Background
Bennet was the eldest son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley, Harlington, Middlesex and his wife Dorothy Crofts.
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Education
Pembroke College.
Career
He was created Baron Ossulston in 1682. Ossulston is the name of a hundred of the ceremonial county of Middlesex. He was baptised on 5 July 1616.
He matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford on 24 April 1635, aged about 17 and was a student of Gray"s Inn in 1636.
In 1658, he succeeded his father to the estate of Dawley. He was made a Knight of the Bath on 23 April 1661 at the coronation of Charles World War II He was captain of band of gentlemen pensioners.
He was created Lord Ossulston, Baron Ossulston on 24 November 1682. He supported the Revolution of 1688 and signed the petition for a free Parliament and the declaration to the Prince of Orange, but was reckoned among the opposition peers in 1690.
Lord Ossulton died at the age of about 78 and was buried at Harlington.
They had no children. They had two children Charles, who was given the title Earl of Tankerville and Annabella (1682–1698). Bennet was the elder brother of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.
Membership
Cavalier Parliament]
In 1663 Bennet was elected Member of Parliament for Wallingford in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament.
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Nationality
English