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.
Will Bentinck | |
|---|---|
| Viscount Woodstock | |
 | |
| Born | William Jack Henry Bentinck 19 May 1984 Islington, London, UK[1] |
| Noble family | Bentinck |
| Spouse |
Rebecca Newton (m. 2021) |
| Father | The 12th Earl of Portland |
| Occupation | Fintech entrepreneur |
Background and education
editThe 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
editAfter 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
editMarried on 1 July 2021 at Crear, Argyllshire,[15] to Rebecca, daughter of Christopher Newton, of Saintfield, County Down, and Deborah McCloy, of Mojacar, Spain.[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 22 May 1984. p. 34.
- ↑ Ruvigny, Melville H. (1909). The Nobilities of Europe. Adamant Media Corporation.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3181.
- ↑ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, ed. Charles Kidd and David Williamson, Debrett's, 1990, p. 988.
- 1 2 Morgan, Ben; Bentinck, Will (2012). "The Team". www.levantinelinks.com. London: Levantine Links. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014.
- ↑ "The Ragged University - Free Learning for All". Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ "The Programme". Levantine Links. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Meet the Winners - First Day at Ashoka UK". The Vodafone Foundation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Vodafone World of Difference Intern Joins Ashoka". Ashoka Global. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ↑ "Will Bentinck at Shine Unconference 2012". Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ↑ "Will Bentinck at TEDxSquareMile". Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
- ↑ "Accelerator Academy Course Leaders". Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ↑ "Tech London Advocates". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ↑ www.cityjobs.com
- ↑ www.crearweddings.co.uk
- ↑ "Births, marriages and deaths: July 16, 2021". The Telegraph.
External links
edit- 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