Philip Bennet (Suffolk MP)

For other people named Philip Bennet, see Philip Bennet (disambiguation).

Philip Bennet (1795 – 17 August 1866)^[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

He was elected to the House of Commons as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Western division of Suffolk at a by-election in October 1845 following the death of the sitting MP Robert Rushbrooke. Bennet held the seat until the stood down at the 1859 general election.^[2]

References

^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons6.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 463–464. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Rushbrooke Harry Spencer Waddington	Member of Parliament for West Suffolk 1845 – 1859 With: Harry Spencer Waddington	Succeeded by The Earl Jermyn William Parker