| Sir Rudolph Bentinck | |
| Birth Date: | 20 March 1869 |
| Death Place: | Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
| Serviceyears: | 1882–1929 |
| Rank: | Admiral |
| Commands: | Plymouth Command (1926–29) Reserve Fleet (1926) Africa Station (1922–24) 4th Light Cruiser Squadron (1917–18) (1917–18) (1916–17) (1914–15) Royal Naval College, Osborne (1913–14) (1910–13) (1906–08) |
| Battles: | Mahdist War First World War |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Mentioned in Despatches |
Admiral Sir Rudolph Walter Bentinck, (20 March 1869 – 31 March 1947) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from 1926 to 1929.
Rudolph was the second son of Walter Theodore Edward Bentinck, 13th Baron Bentinck (1840–1901), of a distinguished Dutch family, by his wife Henrietta Jane Christina (d. 1924), daughter of William Hinton, of The Til, Madeira, Portugal.[1]
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Bentinck joined the Royal Navy in 1882.[2] He took part in the Mahdist War in 1891, and was promoted to commander on 31 December 1901. He was appointed Commander of the Royal Naval College, Osborne, in 1913.[2]
Bentinck served in the First World War, taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir David Beatty,[3] and being mentioned in despatches.[2] After the war he became Naval Secretary.[2] He was appointed second-in-command of the 1st Battle Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet in 1921 and went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Africa Station in 1922.[2] In that capacity he was briefly acting Governor-General of South Africa from December 1923 to January 1924.[4]
Bentinck became Admiral Commanding the Reserve Fleet in March 1926 and then Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth later that year: he retired in 1929.[5]
In 1898 Bentinck married Mabel Fetherstonhaugh;[6] they had one son and one daughter.[2] A descendant is the entrepreneur Alice Bentinck.[1]
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