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Charles Aldenburg Bentinck

Birth
Newton Abbot, Teignbridge District, Devon, England
Death
7 Feb 1891 (aged 80)
Newton Abbot, Teignbridge District, Devon, England
Burial
Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge District, Devon, England Add to Map
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He was the youngest son of Vice-Admiral William Bentinck and Frances daughter of Charles 1st Earl Manvers
He was the lord of the manor of Bovey Tracey and Terrington St Clement Norfolk, having succeeded to his property on the death of his brother in 1886
In 1849 he married Harriet daughter of Baldwin Fulford of Fulford. She died in 1853 aged 35, only 4 years after their marriage, leaving 2 sons and is commemorated by a mural monument in Bovey Tracey Church.
Secondly in 1858 Frances Williams no issue who erected a brass tablet in Bovey Tracey Church to her husband, and is herself similarly commemorated.

In 1850 he rebuilt Indio House, to the design of the Exeter architect David Mackintosh. The resultant house, which survives today, was described by Pevsner as "Austere Tudor relieved by romantic crenellated chimney-stacks" Above the front door is a datestone inscribed "1850" with the initials "CAB", with the arms of Bentinck and the family's motto Craignez Honte "fear disgrace"
He was the youngest son of Vice-Admiral William Bentinck and Frances daughter of Charles 1st Earl Manvers
He was the lord of the manor of Bovey Tracey and Terrington St Clement Norfolk, having succeeded to his property on the death of his brother in 1886
In 1849 he married Harriet daughter of Baldwin Fulford of Fulford. She died in 1853 aged 35, only 4 years after their marriage, leaving 2 sons and is commemorated by a mural monument in Bovey Tracey Church.
Secondly in 1858 Frances Williams no issue who erected a brass tablet in Bovey Tracey Church to her husband, and is herself similarly commemorated.

In 1850 he rebuilt Indio House, to the design of the Exeter architect David Mackintosh. The resultant house, which survives today, was described by Pevsner as "Austere Tudor relieved by romantic crenellated chimney-stacks" Above the front door is a datestone inscribed "1850" with the initials "CAB", with the arms of Bentinck and the family's motto Craignez Honte "fear disgrace"


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