Charles Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Tankerville
DL PC
Treasurer of the Household
In office
1806–1807
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterThe Lord Grenville
Preceded byViscount Stopford
Succeeded byViscount Stopford
Personal details
Born28 April 1776
Died25 June 1859 (1859-06-26) (aged 83)
23 Hertford Street, Mayfair
NationalityBritish
SpouseSophie Léonie de Gramont (d. 1865)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Charles Augustus Bennet, 5th Earl of Tankerville PC, DL (28 April 1776 – 25 June 1859), styled Lord Ossulston until 1822, was a British politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.

Background and education

Lord Ossulston was the eldest son of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, by his wife Emma Colebrooke, daughter of Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet. Henry Grey Bennet was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]

Political career

Lord Ossulston sat as Member of Parliament for Steyning from 1803 to 1806,[2] for Knaresborough from 1806 to 1818[3] and for Berwick from 1820 to 1822.[4] He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord Grenville. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1806.[5] In 1822 he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords.

Family

Sophie Léonie (Corisande) de Gramont (Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun)

Lord Tankerville married a French woman, Corisande Armandine Sophie Léonie Hélène de Gramont, daughter of Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, duc de Gramont, at Devonshire House, London, on 28 July 1806. They had two children, Charles Bennet, 6th Earl of Tankerville and Lady Corisande Emma Bennett, who married James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury. Lord Tankerville died in June 1859, aged 83, and was succeeded by his only son, Charles. The Countess of Tankerville died in January 1865.

References

  1. ^ "Ossulston, Charles Augustus, Lord (OSLN793C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  5. ^ "No. 15889". The London Gazette. 11 February 1806. p. 189.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Steyning
1803–1806
With: James Lloyd 1803–1806
Sir Arthur Leary Piggott 1806 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Knaresborough
1806–1818
With: Lord John Townshend 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed
1820–1823
With: Sir David Milne 1820
Henry St Paul 1820
Sir Francis Blake, Bt 1820–1823 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of the Household
1806–1807 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Earl of Tankerville
1822–1859 		Succeeded by
Baron Ossulston
(descended by acceleration)
1822–1859