Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville
Appearance
George III | |
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Prime Minister | The Lord Grenville |
Preceded by | Viscount Stopford |
Succeeded by | Viscount Stopford |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 April 1776 |
Died | 25 June 1859 23 Hertford Street, Mayfair | (aged 83)
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Sophie Léonie de Gramont (d. 1865) |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville
DL (28 April 1776 – 25 June 1859), styled Lord Ossulston until 1822, was a British politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents
.
Background and education
Lord Ossulston was the eldest son of
Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet. Henry Grey Bennet was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
Political career
Lord Ossulston sat as Member of Parliament for
Privy Council in 1806.[5] In 1822 he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords
.
Family
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
)Lord Tankerville married a French woman, Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène de Gramont, daughter of
Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, duc de Gramont, at Devonshire House, London, on 28 July 1806. They had two children, Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville and Lady Corisande Emma Bennett, who married James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
. Lord Tankerville died in June 1859, aged 83, and was succeeded by his only son, Charles. The Countess of Tankerville died in January 1865.
References
- ^ "Ossulston, Charles Augustus, Lord (OSLN793C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
- ^ "No. 15889". The London Gazette. 11 February 1806. p. 189.