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
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Henry Grey Bennet
The Honourable Henry Grey Bennet Royal Society, FRS (2 December 1777 – 29 May 1836) was a British politician.
Life
Bennet was the second of three sons and fourth of eight children of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, and his wife, Em ...
was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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.
Political career
Lord Ossulston sat as Member of Parliament for
Steyning
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from 1803 to 1806, for
Knaresborough
Knaresborough ( ) is a market and spa town and civil parish on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England. It is east of Harrogate and was in the Borough of Harrogate until April 2023.
History
The Knaresborough Hoard, the largest hoard of ...
from 1806 to 1818 and for Berwick from 1820 to 1822. He served as
Treasurer of the Household
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Lord Grenville
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (25 October 175912 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the N ...
. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1806. In 1822 he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the
House of Lords
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Devonshire House
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, London, on 28 July 1806. They had two children,
Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville
Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (10 January 1810 – 18 December 1899), styled Lord Ossulston between 1822 and 1859, was an Peerage, English peer and Conservative Party (UK), Cons ...
and Lady Corisande Emma Bennett, who married
James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury, GCB, PC (25 March 1807 – 17 May 1889), styled Viscount FitzHarris from 1820 to 1841, was a British statesman of the Victorian era.
Background and education
James Howard Harris was born on 25 Mar ...
. Lord Tankerville died in June 1859, aged 83, and was succeeded by his only son, Charles. The Countess of Tankerville died in January 1865.