Olivia Susan Bennet, Countess of Tankerville (18 July 1830 – 15 February 1922), formerly Lady Olivia Montagu, was the wife of

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 ...

Biography

Olivia was the eldest daughter of

George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester DL (9 July 1799 – 18 August 1855), known as Viscount Mandeville from 1799 to 1843, was a British peer and Tory Member of Parliament. Early life George Montagu was born at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdo ...

, and his first wife, the former Millicent Sparrow. She married the earl on 29 January 1850 at

Kimbolton Castle Kimbolton Castle is a country house in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the final home of King Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of ...

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. They had five children: *Charles Bennett, Lord Ossulston (1850-1879), who died in India, of cholera, aged 28, unmarried * George Montagu Bennet, 7th Earl of Tankerville (30 March 1852 – 9 July 1931) he married Leonora van Marter and had children. *Hon. Frederick Augustus (1853-1891), who died unmarried. *Lady Corisande Olivia (1855-1941), who died unmarried. *Lady Ida Louise (1857-1887), who married John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie, and had children. Their oldest son, Lord Ossulston, purchased a commission in the

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in 1870, later transferring to the

Rifle Brigade The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...

as a lieutenant in 1873. Following his death, the second son, George, became heir to the earldom. Her only published work was a pamphlet, ''A Bright Spot In Outcast London''. It was published in 1884, and was reprinted by Nabu Press in 2011. The countess died at Greystokes, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 91.

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