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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.