John Benett
John Benett(1773–1852), ofPythouse,Wiltshire, was an English politician.
He was aMember(MP) of theParliament of the United KingdomforWiltshire1819 to 1832 and forSouth Wiltshirefrom 1832 to 1852.[1]
Biography[edit]
Benett was born on 20 May 1773 inWiltshire.He was the son of Thomas Benett (1729–1797) of Pythouse inWest Tisbury,and his second wife Catherine Darell (d.1790), daughter of James Darell.[2]His maternal grandfather wasWilliam WakeDD,Archbishop of Canterbury.His sister was the geologistEtheldred Benett.
He commissioned the rebuilding of Pythouse, completed in 1805.[3]
He married in 1801 Lucy, daughter of Edmund Lambert ofBoyton Manor,also in Wiltshire. They had two sons and five daughters,[1]among them:
- Etheldred, married in 1827Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill,second son of the5th Duke of Marlborough[4]
- Lucy, married Rev. Arthur Fane, younger son ofGeneral Sir Henry Fane;Arthur was later vicar ofWarminster.
References[edit]
- ^ab"BENETT, John (1773-1852), of Pythouse, Wilts".History of Parliament, 1790–1820.Retrieved9 December2020.
- ^"BENETT, John (1773-1852), of Pythouse, Wilts. and 19 Albemarle Street, Mdx".History of Parliament, 1820–1832.Retrieved11 March2020.
- ^Historic England."Pythouse (1318819)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved9 December2020.
- ^"Married".Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser.5 September 1827. p. 7.
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