Peter Frederick Blaker Bennett, 1st Baron Bennett of Edgbaston,
Kt,
OBE,
JP (16 April 1880 – 27 September 1957), known as Sir Peter Bennett between 1941 and 1953, was a British businessman and
Conservative Party politician.
Background and education
Bennett was the son of Frederick C. Bennett and Annie (née Blaker), and educated at
King Edward's School, Birmingham
King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in the British public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Bir ...
, and the
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingha ...
.
Business career
Bennett was chairman and managing director of
Joseph Lucas Ltd and also served as a
Justice of the Peace for
Sutton Coldfield. He was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1918, and
knighted in 1941.
Political career
Bennett was elected as
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
(MP) for
Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham Edgbaston is a constituency, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Preet Gill, a Labour and Co-operative MP.
The most high-profile MP for the constituency was former Prime Minister Neville Chamber ...
at an unopposed
by-election in December 1940 following the death of the sitting MP, former Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain. He held the seat in the general elections of 1945, 1950 and 1951. He served under
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...
as
between 1951 and 1952. On 1 July 1953 he was elevated to the
peerage as Baron Bennett of Edgbaston, of Sutton Coldfield in the County of Warwick.
Personal life
Lord Bennett of Edgbaston married Agnes, daughter of Joseph Palmer, in 1907. The union was childless. Lord Bennett died in 1957, aged 77, when the title became extinct. His widow, Agnes, Lady Bennett of Edgbaston, died in 1969. They lived at Ardencote, Luttrell Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
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1880 births
1957 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1935–1945
UK MPs 1945–1950
UK MPs 1950–1951
UK MPs 1951–1955
UK MPs who were granted peerages
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Knights Bachelor
People from Sutton Coldfield
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955
Hereditary barons created by Elizabeth II