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.
Bennett, Francis Ernest Herman, son of Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett MP, Fellow of Hertford Coll. Oxford, and Marguerite Wilhelmina, d. of Herman Greverus Kleinwort, merchant banker, of Wierton Place, Kent; b. 5 Nov. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left Dec. 1934; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1939, MA 1977; RA 1942-5, attached Intelligence Corps (Greece and Italy) 1944-5; RA Educational Corps 1945 (Capt.); asst press attaché HM Embassy Bucharest 1947-9; Sec. Gen. Liberal International 1951-2; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Feb. 1953; LCC 1955; Cons. Chief Whip LCC 1959, GLC 1965-74; Dep. Chairman GLC 1975-6; JP 1959; CBE 1963; Governor Lond. Festival Ballet; chairman William Cox Ltd (Tring) 1959- 7 4; m. 14 Feb. 1947 Hon. Ruth Gordon Catto, d. of Thomas Sivewright, 1st Baron Catto PC, Governor of the Bank of England; d. 8 Feb. 2005