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
Bennett, Sir Frederic Mackarness, brother of Francis Ernest Herman Bennett (qv); b. 2 Dec. 1918; adm. 20 Sept. 1932 (R); left Apr. 1936; RA 1940-6 (Maj.); called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) Nov. 1946, to the Southern Rhodesia Bar 1947; dipl. correspondent Birmingham Post 1950-2; MP (C) Reading North 1951-5, Torquay 1955-74, Torbay 1974-87; PPS to Under-Sec. of State, Home Office, 1953-5, to Rt Hon. Reginald Maudling as Min. of Supply 1956-7, Paymaster Gen. 1957-9, Pres. of Board of Trade 1959-61; Leader of UK Delegation and Chairman Council of Europe and WEU Assemblies 1979-87; dir. Kleinwort Benson Europe SA and many other financial companies and trusts; Kt 1964; PC 1985; m. March 1945 Marion Patricia, d. of Maj. Cecil Burnham OBE FRCS RAMC; d. 14 Sep. 2002
BENNETT, FREDERICK HAMILTON, brother of William James Early Bennett (qv); b. 6 Aug 1816; adm. 15 Jan 1827 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1835; BA 1839; MA 1843; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 27 Apr 1840; Curate, St. John, Worcester 1842; Perpetual Curate of Freeland, Oxfordshire, from 1869; m. 15 Jun 1843 Rebecca Anne, sister of George Renaud (qv); d. 2 Oct 1873.
BENNETT, HENRY LEIGH, second son of Rev. John Leigh Bennett, Thorpe Place, Surrey, and Harriott Eliza, dau. of Rev. Thomas Leigh Bennett; b. 17 May 1795; adm. Mich. 1806; KS 1808; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1812, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Nov 1812; BA 1817; MA 1819; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 20 Sep 1818, priest 1819; Rector of Croughton, Northants., 15 Jun 1819-49; Vicar of Thorpe, Surrey, 1849-74; JP Northamptonshire; m. 11 Sep 1845 Caroline, fourth dau. of George Henry Crutchley (formerly Duffield), Sunning Hill Park, Berks.; d. 31 Aug 1880.