Earl of Tankerville

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The title of Earl of Tankerville has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and, most recently, in 1714 in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston. His father John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston was the older brother of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.

The present Earl of Tankerville holds the subsidiary title of Baron Ossulston, of Ossulston in the County of Middlesex (1682), in the Peerage of England.

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[edit] Earls of Tankerville, First Creation (1418)

  • John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (1384-1421)
  • Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville (1419-1450)
  • Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (1436-1466) (forfeit 1459)

[edit] Barons Ossulston (1682)

[edit] Earls of Tankerville, Second Creation (1695)

[edit] Earls of Tankerville, Third Creation (1714)

There is currently no heir apparent of the earldom, only distant heirs presumptive:

two nephews of the 9th earl: Adrian George Bennet (b. 1958) and his brother, Neil Robert Bennet (b. 1961)

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