Earl of Tankerville is a noble title drawn from

Tancarville Tancarville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Geography Tancarville is a farming village surrounded by woodland, by the banks of the river Seine in the Pays de Caux, some east of Le H ...

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. The title has been created three times: twice in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...

, and once (in 1714) in the

Peerage of Great Britain The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain between the Acts of Union 1707 and the Acts of Union 1800. It replaced the Peerage of England and the Peerage of Scotland, but was itself r ...

for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston. His father, John Bennett, 1st Baron Ossulston, was the elder brother of Henry Bennett, 1st Earl of Arlington. The family seat was

Chillingham Castle Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England. It was the seat of the Grey and Bennett (later Earls of Tankerville) families from the 15th century until the 1980s, when it b ...

in Northumberland. The Earl of Tankerville holds the subsidiary title of Baron Ossulston, of Ossulston in the County of Middlesex (1682), in the

Coat of Arms of Sir John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, KG

Earls of Tankerville, First Creation (1418)

John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville '' jure uxoris'' 6th Lord of Powys (after 1384 – 22 March 1421), KG, was an English peer who served with distinction in the Hundred Years' War between England and France under King Henry V. Origins John Gr ...

(1384–1421) *

Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, 7th Lord of Powys (1418/1419 – 13 January 1449/1450) was an English peer. He was the son of John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville and his wife Joan Charleton, co-heiress and 6th Lady of Powys. Life He became the ...

(1419–1450) *

Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, 8th Lord of Powys (5 November 1436 – c. 1466) fought on the side of the House of York in the War of the Roses. Family Sir Richard Grey was the son and heir of Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville and Antigon ...

(1436–1466) (lands lost 1453, forfeit 1459)

Earls of Tankerville, Second Creation (1695)

*see

Baron Grey of Werke Baron Grey of Werke (or Warke), of Chillingham in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 11 February 1624 for Sir William Grey, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Chillingham i ...

Barons Ossulston (1682)

John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston (1616 – 11 February 1695) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1663 to 1679. He was created Baron Ossulston in 1682. Life Bennet was the eldest son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, Harl ...

(1616–1695) * Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston (1674–1722) (created Earl of Tankerville in 1714)

Earls of Tankerville, Third Creation (1714)

Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1674 – 21 May 1722), known as The Lord Ossulston between 1695 and 1714, was a British peer. Background Tankerville was the son of the book collector Bridget Bennett and John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston. ...

(1674–1722) *

Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, KT (21 December 1697 – 14 March 1753), styled Lord Ossulston between 1714 and 1722, was a British peer and politician. Background Tankerville was the son of Charles Bennet, 1st Earl of Tankerville, a ...

(1697-1753) *

Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (6 September 1716 – 27 October 1767), styled Lord Ossulston between 1722 and 1753, was a British peer and politician. Background Tankerville was the son of Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, and was ...

(1716–1767) *

Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville (15 November 1743 – 10 December 1822), styled Lord Ossulston from 1753 to 1767, was a British nobleman, a collector of shells Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville PC, DL (28 April 1776 – 25 June 1859), styled Lord Ossulston until 1822, was a British politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talent ...

(1776–1859) *

Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville PC (10 January 1810 – 18 December 1899), styled Lord Ossulston between 1822 and 1859, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-a ...

(1810–1899) **Charles Bennett, Lord Ossulston (1850–1879) *

George Montagu Bennet, 7th Earl of Tankerville George Montagu Bennet, 7th Earl of Tankerville (30 March 1852 – 9 July 1931), was a British peer, Royal Navy and British Army officer, cowpuncher, circus clown, and revival meeting singer. Early life Bennet was born at Claridge's Hotel, ...

(1852–1931) *Charles Augustus Ker Bennett, 8th Earl of Tankerville (1897–1971) *Charles Augustus Grey Bennett, 9th Earl of Tankerville (1921–1980) *Peter Grey Bennett, 10th Earl of Tankerville (b. 1956) The present earl lives in West London and his cousin Adrian George Bennett is heir presumptive (b. 1958

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