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
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, ...
, and was educated as a gentleman commoner at
Winchester College
Winchester College is an English Public school (United Kingdom), public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day school, day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It wa ...
(around 1731).
Political career
Tankerville was returned to Parliament for
Northumberland
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in 1748, a seat he held until the following year, when he was unseated on petition. In 1753 he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the
House of Lords
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.
Family
Lord Tankerville married Alice, daughter of
Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet, in 1742. She died in 1755. Tankerville survived her by twelve years and died in October 1767, aged 51. He was succeeded in the earldom by his son,
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...
.
References
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1716 births
1767 deaths
Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain
Place of birth missing
People educated at Winchester College