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John Bennett (English barrister)

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242: 83:. For the Duchy, he was attorney for the court in 1678, deputy south auditor from 1678 to 168, clerk of council from 1678 to 1685, and clerk of revenue from 1685 onwards. He was steward for Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex from 1697, judge of Marshalsea court from 1699 and bailiff, Salford hundred from 1699, all for the rest of his life. In 1705 became serjeant-at-law. He was knighted on 10 July 1706. 235: 229: 114:
Bennett's wife died in 1722, and he died on 21 December 1723 and was buried at Witham nine days later. They had four sons and two daughters, one of whom predeceased him. He was succeeded by his eldest son. His sons followed him into the law but not into Parliament. Two of his sons became masters of
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in 1675 and was called to the bar in 1683. On 9 January 1683 he married Anne Dudson (with £1,000), widow of Thomas Dudson, woollen-draper, of St Benet's, Gracechurch Street, London, and daughter of Sir Joseph Brand of Edwardstone, Suffolk.
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in 1709 and voted for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710, but was otherwise an inactive Member. He did not stand at the
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chancery, and one of them was appointed clerk of the custodies in 1714. His only surviving daughter married
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on the interest of the 2nd Lord Ossulston. He supported the naturalization of the
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and his wife Sarah. In 1670, he succeeded his father. He was admitted at
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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Bennett received as succession of legal posts in the
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John Bennett (Serjeant at Law)
Westminster
Whig
House of Commons
St Paul's, Covent Garden
Witham
Essex
Greys Inn
Duchy of Lancaster
Henry Bennett, 1st Earl of Arlington
Member of Parliament
Morpeth
1708 British general election
Palatines
1710 British general election
John Vaughan, 2nd Viscount Lisburne




"BENNETT, Sir John (c.1658-1723), of Essex Buildings, Essex Street, Westminster"
Parliament of Great Britain
Sir Richard Sandford
Edmund Maine
Member of Parliament
Morpeth
Sir Richard Sandford
Sir Richard Sandford
Christopher Wandesford
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