Bentinck, Willem, (1704-1774), Count Bentinck

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Surname:	Bentinck
Forenames:	Willem
Gender:	Male
Date:	1704-1774
Title:	Count Bentinck
History:	Dutch diplomat in London 1747; worked to have the stadholdership made hereditary. Minister plenipotentiary at Aix la Chapelle 1748; negotiator on the barrier question in Brussels and London 1753.
References:	Niew Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, Sijthoff, Leiden, 1911; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P276059 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P140668 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	30 August 1748: Cumberland to Bedford, enclosing a packet from Aix and a draft of the definitive treaty....	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/26/34
2	28 June 1748: Cumberland to [Under Secretary Andrew] Stone: he expects Newcastle, Bentinck, Sandwich...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/25/30
3	28 June 1748: Cumberland to Bedford, enclosing a dispatch from Sandwich. He expects him and Bentinck...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/26/4
4	27 August 1748: Cumberland to Bedford: he intends to leave for England but must first attend to the...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/26/28
5	14 August 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland, enclosing a paper on a conference with Lord Bentinck on...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/23/94
6	4 September, 1747: Chesterfield to Cumberland, enclosing a second memorial from Count Bentinck and his...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/23/129
7	15 March 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: Sandwich and Bentinck have left for Aix. The British and...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/24/13
8	11 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, on Bentinck's memoire instructif and his reply to it. He...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/24/19
9	15 March 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing a note from Bentinck describing the financial...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/24/24
10	14 March 1748: Note on the financial distress of the Dutch republic given by Bentinck to Newcastle. ff....	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/24/25
11	12 March 1748: 'Le Manck' to 'Monseigneur' in cipher with interlinear decipherment: he will make...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/24/34
12	22 April 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, partially enciphered, enclosing two specifications of Dutch...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/24/89
13	18 October 1748: Sandwich and Robinson to Cumberland: the Piedmontese have refused to accede to the...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/25/102
14	25 August 1748: Newcastle to Cumberland, enclosing letters from Sandwich and Robinson. Cumberland is to...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/25/60
15	25 August 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: the subject of Ligonier's letter was a band of deserters. He...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/25/61
16	29 August 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: timidity of Kaunitz. He has written to Bentinck to tell him he...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/25/69
17	6 September 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: as Bentinck has been delayed, he intends to set out for London...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/25/71
18	24 July 1748: Cumberland to Newcastle: the Austrians have no cause for jealousy at the negotiations in...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/25/41
19	4 May 1748: Prince of Orange to Cumberland: Bentinck has told him that Kaunitz' reaction to the news...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/24/103
20	2 May 1748: Cumberland to the prince of Orange: Bentinck has informed him that the peace...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/24/102
21	18 October 1748: From Sandwich and Robinson as plenipotentiaries: the Piedmontese have refused to accede...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/26/48
22	personal and family papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MSS 1704-56, 1861-62
23	1737-61: corresp with Lord Hardwicke, Robert Keith and others	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35410-35590 passim
24	1749-57: corresp with Lord Holdernesse	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MSS 3421, 3481
25	1743-66: corresp mainly with Duke of Newcastle	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 32701-32977 passim
26	1763-73: letters to Duke of Portland	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Pw F 1213-64	NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
27	1746-68: corresp with Lord Sandwich	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	MS 91/018	NRA 5472 Montagu