BENNET, ---; b.; in school lists 1780, 1781; left Whitsun 1781.
BENNET, HENRY, 1ST EARL OF ARLINGTON, second son of Sir John Bennet, Kt, Dawley, Middlesex, and Dorothy, dau. of Sir John Crofts, Kt, Saxham, Suffolk; b.; at school under Osbaldeston (Evelyn, Diary, s. v. 10 Sep 1677); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Nov 1635, aged 15, Canoneer Student 1636 - still 1642; BA 1639; MA 1642; DCL 28 Sep 1663; joined Royal Army as volunteer at outbreak of Civil War; received lifelong scar on nose in skirmish at Andover; travelled in France and Italy; secretary to the exiledJames, Duke of York, 1654; knighted at Bruges Mar 1656/7; envoy of Charles II at Madrid Jun 1658 - Apr 1661; Keeper of Privy Purse 2 Aug 1661 - Oct 1662; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 2 Oct 1662 - 11 Sep 1674; Privy Councillor 15 Oct 1662, resworn 21 Apr 1679; MP Callington Feb 1663 - Mar 1664/5; cr. Baron Arlington 14 Mar 1664/5; concluded the Triple Alliance 1668; a member of the Cabal Ministry; arranged the secret Treaty of Dover 1670; cr. Earl of Arlington 22 Apr 1672; KG 15 Jun 1672; impeached in House of Commons for his evil advice to the King, 15 Jan 1674, but a motion for his removal from office was rejected; Lord Chamberlain from 11 Sep 1674; Postmaster-General 28 Jun 1677; Lord Lieut., Suffolk 12 Mar 1681 - 6 May 1685; lived latterly on his estate at Euston, Suffolk; m. 1666 Isabella, dau. of Louis de Nassau, Lord of Beverwaert; d. 28 Jul 1685. DNB.
BENNET, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS 1668; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1671, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1671, scholar 1672, 3rd in “ordo” 1674/5; BA 1674/5.
BENNET, JOHN WICK, only son of John Bennet, Laleston, Glamorgan, and Selina Mary Anne, dau. of Jacob Grose, Appleshaw, Hants.; b. 31 May 1795; adm. Christmas 1811; left 1813; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 May 1813; adm. Middle Temple 1 Mar 1813; High Sheriff, Glamorgan 1825; DL JP Glamorgan; m. 1818 Anna Maria Charlotte, widow of Thomas Wyndham MP, Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan, and dau. of Thomas Ashby, Isleworth, Middlesex; d. 29 Apr 1867.
BENNET, JOHN, son of John Bennet, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, High Bailiff of Westminster, and Jane, dau. of William Gavell, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b. 28 Oct 1657; adm.; KS 1672; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1676, matr. 20 Oct 1676, aged 18, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1676, Tutor 1683-6; BA 1680; MA 1683; author, Constantius the Apostate, 1683 (a reply to Samuel Johnson’s Julian the Apostate); d. 6 Oct 1686. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.
BENNET, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1661, adm. pens. 22 May 1661, scholar 1662; BA 1664/5; MA 1668; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 17 May 1668, priest 13 Jun 1668; Rector of Wicken Bonhunt, Essex, from 1671; Vicar of Littlebury, Essex, from 1673; m. 1674 Frances, third dau. of Jasper Edwards (qv); d. 1692.
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.