berkeley, 3rd Bar. Berkeley of Stratton, 2s. 4da. cr. ld. of Drimmelen [Brabant, Utd Provinces], 15 Sept. 1676 [n.s.]; Japikse, Correspondentie van Willem III en van Hans Willem Bentinck, I. i. xxxvii; I. ii. 719. ld. of Rhoon and Pendrecht July 1683; Ibid. I. i. xxxvii, 359; II. iii. 47. KG 19 Feb. 1697. d. 23 Nov. 1709; will 30 Apr. 1709, pr. 22 Dec. 1709. TNA, PROB 11/512.
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Page of honour to William, Prince of Orange 1664–72; Correspondentie, I. i. p. xxxv. ‘nobleman of the chamber’ (i.e. chamberlain) to William, Prince of Orange 1672–99; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718. verderer (houtvester), Holland and West Friesland, Utd. Provinces 1681–99; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvii; I. ii. 719. PC 14 Feb. 1689 – 8 Mar. 1702; treasurer, privy purse c. 1689 – 99; groom of the stole to William III, 1689 – 99; superintendent, royal gardens 1689–1702; Correspondentie, I. i. pp. xxxvi-xxxvii; I. ii. 721; Huygens, Journaal, I. i. 136. ranger, Windsor Great Park 1697–1702, Correspondentie, I. ii. 721; CTB, xii. 128; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 193. Windsor Little Park 1699–1702; Correspondentie, I. ii. 721. commr. appeals in prizes 1694, 1695, 1697. CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204; 1695, pp. 111–12; 1697, pp. 510–11.

Bailiff (drost), Breda, United Provinces 1674, Lingen, Utd. Provinces 1675. Correspondentie, I. i. p. xxxvii; I. ii. 718.

Cornet, lord of ’s Graevemoer’s coy [Dutch army], 1668–72; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718. capt., 1672–75; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi. n. 2. coy in William of Orange’s own Regt. of Horse Guards 1675–99; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718. col. Regt. of Dutch Guards [Dutch army], 1674–1700; Ibid. I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718; HMC Lords, iv. 188; n.s. ii. 134; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 686. sgt.-maj.-gen., Horse [Dutch army], 1683; Correpondentie, I. i. p. xxxvi; I. ii. 718–19. lt.-gen., Horse and Foot [English Army], 1690, HMC Lords, iv. 187; n.s. ii. 131; Correspondentie, I. ii. 718. Horse [Dutch army], 1691; Correspondentie, I. i. p. xxxvii; I. ii. 718–19. gen., Horse [English Army], 1697. Correspondentie, I. ii. 721; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 194.

Commr. to treaty for peace with Maréchal Boufflers June 1697, amb. extraordinary France Jan. – June 1698; plenipotentiary, to treat with the Emperor, France and the States General for a partition of Spanish Empire Aug. 1698; Correspondentie, I. i. p. xxxvii. n. 5; I. ii. 91, 96–9; LJ, xvi. 643. to treat with the Emperor, France and the States General for a partition of the Spanish Empire July 1699, HMC Lords, n.s. iv. 272. to treat with France and the States-General for a partition of the Spanish Empire Jan. 1700. Ibid. 252–3, 258, 262–4, 269–70.

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BENTINCK, Hans Willem (1649-1709)
Associated with: The Hague, Zorgvliet, Netherlands (from 1674); Honslaersdijk House (Netherlands); Whitehall Palace (England) (to 1699); Theobalds, Berks. (from 1689); Pall Mall, Westminster (by 1696); Powis House, Westminster 1691-by 1700; Ranger’ Lodge, Windsor, Berks. (1697–1702); Bagshot Park, Surrey (1702–5); Bulstrode Park, Bucks (from 1706).Correspondentie I. i. xxxvii; Eg. 1708, ff. 277-80; CTB, ix. 101-2; xii. 128; Journaal van Constantijn Huygens den zoon [hereafter Huygens, Journaal], I. i. 123; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 50, 193; Survey of London, xlv. 95; VCH Berks. iii. 81; UNL, PwA 218; VCH Bucks. iii. 280.;
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oil on canvas, studio of Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698-9, NPG 1968.

Author
Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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