Bentinck monument
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Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 2 Jan 2012
Monument to Lord George Bentinck To the memory of Lord George Bentinck, M.P. for Kings Lynn, third son of the fourth Duke of Portland who died suddenly near this spot on the 21st September 1848 in his 47th year. This monument is raised by his kinsman William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland K.G. A.D. 1912 "Born a natural leader of the people he was equal to the post free from prejudices his large mind sympathised with all classes of the realm his courage and constancy were never surpassed by man he valued life only as a means of fulfilling duty". Disraeli