Sir Robert Bennet was an English
surveyor and politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1621 to 1622.
Bennet was the grandson of
Robert Bennet,
Bishop of Hereford. He was surveyor of the works
Windsor Castle
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The original c ...
. He was knighted at Greenwich on 11 June 1619.
Knights of England
/ref> In 1621, Bennet was elected Member of Parliament
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for Windsor
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Places Australia
* Windsor, New South Wales
** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area
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.
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English MPs 1621–1622