Albert James Bennett
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Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Baronet JP (17 September 1872 – 14 December 1945) was a politician in the United Kingdom who was elected both as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) and as a Conservative Party MP.
From 1914 to 1919, he was Controller of Propaganda, Central and South America.
As a Liberal, in 1918 he unsuccessfully contested the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire. At the 1922 general election he stood in Mansfield, unseating the Labour MP William Carter. However, he lost the Mansfield seat at the 1923 general election, and in 1924 he was elected as a Conservative in the Nottingham Central seat. He was re-elected in 1929, but resigned from Parliament the following year.
On 31st July 1929, he was made a Baronet, of Kirklington, in the county of Nottinghamshire.
[edit] Family
In 1896 he married Caroline Carleton Backus, by whom he had two sons and one daughter; the eldest son, Charles, inherited the baronetcy. A barrister and Metropolitan Police Court Magistrate, he served in the British Army in both World War I and World War II, and was promoted to he rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry.
Caroline and Albert were divorced in 1938, and Albert remarried in May to Leopoldine Armata. They had one son, Peter Bennett, born on 18 August 1938. Sir Albert died in 1939, aged 73.
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ThePeerage.com: Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Bt.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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| Preceded by William Carter |
Member of Parliament for Mansfield 1922–1923 |
Succeeded by Frank Varley |
| Preceded by Reginald Cheyne Berkeley |
Member of Parliament for Nottingham Central 1924–1930 |
Succeeded by Terence James O'Connor |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baronet of Kirklington, Nottinghamshire 1929–1945 |
Succeeded by Lt. Col Charles Bennett |
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