The Bennett Baronetcy, of
Kirklington in the
County of Nottingham
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The tradition ...
, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 July 1929 for
Albert James Bennett
Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Baronet JP (17 September 1872 – 14 December 1945) was a politician in the United Kingdom who was elected both as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) and as a Conservative Party MP.
Biography
From 1914 to 1 ...
. He represented both
Mansfield and
Nottingham Central in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...
. As of 2021 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded a kinsman in 2012.
Bennett baronets, of Kirklington (1929)
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Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Baronet (1872–1945)
*Sir Charles Wilfrid Bennett, 2nd Baronet (1898–1952)
*Sir Ronald Wilfrid Murdoch Bennett, 3rd Baronet (1930–2012)
*Sir Algernon James Bennett, 4th Baronet (born 1962)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's cousin Peter Bennett (born 1938).
See also
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Bennet baronets
References
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www.thepeerage.com
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