Vere Benett-Stanford

Vere Fane Benett-Stanford
Born1840
Died1894
NationalityEnglish
OccupationPolitician
Political partyConservative
SpouseElen Stanford
Parent(s)Arthur Fane
Anna Maria Benett

Vere Fane Benett-Stanford (1840–1894) was an English politician.

Early life

Vere Fane Benett-Stanford was born Vere Fane in 1840, [1][2] in Tisbury, Wiltshire.[3] His father was Reverend Arthur Fane of the Fane family and his mother, Anna Maria Benett, the daughter of John Benett (1773–1852).[2] He grew up at the family country house of Pythouse near Tisbury, Wiltshire.[1][2] He took his maternal grandfather's name, becoming known as Vere Fane Benett.[2]

Career

He was a Major and later Colonel in the British Army.[2][4]

He served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury from 1873 to 1880.

Personal life

In October 1867, he married Elen Stanford, whose late father, William Stanford, had served as High Sheriff of Sussex in 1808.[1] He took his wife's name, becoming known as Vere Fane Benett-Stanford.[2] They resided at Preston Manor in Preston Village, Brighton.[1] He also lived at Adelaide Mansions in nearby Hove.[5]

Death

He died in May 1894, at Quinta Vigia, Funchal.[2][6] After his death, his wife Elen Stanford remarried in 1897.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Preston Manor and its Owners Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Desmond Hawkins (ed.), The Grove Diaries: The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925, University of Delaware Press, 1995, p. 216 [1]
  3. ^ "Vere Benett-Stanford - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ^ Bonhams
  5. ^ J.R.Somers Vine, The County companion,diary,statistical chronicle, and magisterial and official directory for 1884, p. 293 [2]
  6. ^ Marjorie Hoare (2004). The Quintas of Madeira: Windows into the past (1st ed.). Funchal: Francisco Ribeiro & Filhos, Lda. p. 250. ISBN 972-9177-38-4. Wikidata Q111901515.