Will Bentinck

English entrepreneur

Will Bentinck

Viscount Woodstock
Born| William Jack Henry Bentinck
(1984-05-19) 19 May 1984 (age 41)
Islington, London, UK[1]
Noble family| Bentinck
Spouse(s)|

Rebecca Newton

(m. 2021)​

Father| The 12th Earl of Portland
Occupation| Fintech entrepreneur

William Jack Henry Bentinck, Viscount Woodstock, Graf Bentinck[2] (born 19 May 1984), known as Will Bentinck, is a British aristocrat, social entrepreneur and speaker.

## Background and education

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The elder son of the actor Tim Bentinck, and couture milliner Judith ("Judy") Ann Emerson, he was accorded the courtesy style of Viscount Woodstock[3] upon his father inheriting the earldom of Portland.[4]

Bentinck attended Harrow School before going up to read Philosophy at Heythrop College, London, graduating BA with first-class honours in 2010.

## Career

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After graduating from London University, Bentinck co-founded The Ragged University,[5] a free service offering peer-to-peer educational events inspired by the 19th-century English ragged schools.[6] Later in 2010, Bentinck co-founded Levantine Links,[5] a nonprofit organisation recruiting high-calibre UK graduates to provide English language programmes serving children and adults in Al-Hasakah, Syria, in collaboration with the Syriac Orthodox Church.[7]

In March 2012, Bentinck was named a Vodafone Foundation 'World of Difference' winner,[8] receiving funding for an internship with Ashoka, a fellowship of some of the world's leading social entrepreneurs.[9]

In 2012, Bentinck joined Enternships,[10] founded by award-winning young entrepreneur Rajeeb Dey. He spoke at TEDxSquareMile,[11] and a course leader for the Accelerator Academy,[12] since 2014 Bentinck is a Tech London Advocate as Head of Careers at Makers Academy[13] and Head of B2C Sales.[14]

## Personal life

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Married on 1 July 2021 at Crear, Argyllshire,[15] to Rebecca, daughter of Christopher Newton, of Saintfield, Co. Down, and Deborah McCloy, of Mojacar, Spain.[16]

## See also

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* Courtesy titles
* Earl of Portland

## References

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1. ^ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 22 May 1984. p. 34.
2. ^ Ruvigny, Melville H. (1909). The Nobilities of Europe. Adamant Media Corporation.
3. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3181.
4. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, ed. Charles Kidd and David Williamson, Debrett's, 1990, p. 988.
5. ^ a b Morgan, Ben; Bentinck, Will (2012). "The Team". www.levantinelinks.com. London: Levantine Links. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014.
6. ^ "The Ragged University - Free Learning for All". Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
7. ^ "The Programme". Levantine Links. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
8. ^ "Meet the Winners - First Day at Ashoka UK". The Vodafone Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.
9. ^ "Vodafone World of Difference Intern Joins Ashoka". Ashoka Global. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
10. ^ "Will Bentinck at Shine Unconference 2012". Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
11. ^ "Will Bentinck at TEDxSquareMile". Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
12. ^ "Accelerator Academy Course Leaders". Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
13. ^ "Tech London Advocates". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
14. ^ www.cityjobs.com
15. ^ www.crearweddings.co.uk
16. ^ "Births, marriages and deaths: July 16, 2021". The Telegraph.

## External links

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* Bentinck's travel blog, "Questing for a New Mojo" at "mojoquest.net". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2012.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
* 'Generation Y Gets Help to Produce Brilliant Entrepreneurs' Spears' WMS

*[m.]: married