Family tree of the Bentinck family, Counts of the

Anton (Anthony) I m Charlotte Amelie Count of Aldenburg Princess of La Trémoille 1633-1680 1652-1732

Anton (Anthony) II Count m Wilhelmine Maria Hans William Bentinck m 2nd wife of Aldenburg Princess of Hesse-Homburg 1st Jane Martha Temple 1681-1738 1678-1770 1649-1709 d 1751

Charlotte Sophie m William Bentinck Count Charles Three daughters Countess of Aldenburg 1st Count Bentinck* John Bentinck 1715-1800 1704-1774 1708-1779

Christian F. Anthony m Baroness Maria Catherine van Tuyll van Captain John Albert m Baroness Renira Bentinck, 2nd Count Serooskerken Bentinck van Tuyll van Serooskerken 1734-1768 1743-1793 1737-1775 1744-1792

William G.F. Major-General Charles Henry Maria C.F. Vice-Admiral John Charles Henry Sophia H. Charlotte F. Harriet E. Bentinck, 3rd John C. Ferdinand William Bentinck William Bentinck Bentinck John Saville 1765-1852 1768-1850 1770-1806 Count Bentinck Bentinck Bentinck 1767-1826 1764-1813 1771- Bentinck Bentinck (’Sophie’, m Sir Robert (‘Henriette’) (Lord of Rhoon 1763-1833 1764-1811 1765- (‘Mitje’) (‘cher 1804 1773- d 1776 ‘petite chatte’) Shore m Admiral and Pendrecht) (‘Jean’) 1821 Guillaume’) (‘Jean’) 1781 m Admiral Sir Milnes, Sir George (‘Rhoon’) m Lady Jemima m Lady Frances James Baronet Martin 1762-1835 Reede, dau. of Pierrepont Hawkins- m Ottoline, 5th Earl of (d 1847) who m Whitshed, Baroness of Athlone (2) Henry W. Baronet Reede-Lynden (‘Jacqueline’) Stephens 1773-1799

William F.C. Charles A.F. Bentinck, Henry J.W. Bentinck George W.P. Henry P.A. Charles A. Renira Bentinck Her great-granddaughter was Elizabeth A.F. Bentinck, 5th Count 1796-1878 Bentinck Bentinck Bentinck d 1868 Hawkins-Whitshed (Mrs Aubrey le Blond), who 4th Count 1792-1862 m Renira Hawkins- 1803-1886 1805-1840 1810-1891 m George inherited Charlotte Sophie’s correspondence with 1787-1855 From him descends the Whitshed Martin Sophie Hawkins-Whitshed (Pw F 10081-10343). current Count Bentinck Names in italics are those used in the letters.

* William Bentinck was created (Count) Bentinck in 1732. All his male descendants had the right to take the title Count Bentinck. The descendants of Captain John Albert Bentinck, who settled in the , usually chose not to use this Continental title.

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