WILLEM BENTINCK VAN RHOON

(Willem, Count Bentinck, Lord of Rhoon and Pendrecht)


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Willem Bentinck van Rhoon

The foundation of all government is the trust reposed by the people in their governors. At present that confidence is entirely extinguished. Complaints are universal and all the complaints fall upon the Prince .… The nation sees that the Prince did not make proper use of the power given to him. Those persons who almost brought down the state are still in office; they and their allies are well received by the Prince, some continue in the same improper manner as in the days of the earlier anarchy.
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He addressed the Prince in the Royal 3rd person “the Prince” instead of saying “You”, the 2nd more familiar person. “Stadtholder” meant Chief Executive and Ruler. Bentinck was the Stadtholder of a Province. Prince William was Stadtholder of all of Holland. Bentinck was one of the few politicians who could and would be so candid with the Stadtholder whose cronies and friends were aristocrats who had much damaged the state and were very unpopular. William did not act and died shortly thereafter. The House of Orange and the Orangists, despite strong English support, were turned out in the Dutch Revolution.

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Willem Bentinck van Rhoon
  • Born: November 6, 1704
  • Died: October 13, 1774
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Willem, Count Bentinck, Lord of Rhoon and Pendrecht was a Dutch nobleman and politician, and the eldest son from the second marriage of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. He was created Count Bentinck (Graf Bentinck) of the Holy Roman Empire in 1732. Bentinck played a leading role in the Orangist revolution of 1747 in the Netherlands.