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Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (junior)
Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (sometimes spelled Bennett) may refer to one of two people: *Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (senior) (1743–1814), British Member of Parliament for Newport, Cornwall *Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (junior) Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (sometimes spelled Bennett) may refer to one of two people: * Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (senior) (1743–1814), British Member of Parliament for Newport, Cornwall * Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (junior) ( 1771†... ( 1771–1818), son of the above, British naval captain and Member of Parliament for Launceston {{hndis, Bennet, Richard Henry Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (senior)
Richard Henry Alexander Bennet FRS (11 May 1743 – 14 March 1814) was a British landowner who represented Newport in Parliament from 1770 to 1774. Life Richard was the eldest son of Bennet Alexander Bennet and Mary Ash, the daughter of Benjamin Ash of Ongar, Essex. The year before his birth, his father assumed the surname of Bennet upon inheriting the Babraham estate from his mother Levina, daughter of Sir Levinus Bennet, 2nd Baronet. Bennet Alexander Bennet died at the end of 1745, leaving his widow to raise Richard and a sister, Levina (who in 1762 married John Luther). Mary returned to Ongar with her children, and in 1747, married again to Richard Bull. Richard Henry was educated at Westminster School, where he was sent in 1752. In 1756, Humphry Morice, who controlled the electoral patronage of Newport, returned Richard Bull for one of the seats there. He sold the Babraham estate in 1765. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767. In 1770, when William de Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (junior)
Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (sometimes spelled Bennett) may refer to one of two people: *Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (senior) (1743–1814), British Member of Parliament for Newport, Cornwall *Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (junior) Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (sometimes spelled Bennett) may refer to one of two people: * Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (senior) (1743–1814), British Member of Parliament for Newport, Cornwall * Richard Henry Alexander Bennet (junior) ( 1771†... ( 1771–1818), son of the above, British naval captain and Member of Parliament for Launceston {{hndis, Bennet, Richard Henry Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |