Trivia
- Bentinck Island near Victoria, British Columbia at 48°18′54.08″N 123°32′30.32″W / 48.3150222°N 123.5417556°W / 48.3150222; -123.5417556 may have been named after Lord George Bentinck.
- North and South Bentinck Arms, off Burke Channel, were named after William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland by Captain Vancouver in 1793.. North Bentinck Arm is significant in the history of Canada because it was here in 1793 that Sir Alexander Mackenzie completed the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America by a European north of Mexico.
- HMS Bentinck (K314) is a ship named after John Bentinck.
- After Kaiser Wilhelm II fled to Holland at the end of World War I, he was housed at Kasteel Amerongen, belonging to Count Bentinck.
- In the 1976 BBC mini-series "The Duchess of Duke Street", the lead character, Louisa Trotter, buys and renovates the Hotel Bentinck in west London.
- HMS Portland (F79) is a type 23 frigate (Duke class) named after the Dukes of Portland. It is the eighth ship to hold the title, but the first to be named after the Portland family, rather than Portland Harbour.
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