BENNET, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain his election to either university 1573. [But note SIR JOHN BENNET, Christ Church, Oxford, 1573 ?].
BENNET, NEHEMIAH; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1725; in under school list 1726. [Presumably Nehemiah Bennet, son of Nehemiah Bennet, and Mary ---, bapt. St. Katherine Cree, London 22 Aug 1712 (IGI)]
BENNET, THOMAS, son of John Bennet, Bucks.; b.; Min. Can. (aged 11) 1580; at school (aged 13) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).
BENNET, THOMAS, second son of Henry Bennet, Isleworth, Middlesex, tailor; b.; adm. Mar 1656; KS (aged 14) 1658; a petition from his father that he may be elected a King’s Scholar is preserved (Chapter Muniments 43079), and is supported by a recommendatory letter addressed to “the Lord Bradshaw at his house in Westminster” from Samuel Rowles dated Isleworth 8 Feb 1657 [1657/8 ?]; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1662, matr. 19 Jul 1662, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1662-75 (void), Tutor 1672-5; BA 1666; MA 1669; Corrector of the University Press 1669-77; was known as the “Oxford Grammarian”; ordained; Vicar of Steventon, Berks., 1675; Vicar of Hungerford, Berks.; author, Many useful observations by way of comment . . . on Lilly’s Grammar, 1673; m. (by 1675); d. Aug 1681. DNB.
BENNETT, ---; b.; in school list 1729.
BENNETT, ---; b.; adm. Midsummer 1806; left 1808.
Bennett, Allred Meredyth, son of A. Bennett, of Stockwell; b. March 28, 1897; adm. Jan. 19, 1911 (R); left March 1916; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. R. West Surrey Regt. Oct. 27, 1916; seconded to R. F. C. and R.A.F.; Lieut. April 27, 1918; Univ. of London, King's Coll. 1922; Royal Dental Hosp. 1922-28; Charing Cross Hosp. 1935-38; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1938; a dental surgeon; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Oct. 18, 1939 with seniority from Nov. 8, 1938; Army Dental Corps Feb. 22, 1940; m. Dec. 18, 1939, Elis Lydia, daughter of Charles Rofe, of Greenwich.
BENNETT, BENNETT ALEXANDER, son of Edward Alexander, St. Mary Magdalen, London, and Levina, dau. of Sir Levinus Bennet, Bart.; b.; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1715; in under school list 1718; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Mar 1721; of Chipping Ongar, Essex; assumed additional surname of Bennett 1742; m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin Ash, Ongar, Essex; d. 1745.
Bennett, Edward Fleetwood Pellew, son of Frank Moss Bennett, artist, and Margaret Alma, d. of Fleetwood Hugo Pellew, Colonial Civil Service; b. 31 Mar. 1914, adm. Sept. 1927 (G); left July 1932; Lond. Univ. (City & Guilds Inst.), BSc 1936; Internat. Combustion Ltd, Derby, 1938, dir. 1960, retd 1977; m. 13 Mar. 1938 Beryl, d. of Walter Charles Tree of Southampton; d. 24 Mar. 1999.
BENNETT, EDWARD LEIGH, brother of Henry Leigh Bennett (qv); b.; adm. 10 Sep 1811; left 16 Jun 1817 (when head of De Brieux boarding house); Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1817; BA 1821; ordained deacon 1823, priest 1824 (both Gloucester); Vicar of Lechlade, Gloucs., 29 Nov 1832; Vicar of Long Sutton, Lincs., from 1843; JP Lincolnshire (parts of Holland); m. 1st, 11 May 1826, Ellen, dau. of William Codrington, Wroughton, Wilts.; 2nd. 19 Sep 1843 Anne Hudson, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas Huntingford, Vicar of Kempsford, Gloucs.; d. 9 Nov 1886.