Notable Members
- William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649–1709), a Dutch and English nobleman, and a friend of King William III
- Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682–1726), son of the 1st Earl of Portland, and a British politician and colonial statesman
- William Bentinck, 1st Count Bentinck (1704–1774), son of the 1st Earl of Portland
- William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709–1762), a British peer
- John Bentinck (1737–1775), a British captain, and member of the younger line of the house of Bentinck
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738—1809), British politician and Prime Minister twice (1783 & 1807-9).
- Carel, Baron Bentinck (1751–1825), a famous Lieutenant General in the Dutch army
- Berend Hendrik, Baron Bentinck tot Buckhorst (1753–1830), a Dutch soldier and statesman
- Willem Gustaaf Frederik Bentinck, 2nd Count Bentinck (1762–1835), a Dutch politician, and son of the 1st Count Bentinck
- Charles Ferdinand, Count Bentinck (1764–1811), a Dutch politician and colonial statesman
- Adolf Carel, Baron Bentinck van Nijenhuis (1764–1837), a Dutch politician
- William Bentinck (1764–1813), vice-admiral in the British Navy
- William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (1768–1854), a British politician
- Lord William Bentinck (1774—1839), a British Governor General of India
- Arnold Adolf, Baron Bentinck van Nijenhuis (1798–1868), a Dutch politician, son of Adolf Carel, Baron Bentinck van Nijenhuis
- William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (1800–1879), a British aristocratic eccentric who preferred to live in seclusion
- Lord George Bentinck (1802—1848), son of the 4th Duke of Portland and a British Conservative politician
- Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (1817–1865), great grandfather Queen Elizabeth II
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1857–1943), a British Conservative politician
- Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (1862–1938), grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II
- Ottoline Cavendish-Bentinck (1873–1938), British society hostess
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893–1977), a British Conservative politician
- Henry Bentinck, 11th Earl of Portland, 7th Count Bentinck (1919—1997), a British non-conformist intellectual, concerned about the environment
- Udo Willem, Baron Bentinck (born 1940), a well-known Dutch Judge
- Tim Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, 8th Count Bentinck (born 1953), plays David Archer in The Archers on BBC Radio 4 and is a British voice artist and actor
- Rev. Charles Donald Bentinck (1866–1940) presided over Dornoch Cathedral, Dornoch Scotland from 1906–1936 and was instrumental in the extensive renovations occurring in the 1920s. He authored the book Dornoch Cathedral and Parish published in 1926 (ISBN#B000WG9VR0). He is survived by his granddaughter Heather Elizabeth Dennis (née Bentinck) and great grandchildren Katherine Michelle Dennis and Jeffrey Stuart Dennis
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