John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston

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John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, 1618-1688, was an English statesman. His father was also Sir John Bennet and his mother was Dorothy Crofts. His younger brother was Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington. He sat as MP for Wallingford, Oxfordshire. He was made a knight at the coronation of Charles II. He was created Lord Ossulston, Baron Ossulston in 1682 to recognise his support for the royalist cause during the Civil War. He lived in Dawley, Harlington, Middlesex. Ossulstone is the name of one of the hundreds there. He was married twice, first to Elizabeth Cranfield, daughter of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex and Elizabeth Shepherd. They had no children. His second wife was Bridget Howe, daughter of John Grubham Howe of Langar and Annabella Scrope daughter of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland. This second marriage produced two children:

  1. Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston, was given the title Earl of Tankerville (1674 – 1722)
  2. Annabella Bennet (1682 – 1698)

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