Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Benthall, William Henry (1837-1909), civil servant, private secretary to 8th Duke of Argyll
Description area
Dates of existence
1837-1909
History
A clerk in the Board of Control, afterwards in the India Office. Précis writer and Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Charles Wood, Lord Cranborne and Sir Stafford Northcote. Private Secretary to the Duke of Argyll, 1868-74. [Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses]
Relationships area
Related entity
Campbell, George John Douglas (1823-1900), 8th Duke of Argyll, politician (1823-1900)
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
1868-1874
Description of relationship
Benthall was Private Secretary to the Duke of Argyll