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BENNETT, JOHN WILLIAM, son of Rev. Samuel Bennett DD, Rector of Walton on the Hill, Surrey, and Mary Ann ---; b. 21 Jun 1808; adm. 13 Jan 1817; left 7 Dec 1818; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1828; Ensign, unattached, 6 Jan 1829; European Regt., 20 Nov 1829; Lieut., 1st European Fusiliers 16 Dec 1835; Brevet Capt., 25 Dec 1843; Capt., 1st European Fusiliers, 1 Nov 1844; Brevet Maj., 20 Jun 1854; retd. 5 Mar 1856; Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1856; m. 21 Oct 1833 Sarah, fourth dau. of George Inglis; d. 23 Nov 1868.

BENNETT, JOHN, son of John Rowe Bennett, Sandwell, nr. Totnes, Devon; b. 30 Aug 1809; adm. 1 Oct 1822 (Stelfox's); Haileybury Coll. 1827-9; Writer, EICS Bengal 1830; Assistant to Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit, Agra 14 Feb 1832, to Magistrate and Collector, Agra, 10 Jun 1832; in charge Judge’s Office, Agra, 29 Jun 1833; d. at Calcutta 9 Jan 1834.

BENNETT, JOHN, son of George Bennett, Co. Cavan, Ireland; b. ; at school under Knipe (Al. Dub. ); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 20 May 1701, aged 19, scholar 1703; BA 1705.

Bennett, Leonard Herbert, elder son of Herbert Bennett, of Bickley, Kent, by Florence Harriet, daughter of John Withers, of Leicester; b. June 5, 1881; adm. April 27, 1893 (R); exhibitioner 1895; Q.S. (non-resident) Sept. 24, 1896; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1900, matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1904; a solicitor; Chairman and Managing Director of Queen Anne's Residential Mansions and Hotel Co.; served on the western front 1916-7 with 3rd Batt. R. West Surrey Regt.; m.; d. Oct. 3, 1959.

BENNETT, RICHARD HENRY ALEXANDER, only son of Bennett Alexander Bennett (qv); stepson of Richard Bull (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1752 (Morel's); in school list 1754; MP Newport (Cornwall) 12 Feb 1770-4; of North Court, Shorwell, Isle of Wight; FSA 20 Jun 1765; FRS 10 Dec 1767; m. 20 Jan 1766 Elizabeth Amelia, eldest dau. of Peter Burrell MP, Beckenham, Kent, Surveyor-Gen. of Crown Lands, and sister of Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir; d. 14 Mar 1814.

BENNETT, RICHARD HENRY ALEXANDER, son of Richard Henry Alexander Bennett (qv); b.; adm. 30 May 1777; left 1781; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 5 May 1790; Cdr., 30 Oct 1793; Post Capt., 1 Jan 1796; MP Launceston 1802-6, Enniskillen 14 Jan 1807-07, Launceston 17 Jul 1807- Apr 1812; d. unm. 11 Oct 1818, aged 47.

Bennett, Robert Lewis, son of Arthur Henry Bennett, of Blackheath, Kent, by Ethel Jane, daughter of Robert Lewis, of Sidcup, Kent; b. April 10, 1902; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; Capt. of the School 1919; left (with Triplett) July 1920; New Coll. Oxon. scholar (modern history), matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. 1923; 2nd Lieut. The Rangers, King's Royal Rifle Corps (T. A.) Feb. 1, 1925; Lieut.-Col. May 5, 1939; Major Reconnaissance Corps Jan. 22, 1941; relinquished commission for ill-health and was restored to rank of Lieut.-Col. Feb. 7, 1944; admitted a solicitor 1928; Asst. Solicitor, Treasury Solicitor's Dept.; m. Sept. 28, 1932, Enid Blanche, daughter of H. C. Read, of Bridlington, Yorks; d. May 11, 1960.

Bennett, Ronald Claude, son of Charles Hudson Bennett, of Pimlico, by Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Strachan; b. Dec. 11, 1894; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1910; served in France Sept. 1915 to March 1916 as a voluntary ambulance driver for the B. R. C. S.; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1920; in practice in London and Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex; d. March 22, 1929.

BENNETT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Bennett, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1750/1; Min. Can. 1757; KS 1758; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1762, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1762, scholar 6 May 1763, matr. Mich. 1763; BA 1766; MA 1769; DD 1801; ordained; Curate, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, 1767; Minor Canon, Westminster, 1782; Minor Canon, St. Paul’s, from 4 Feb 1783; Vicar of Good Easter, Essex, 29 Apr 1789 – May 1797; Vicar of Tillingham, Essex, from 15 May 1797; Master of the Free School at Highgate, Middlesex, from 1793; m. 1st, Mary Large, Cambridgeshire; m. 2nd, 11 Jul 1793 Ellinor, widow of Daniel Thomas, Islington, Middlesex, and dau. of --- Cosby; d. 24 Aug 1816.